Hired someone new and exciting? Promoted a rising star? Finally solved that hard-to-fill spot? Share the news with us and we’ll share with it others. That’s right. Send us your announcements and we’ll find a home for them. Don’t be shy. Everyone wants to know who is coming and going, especially with all the layoffs. Despite the downsizing, there is movement. Here are some of the latest changes. Recognize anyone?

And here is our regular feature. Send us a photo and we will spotlight a different person each week. This time around, we note that Avalere Health hired Leigh Ann Bruhn as a director. Previously, she was a director of managed care marketing at Abbott Laboratories, where she led both managed care and brand marketing teams. Prior to Abbott, she held various marketing and finance roles at Pfizer and Baxter International.

We should also note that Jeffrey Spaeder was hired as chief medical and scientific officer at Quintiles, succeeding Oren Cohen who now leads the Phase I clinical research business. Prior to joining Quintiles, Spaeder was executive director of global medical affairs for Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, where he developed global medical affairs strategy for the cardio-metabolic and diabetes franchises.

And we have one more winner: Qforma hired Joe Amoroso as director of client services. Prior to joining Qforma, which provides analytics and predictive modeling, he worked for UCB, where he led field sales teams throughout the Eastern US.

Nycomed US named Brian Markison as ceo and president;
Genelux added Catherine Mackey to its board;
Akrimax Pharmaceuticals named Donald Olsen as president;
RxCrossroads named Dan Thomas as sr vp and general manager;
Affymax promoted Krishna Polu to vp clinical development;
Valeant Pharmaceuticals added Ronald Farmer to its board;
Third Rock Ventures named Ben Askew Jr. as entrepreneur-in-residence;
National Pharmaceutical Council added Jeffrey Jonas to its board;
DiaMedica added John Amatrud to its scientific advisory board;
Actelion disclosed that Joseph Scodari resigned from the board for personal reasons;
Alimera Sciences added James Largent to its board;
AMAG Pharmaceuticals named Frank Thomas as exec vp and cfo;
Roche named Mara Aspinall as president of Ventana Medical Systems;
Bristol Myers Squibb India appointed Pheroze Khan as managing director;
Datatrial promoted Andrew Budniak to business development manager;
MTI named Kyu Om as vp of business development;
The NIH Intramural Center for Regenerative Medicine named Mahendra Rao as director;
The Government Accountability and Transparency Board now includes HHS Office of Inspector General Dan Levinson.

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