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 Datatrial promoted coo Emma Banks to ceo. She joined the data management CRO in 2003 where she initially over data management and statistics functions. Previously, she was with Statwood, a biometric CRO, where she worked as associate director of clinical data management for more than five years.

MediciNova named Kazuko Matsuda as chief medical officer;
MediciNova named Michael Gennaro as chief financial officer;
GlaxoSmithKline SR One hired Jan Eckstein as president;
GlaxoSmithKline SR One president Chris Westphal is leaving for other interests;
Lundbeck added Marie-Laure Pochon as exec vp of commercial operations;
Sucampo Pharmaceuticals named Gayle Dolecek as exec advisor for R&D;
Algeta hired Mike Booth as sr vp of communications and corporate affairs;
Novo Nordisk named Eddie Li as vp of regulatory affairs;
Oncothyreon ceo Bob Kirkman takes a temporary medical leave;
National Coalition for Health Care hired John Rother as ceo and president;
Savient Pharmaceuticals added William Owen Jr. and David Norton to its board;
ICON announced that Peter Gray is retiring as ceo;
Taro Pharmaceutical says Dov Pekelman replaced Hasmukh Shah on its board;
Generic Pharmaceutical Association hired Ralph Neas as ceo and president;
iPierian named Nancy Stagliano as ceo and Peter Van Vlasselaer as exec chairman;
Evercore Partners retained Sean Murphy as a sr advisor in investment banking;
CombiMatrix hired Jeff Hayes as oncology sales director;
Ariad Pharmaceuticals named Martin Duvall as sr vp, commercial operations;
Percivia named Michael Wyand as vp global operations;
Percivia named Nicholas Plumeridge as vp global business development;
Regeneron named Joseph LaRosa as sr vp, general counsel and secretary;
Impax Laboratories hired Carole Ben-Maimon as president of global pharma;
Fero Industries named Luis Manuel Ornelas Lopez as president;
Dendreon hired John Osborn as exec vp and general counsel;
Dendreon says coo Hans Bishop is leaving;
ClinPharm Consulting promoted M. Alexander Shaw to chief operating officer;
ClinPharm Consulting named Bill Wargin as chief scientific officer;
Pernix Therapeutics added Steven Elms to its board;
Orexo hired Carl-Johan Blomberg as chief financial officer;
SpringFire Laboratory Network named Gregory Stelzer as scientific director;
Quintiles named Oren Cohen sr vp and global head of clinical research;
GCI Health hired Catherine Falcetti as a sr vp;
Lifetree Clinical Research named Matthew Iverson as vice president;
H&P Industries hired Eamonn Vize as chief operating officer;
aTyr Pharma named Jeff Greve as vp of research;
aTyr Pharma named Andrew Cubitt as vp of intellectual property;
Provectus Pharmaceuticals added Craig Eagle to its advisory board;
Medivir named Maris Hartmanis as deputy ceo and coo;
Medivir added Bertil Samuelsson as chief scientific advisor;
Medivir named Charlotte Edenius as exec vp of research;
Wolters Kluwer Pharma named Henry Prolog as vp of data strategy, acquisitions & services;
Inovio Pharma added Tom Edgington and Phil Greenberg to its scientific advisory board;

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