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Biocitech technology park appoints Jean-François Boussard as CEO Mar 5, 2010: Biocitech SAS, the Paris life science technology park, today announced that its board has appointed Jean-François Boussard as CEO with effect from April 1st...

Dr. Ludwin Monz becomes CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec Mar 4, 2010: Dr. Ludwin Monz is the new CEO of Carl Zeiss Meditec. He takes over from Dr. Michael Kaschke. At today’s Annual General Meeting, Kaschke was elected back to the Supervisory Board and was appointed its Chairman in the subsequent Supervisory Board meeting...

Q Chip Ltd announces appointment of Tony Mills Mar 4, 2010: Q Chip Ltd, the biopharmaceutical company developing sustained release biotherapies, is pleased to announce that it has appointed Dr Tony Mills to its Board of Directors...

Remedying Consumer Trust – Pharma Execs Unite Feb 26, 2010: It has been no secret that consumer trust in the pharmaceutical industry has taken a knock recently...

Eurofins AvTech Laboratories Adds Michael D. Barron to Team Feb 23, 2010: Eurofins AvTech Laboratories, a leading analytical contract research organization (CRO), is pleased to announce the addition of Michael D. Barron, MBA, to Eurofins AvTech...

M&A – The trials and tribulations Feb 18, 2010: Former Schering & Plough CEO speaks out about the pharmaceutical Industry. Where they went wrong and the solutions, which lead to the successful sale.

Amarin appoints Jan van Heek non-executive director Feb 15, 2010: Amarin Corporation plc (NASDAQ: AMRN), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on improving the treatment of cardiovascular disease, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Jan van Heek to its board of directors as a non-executive director...

Medical Marketing Group Appoints New Chair Feb 15, 2010: Keith Rowland, a Cambridgeshire business man, has successfully been appointed as new Chair of The Chartered Institute of Marketing’s Medical Marketing Group as previous chair person, Ginette Camps-Walsh, steps down...

US President Obama’s budget request includes $911 billion for HHS and $4 billion for FDA in FY2011 Feb 2, 2010: US Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius highlighted critical investments in President Barack Obama’s 2011 HHS budget that will protect the health and safety of America’s families...

Biota appoints new Director Feb 2, 2010: Biota Holdings Limited (ASX: BTA) confirmed the appointment of Professor Jeffery Errington FRS FMedSci as a Non-Executive Director...

RTS Life Science Appoints Richard Carpenter as New Mid-Atlantic Sales Manager Jan 25, 2010: RTS Life Science, a worldwide supplier of automated sample management and drug delivery testing systems announces the appointment of Richard Carpenter as New Mid-Atlantic Sales Manager...

ICON Announces Retirement of Mr. Bob Scott-Edwards Jan 13, 2010: ICON plc, (NASDAQ: ICLR; ISIN:IE0005711209), a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, announced that Mr. Bob Scott-Edwards has retired from the position of President, ICON Central Laboratories, effective December 31st 2009...

Ira Isaacson, M.D., Joins Heidrick & Struggles’ Global Life Sciences Practice Jan 12, 2010: Heidrick & Struggles International, Inc. (NASDAQ: HSII), the world’s premier executive search and leadership consulting firm, announced that Ira J. Isaacson, M.D., has joined the firm’s Global Life Sciences practice as a Partner. He will be based in the firm’s Atlanta office...

Fluid Handling Specialist Diba Appoints Kevin Zheng as China Sales Engineer Jan 12, 2010: Diba Industries Inc., a world leader in custom fluid path solutions and products for diagnostics, scientific and laboratory instrumentation, has appointed Kevin Zheng as its new China Sales Engineer...

Former US FDA Director Joins ISPE As Regulatory Affairs Advisor Jan 11, 2010: ISPE, a global not-for-profit association of 24,000 technical professionals working in the manufacturing and drug development sectors of the pharmaceutical industry, has named Anthony Celeste as its North America Regulatory Affairs Advisor, effective immediately...

Clavis Pharma appoints Olav Hellebø as Chief Executive Officer Jan 8, 2010: Clavis Pharma ASA (OSE: CLAVIS), the Norwegian cancer drug development company, announced today that it has appointed Olav Hellebø as its new Chief Executive Officer (CEO)...

Pharminox appoints Iain Ross as Chairman Jan 8, 2010: Pharminox Limited, ("Pharminox" or "the Company") the UK-based cancer drug discovery and development company, today announced that it has appointed Iain Ross as Non-executive Chairman...

GSK chief Andrew Witty succeeds Arthur Higgins as president of EFPIA Jan 5, 2010: The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA), which represents the research-based industry in Europe, has named Andrew Witty as its new president...

Avantium appoints Gunnar Staaf as CEO Pharma Dec 17, 2009: Today, Avantium announced the appointment of Gunnar Staaf as Chief Executive Officer of its pharmaceutical business...

ICON Central Laboratories Expands its European Facility to Meet Growing Demand Dec 14, 2009: ICON plc, NASDAQ: ICLR; ISIN:IE0005711209), a global provider of outsourced development services to the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, announced that it has expanded its European Central Laboratory, located in South County Business Park, Dublin...

Dr. Christian Müller to be appointed new CFO of Carl Zeiss Meditec Dec 11, 2009: Dr. Christian Müller (42) is to be appointed as a new member of the Management Board and Chief Financial Officer of Carl Zeiss Meditec AG with effect from 15 December 2009...

Doris Hafenbradl joins BioFocus as Senior Director, Biology and Natural Products Dec 10, 2009: BioFocus, a leading provider of gene-to-drug candidate discovery services, announced that Dr. Doris Hafenbradl has joined BioFocus as Senior Director, Biology and Natural Products, based in Basel, Switzerland...

Symyx Appoints New President of High Productivity Research Dec 8, 2009: Symyx Technologies, Inc. has announced the appointment of John Senaldi as senior vice president of Symyx and president of its High Productivity Research (HPR) business unit. Symyx HPR delivers premium microscale, parallel experimentation tools, along with supporting services and software, to the life sciences, chemicals and energy, and consumer and industrial products industries...