Inotek Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Lexington, Mass., named David R. King executive chairman...plc, of Dublin, Ireland, added Richard T. Colllier and Shane Cooke to its board

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Westborough, Mass., added Jeannette Graf and Leroy Young to its scientific advisory board

PTC Therapeutics Inc., of South Plainfield, N.J., named Claudia Hirawat president and Mark Boulding executive vice president and chief legal officer...Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Lexington, Mass., appointed George Farmer vice president of corporate development

Biotest Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Boca Raton, Fla., a subsidiary of Biotest AG, named Jordan Siegal CEO, effective May 1, and appointed George Floss global head of operations, effective April 30...Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Lexington, Mass., appointed Dvorit Samid vice president, medical affairs

and Jim Rouse as vice president and chief information officer...Trimel Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Toronto, appointed John Friedrichsen to its board

Curaxis Pharmaceutical Corp., of Raleigh, N.C., added Terence Novak, Michael George, Michael Miller, Ivan Gothner and Stephen Leery to its board chaired by Timothy Wright, who also will serve as interim CEO

Protect Pharmaceutical Corp., of Princeton, N.J., appointed Ramesha Sesha CEO and chairman...Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp., of Novato, Calif., named Kathlene L. Powell vice president of quality operations

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Lexington, Mass., appointed Amar Singh senior vice president of business and commercial development and named Iman El-Hariry vice president of clinical research

Regenicin Inc., of New York, added Joseph Rubinfeld and Craig Eagle to its board...Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Vancouver, British Columbia, added Paul Brennan senior vice president of business development

Radient Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Tustin, Calif., appointed Gary Giarratano director of North American sales and marketing

Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp., of Novato, Calif., named Lawrence Steinman to its advisory board...Spencer Pharmaceutical Inc., of Boston, named Max Arella president and chairman

Probiodrug AG, of Halle, Germany, appointed Claus Braestrup chairman and named Lennart Mucke to its scientific advisory board...Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp., of Novato, Calif., named Lawrence Steinman to its advisory board

ALDA Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Vancouver, British Columbia, appointed Brian Conway medical director...Qiagen NV, of Venlo, the Netherlands, appointed Pia Garguilo and Richard Watts to its pharma business development team

Tekmira Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Vancouver, British Columbia, appointed Daniel Kisner chairman and named Kenneth Galbraith and Frank Karbe to its board

Ocular Therapeutix Inc., of Waltham, Mass., named Daniel Myers and Bernard Haffey to its board...Raptor Pharmaceutical Corp., of Novato, Calif., named Llew Keltner to its board

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Lexington, Mass., appointed Vojo Vukovic senior vice president and chief medical officer

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Worcester, Mass., appointed Richard Chin to its board...It also named Mark Senner president and director, Christopher Hopton chief financial officer and John Dougherty to corporate development

RXi Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Worcester, Mass., appointed Richard Chin to its board...Shire plc, of Basingstoke, UK, appointed Anne Wilms senior vice president and chief information officer

N30 Pharma, of Boulder, Colo., made these appointments to its scientific advisory board: Chairman Joseph Loscalzo, Augustine Choi, Michael Marletta, William Sessa and Joseph Vita...Raptor Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Novato, Calif., appointed Patrice P. Rioux chief medical officer