Tau Therapeutics LLC, of Charlottesville, Va., appointed Bruce A. Silver chief medical officer and Paul H. Satori vice president of operations and strategy

Althea Technologies Inc., of San Diego, named Rick Hancock president and CEO, Chris Duffy senior vice president of operations and E.J. Brandreth senior vice president of quality and regulatory

Compass Biotechnology Inc., of Phoenix, appointed Thomas F. Krucker president of operations...Rusty" Williams president and CEO and named Brian Atwood chairman

Adaptimmune Ltd., of Oxford, UK, named Gwen Binder-Scholl vice president of operations of U.S...Addex Pharmaceuticals Ltd., of Geneva, proposed adding Hoyoung Huh and Oleg Nodelman to the board

OctoPlus NV, of Leiden, the Netherlands, named Jan Hendrik Egberts and nominated him for appointment as CEO...OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Bothell, Wash., appointed Michelle Burris executive vice president of operations and chief financial officer

Cytomedix Inc., of Rockville, Md., appointed Patrick P. Vanek vice president of operations

Zealand Pharma A/S, of Copenhagen, Denmark, appointed Christian Grøndahl chief scientific officer, Mats Blom chief financial officer and John Hyttel senior vice president for operations

Caris Life Sciences Inc., of Irving, Texas, named Dan Sawyers senior vice president and chief accounting officer, and Greg Kelly senior vice president of operations

team, with Greg Hamilton as chief operating officer and chief financial officer...Suzanne McDonald head of managed markets and government affairs...operations and also appointed Jon Terrett vice president of oncology at its San Jose, Calif

CombiMatrix Corp., of Mukilteo, Wash., named Chris Emery chief operating officer and appointed Lony Lim vice president of operations

CombiMatrix Corp., of Mukilteo, Wash., named Chris Emery chief operating officer and appointed Lony Lim vice president of operations

Ablynx, of Ghent, Belgium, named Christian Duby medical director and Sean A. MacDonald business development director...AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Lexington, Mass., appointed Ricardo Zavas senior vice president of operations...Bioheart Inc., of Sunrise, Fla., named Mark Borman and Charles Hart to its board

subsidiary, which raises awareness of subclinical zinc deficiency and chronic copper toxicity...Alnara Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., promoted Robert Gallotto from senior vice president of operations and corporate development to chief business officer

Horizon Therapeutics Inc., of Skokie, Ill., named Amy Grahn vice president of clinical operations and Iain Duncan senior vice president of operations

MacuSight, of Union City, Calif., appointed Gerald Wroblewski vice president of operations...It also appointed Bruce R. Thaw chairman and named James E. Rothman chairman of the scientific advisory board

Abraxis BioScience Inc., of Los Angeles, named Edward C. Geehr executive vice president of operations...Antisoma plc, of London, appointed Eric Dodd chief financial officer and board member

Exiqon, of Vedbaek, Denmark, appointed Cynthia K. French chief scientific officer and Erik Holmlin chief commercial officer...Ikonysis, of New Haven, Conn., named Louise Mawhinney senior vice president and chief financial officer...PharmAthene Inc., of Annapolis, Md., appointed Jordan P. Karp senior vice president and general counsel

VirtualHealth Technologies Inc., of Lexington, Ky., named Robert Tapales vice president of operations

GeneNews Ltd., of Toronto, elected Harry A. Glorikian and Fran Tuttle to its board...InSite Vision Inc., of Alameda, Calif., named Surendra Patel vice president of operations