The company promoted Michael Ellis to senior director of corporate development...TheraQuest Biosciences, of Blue Bell, Pa., appointed Cynthia McCormick and Nathaniel Katz to its scientific advisory board
Roger Ganser, acting CEO, has retired and will continue as chairman of the board of directors...Chromatin also appointed Caroline Kovac and John Hamer to its board of directors...MedImmune, of Gaithersburg, Md., named Patricia Winter Cash as senior director of research and development
Cougar Biotechnology Inc., of Los Angeles, appointed Arturo Molina senior vice president of clinical research and development, and Christopher Haqq senior director of clinical research and development
Advanced Magnetics Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., appointed Kristen Galfetti senior director, investor relations...plc, of Dublin, Ireland, is bringing on Floyd Bloom and Jeff Shames as non-executive members of the board
Spectrum Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Irvine, Calif., added Bela Denes to the ozarelix development team as senior director of clinical research and development...Transport Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Framingham, Mass., expanded its scientific advisory board with the appointments of Bruce Strober, Agis Kydonieus and Mark Prausnitz
Sue Stansfield senior vice president of clinical operations and project management for Europe...and Randy Marchbanks vice president of business development for the Americas...RegImmune Corp., of Mountain View, Calif., and Tokyo, appointed Shirley Liu Clayton as a nonexecutive director
and Jingfan Huang senior director, pharmaceutical development...Biotechnology Industry Organization, of Washington, elected Pfizer Chairman and CEO Jeffrey Kindler to BIO's board
Alba Therapeutics Corp., of Baltimore, has appointed Linda M. Arterburnas its senior director of in vivo pharmacology and toxicology...and William Plovanic and Jason Mills managing directors in equity research
and appointed David Luci to the board and audit chairman...ImmuneRegen BioSciences Inc., of Scottsdale, Ariz., appointed Hal Siegel senior director of product development and regulatory affairs
Lorus Therapeutics Inc., of Toronto, named Aiping Young as president and CEO, and appointed Georg Ludwig and Michael Moore to its board...Ltd., of Singapore, appointed Klaus Brandau, Clemens Doppler and Harald Labischinski to its board
Gene Logic Inc., of Gaithersburg, Md., appointed James Szabo vice president of toxicology services, Steven Godin senior director of general toxicology, and Kory Engelke senior director of general toxicology
Aastrom Biosciences Inc., of Ann Arbor, Mich., appointed Elmar Burchardt senior director medical affairs, and George Dunbar CEO, president and board member...Alba Therapeutics Corp., of Baltimore, appointed Roberto Allen senior director of legal affairs and corporate counsel, and Stuart Sedlack senior vice president, corporate development
Locus Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Blue Bell, Pa., appointed Howard Ball senior director of preclinical development...Neogen Corp., of Lansing, Mich., appointed Lon Bohannon president and chief operating officer...Oxigene Inc., of Waltham, Mass., appointed Richard Chin president and CEO
Neurochem Inc., of Laval, Quebec, appointed Barry Greenberg senior director, pharmacology, and promoted David Skinner to vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary...and Niranjan Kumar senior director of commercial manufacturing
director of sales and marketing for the enzymes and pharmaceutical intermediates business unit...Dendreon Corp., of Seattle, named Christopher Lockett senior director of government affairs, and promoted Mark Frohlich to vice president of clinical affairs
Avigen Inc., of Alameda, Calif., appointed Drew Jones senior director of clinical affairs, and Michael Hensley head of the company's regulatory affairs
Ocera Therapeutics Inc., of San Diego, appointed Joe Davie to its board, Karen Church vice president of regulatory affairs, and Caroline LaPlaca senior director of clinical operations...ProMetic Life Sciences Inc., of Montreal, appointed Steven Burton president and CEO of Prometic BioSciences Ltd
The company promoted Michael Ellis to senior director of corporate development...TheraQuest Biosciences, of Blue Bell, Pa., appointed Cynthia McCormick and Nathaniel Katz to its scientific advisory board