3SBio Inc., of Shenyang, China, named Jing Lou board chairman and added Dongmei Su to its board...Anaphore Inc., of La Jolla, Calif., added Peppi Prasit and Raymond Stevens to its board...Silence Therapeutics plc, of London, appointed Detlef Schuppan and Massimo Pinzani to its newly created scientific advisory board

Avanir Pharmaceutics Inc., of Aliso Viejo, Calif., appointed Rohan Palekar senior vice president and chief commercial officer...ImmunoCellular Therapeutics Ltd., of Woodland Hills, Calif., appointed Richard Chin chairman of the compensation committee and added him to its board and the audit committee...Novavax Inc., of Rockville, Md., named John Hermann vice president and general counsel

ImmunoGen Inc., of Waltham, Mass., added Kristine Peterson and Dean Mitchell to its board...and added Eunan Maguire senior vice president of strategy and corporate development

ImmunoGen Inc., of Waltham, Mass., added Kristine Peterson and Dean Mitchell to its board...and added Eunan Maguire senior vice president of strategy and corporate development

Acella Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Atlanta, appointed Allen Fields vice president and head of R&D...Rusty" Williams president and CEO and named Brian Atwood chairman

Acella Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Atlanta, appointed Allen Fields vice president and head of R&D...Adeona Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Ann Arbor, Mich., appointed Jeff Riley president and CEO, added C. Evan Ballantyne as chief financial officer and named Scott L. Tarriff and Nelson K. Stacks to the board...AMAG Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Lexington, Mass., appointed Rajiv De Silva and Gino Santini to its board

The revisions will reflect technological advancements and marketing developments that have emerged over the past decade...Viewed as a way to take the hard choices of curbing Medicare expenses out of the hands of Congress, the board – made up of presidential appointments confirmed by the Senate – is charged with cutting Medicare costs if its spending exceeds a predetermined target growth rate. (See BioWorld Today, July 14, 2011, and Sept. 20, 2011.) Although President Barack Obama has proposed

It also added John E. Dick and Janet Rossant to its scientific and clinical advisory board...Zealand Pharma A/S, of Copenhagen, Denmark, named Alain Munoz and Christian Grøndahl joint chairs to its new clinical and scientific advisory board

NeoStem Inc., of New York, appointed Martyn D. Greenacre and Andrew L. Pecora to the board...NexImmune Inc., of Gaithersburg, Md., appointed Kenneth Carter CEO and named Jonathan Schneck chairman of the clinical and scientific advisory board

NeoStem Inc., of New York, appointed Martyn D. Greenacre and Andrew L. Pecora to the board...NexImmune Inc., of Gaithersburg, Md., appointed Kenneth Carter CEO and named Jonathan Schneck chairman of the clinical and scientific advisory board

InteRNA Technologies BV, of Utrecht, the Netherlands, appointed Mark Vaeck and Sanne Weijzen to its board chaired by Anker Lundemose...It also named Robert B. Shapiro and Jeffrey B. Kindler to its board

Emerald BioStructures Inc., of Bainbridge Island, Wash., appointed Johan Pontin chairman and CEO...Fate Therapeutics Inc., of San Diego, appointed William H. Rastetter chairman and interim CEO...Forma Therapeutics Inc., of Watertown, Mass., named Jaime Escobedo vice president of biology and Mark J. Tebbe vice president of medicinal and computational chemistry and appointed Dennis France executive director and head of biomolecular screening

Codexis Inc., of Redwood City, Calif., named Wesley J. Bolsen vice president and chief marketing officer...Curis Inc., of Lexington, Mass., appointed Maurizio Voi chief medical and chief development officer

Hilary Malone as vice president and chief regulatory and compliance officer...and Jim Rouse as vice president and chief information officer

Lycera Corp., of Ann Arbor, Mich., named Kathleen M. Metters president and CEO...Medivir AB, of Huddinge, Sweden, appointed Maris Hartmanis president and CEO...PDL BioPharma Inc., of Incline Village, Nev., retained Franklin M. Berger and Evan Bedil as advisors to assist with the identification and evaluation of royalty-bearing asset acquisition opportunities

Dyax Corp., of Cambridge, Mass., appointed Ron Cohen and Paolo Pucci to its board...Scott L. Friedman and Maria Isabel Fiel were named as consultants...Horizon Pharma Inc., of Northbrook, Ill., appointed Michael Grey and Ronald Pauli to its board

It also named Gerald Commissiong president and CEO and appointed Owen Garrick strategic advisor to its board...Anaptys Bio Inc., of San Diego, named Carol G. Gallagher executive chair and promoted Hamza Suria to chief business officer and acting CEO

Savient Pharmaceuticals Inc., of East Brunswick, N.J., appointed Kenneth J. Zuerblis executive vice president and chief financial officer...Silence Therapeutics plc, of London, appointed Thomas Christely CEO and named Tony Sedgwick chief business officer...Sucampo Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Bethesda, Md., added Greg Deener as vice president of marketing, strategy and implementation

and Alan W. Dunton as consulting chief medical officer...Medivir AB, of Huddinge, Sweden, made several recent appointments, including Maris Hartmanis as deputy CEO and chief operating officer...and Jens D. Kristensen as executive vice president of clinical