MGI Pharma Inc., of Minneapolis, appointed Eric Loukas vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary...Nuvelo Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., appointed Lee Bendekgey senior vice president and general counsel

MGI Pharma Inc., of Minneapolis, appointed Eric Loukas vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary...Nuvelo Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., appointed Lee Bendekgey senior vice president and general counsel

Beyond Genomics Inc., of Waltham, Mass., formed a research and development advisory board consisting of Arnold Levine and Jeffrey Friedman as co-chairs, and David Jackson, Jan van der Greef, Victor Dzau, Marc Kirschner, Douglas Lauffenburger and Christopher Sander as members...Corgentech Inc., of South San Francisco, appointed Patrick Broderick vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary...DuPont, of Wilmington, Del., appointed Kevin Fitzgerald and Sven Thormahlen to its biotechnology

Genelabs Technologies Inc., of Redwood City, Calif., appointed Adrian Arima vice president and general counsel...Genencor International Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif., appointed Margaret Horn general counsel and secretary of its board

Celsion Corp., of Columbia, Md., appointed Anita Finkelstein vice president and general counsel, and David Braitman senior vice president of product development

CytRx also appointed Gregory Liberman general counsel and corporate secretary and Robert Brown to its board

Kevin Ryan, president and CEO of Large Scale, will serve as president of Eclipse, while John Chute was appointed to the scientific advisory board...Luminex Corp., of Austin, Texas, named David Reiter vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary

It also promoted Christopher Guiffre to senior vice president, general counsel and secretary

Amgen Inc., of Thousand Oaks, Calif., named David Scott senior vice president, general counsel, secretary and a member of its executive committee...The company also appointed Patrick Mooney president, CEO and a director, and Doy Michaeli chief medical officer

Incyte Corp., of Wilmington, Del., appointed Patricia Schreck executive vice president and general counsel...Matritech Inc., of Newton, Mass., elected Patricia Randall as vice president, general counsel and chief legal officer

Barrier Therapeutics Inc., of Princeton, N.J., appointed Albert Bristow general counsel and added Peter Ernster to its board...FemmePharma Inc., of Wayne, Pa., added Carolyn d'Arville and Lisa Rarick to its scientific advisory board...Samaritan Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Las Vegas, and Samaritan Research Labs at Georgetown University said Thomas Long joined Samaritan Pharmaceutical's advisory board

Nova BioGenetics Inc., of Atlanta, named Todd Smith secretary and treasurer...Prestwick Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Washington, appointed Mark Van Ausdal general counsel and vice president, business development

Applied DNA Sciences Inc., of Los Angeles, appointed Julia Hunter vice president and director...Genaera Corp., of Plymouth Meeting, Pa., added John Skolas as senior vice president, chief financial officer, general counsel and secretary...Hemispherx Biopharma Inc., of Philadelphia, appointed Jack Gwaltney and James Rahal to its scientific advisory board

and Janice Mallison vice president, clinical and regulatory affairs...Kos Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Miami, added Andrew Koven as senior vice president, general counsel and Ralf Rosskamp as senior vice president, research and development

Michael Phillips was promoted to vice president, food and agriculture, science and regulatory policy...CollaGenex Pharmaceuticals Inc. , of Newtown, Pa., appointed Paul Lubetkin senior vice president and general counsel

Apax Partners, of London, appointed David U'Prichard venture partner and Khawar Mann a member of its health care team...Parexel International Corp., of Boston, appointed Susan Alexander senior vice president and general counsel

Parexel International Corp., of Boston, appointed Susan Alexander senior vice president and general counsel...Senomyx Inc., of La Jolla, Calif., appointed Harry Leonhardt vice president and general counsel

William Bertrand to vice president, general counsel and corporate compliance officer...and Caroline York to vice president, government affairs and reimbursement

Cepheid Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., added Joseph Smith as vice president and general counsel and Russel Enns as vice president, regulatory and clinical affairs, quality system and reimbursement