He is president of a private investment firm. * IntraBiotics Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif., named Leo Chee-Liang Gu senior director, pharmaceutical development, and Deborah Steinberg as director of microbiology. * Genzyme Corp., of Cambridge, Mass., promoted Bonnie Fendrock to vice president, surgical products. * U.S. Bioscience Inc., of West Conshohocken, Pa., appointed Michael Kurman vice president, clinical research. * Argonex Inc., of The Woodlands, Texas, said David Leech

and Robert Pollack, professor of biological sciences at Columbia University. * Aradigm Corp., of Hayward, Calif., named Stephen Farr director of pharmaceutical research and development. * Corvas International Inc., of San Diego, appointed William Ripka senior vice president of chemical research and George Vlasuk vice president of biological research. * Dianon Systems Inc., of Stratford, Conn., named Richard Sandberg president and CEO and appointed Jack Davis, Dianon's former president and CEO

y Synergen Inc., of Boulder, Co., has named Paul Koivuniemi vice president and general counsel, Scott C. Stromatt vice president of clinical research and Giles Campion vice president of clinical research

Synergen Inc., of Boulder, Colo., appointed Paul Koivuniemi vice president and general counsel, Scott C. Stromatt as vice president, clinical research, and Giles V. Campion, vice president, clinical research...Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc., of San Diego, announced the appointments of Robert G. Thompson to vice president, James J. L'Italien to senior director of pharmaceutical chemistry and Martin Brown to Director of Information Technology. (c) 1997 American Health Consultants

Neoprobe Corp., of Columbus, Ohio, named Hazle Shorter vice president, clinical research, and William Eisenhardt vice president, research and development

and Adrian Fox as manager of polymer research and development...of Houston named scientific founder Fred Ledley vice president of clinical research and development

Silverman joins the Woburn, Mass., company from Sandoz Research Institute, where he was director of clinical research and deputy head...Michael Riordan, founder and president of Gilead Sciences Inc., will take on the additional post of chairman of the board of directors of the Foster City, Calif., company...Zenk, professor and chairman of the Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology at the University of Munich, will chair the advisory board of the San Carlos, Calif., company

general counsel and John Knox director of human resources...of Cambridge, Mass., has hired Richard Walovitch as vice president of preclinical and clinical research

Springgate was the medical director and vice president of operations and product development of TSI Corp.'s clinical research group

and Trudie Seeger to vice president, regulatory affairs, from director of regulatory affairs and clinical research. (c) 1997 American Health Consultants

Vicki Sato and Patrick Leonard have been named to the board of directors of the Massachusetts Biotechnology Council...Leonard is president and CEO of Cambridge Biotech Corp...He was vice president and treasurer of SmithKline Beecham Corp., the U.S

Michael Kishbauch was appointed president and chief operating officer of MedImmune Inc...Augustine was VP, research and development, at Chase Pharmaceuticals, and Charney was a regulatory affairs consultant to major pharmaceutical companies. (c) 1997 American Health Consultants

Thomas Glenn was named president and chief operating officer of Escagenetics Corp...Thomas Wiggans, executive vice president and chief operating officer of CytoTherapeutics Inc...Wiggans will continue as chief operating officer and chief financial officer

clinical research, and Guenter Ksionski vice president, international clinical research

of San Diego, named Gary Lyons president and chief executive officer...Kitt was the senior vice president of clinical research at Sterling Winthrop Inc.'s pharmaceutical research and development division

He was executive director of clinical research for the biotechnology division of the R.W. Johnson Pharmaceutical Research Institute, a Johnson & Johnson company...of Boulder, Colo., named Giles V. Campion associate director, clinical research, and Kathleen Joanna Tufnell associate director, regulatory affairs in Europe

U.S. Bioscience of West Conshohocken, Pa., named Wolfgang Oster vice president for international clinical research, medical and regulatory affairs...Oster was head of clinical research in oncology at Behringwerke, a division of Hoechst AG

of Boulder, Colo., named Mary E. Bareilles director of corporate clinical research and vice president of clinical research for the company's new Japanese operations

Fiddler was director and vice president of worldwide product registration for SmithKline Beecham Pharmaceuticals...and Cooper Laboratories, and Bender is a venture capital specialist in the international health care sector. (c) 1997 American Health Consultants