and Scott Rakestraw executive director of therapeutics business development...Procyon BioPharma Inc., of Montreal, named Edward Yeats secretary-treasurer and chief financial officer

Cythera Inc., of San Diego, named Michael Ross CEO and Lutz Giebel chief operating officer...Procyon BioPharma Inc., of Montreal, appointed to its board of directors Bernard Coupal, president of T2C2

Procyon BioPharma Inc., of Montreal, Quebec, named Naveen Anand vice president, business development and licensing

Competitive Technologies Inc., of Fairfield, Conn., named Wil Jacques vice president of marketing. * Connetics Corp., of Palo Alto, Calif., named John Higgins chief financial officer and vice president of finance and administration. * Copernicus Gene Systems Inc., of Cleveland, made the following appointments: Robert Butz, president and CEO...and Harlan Wakoff, of Furman Selz L.L.C. * IDEC Pharmaceuticals Corp., of San Diego, appointed to its board of directors Robert Pangia, former vice