AAIPharma Services Corp., of Wilmington, N.C., appointed Christopher Smith vice president of quality and regulatory affairs...Bioheart Inc., of Sunrise, Fla., named Karl E. Groth chairman of the board, Peggy A. Farley chief operating officer and Mark P. Borman chief financial officer...PharmAthene Inc., of Annapolis, Md., appointed Charles A. Reinhart III senior vice president and chief financial officer

Immucor Inc., of Norcross, Ga., named Geoffrey S. Crouse vice president and chief operating officer...Third Rock Ventures LLC, of Boston, appointed Philip R. Reilly and Gregory L. Verdine venture partners, and Craig M. Greaves recruiting partner

Brookstone Pharmaceuticals LLC, of Alpharetta, Ga., appointed Philip Vogt executive vice president of sales and marketing...Cellular Dynamics International, of Madison, Wis., appointed Leroy Hood and George Church to its scientific advisory board...Cephalon Inc., of Frazer, Pa., appointed Craig C. Phillips vice president and general manager of the Oncology Business Unit

Novavax Inc., of Rockville, Md., appointed John J. Trizzino senior vice president of international and government alliances

senior vice president of corporate strategy and chief financial officer...vice president of finance and chief financial officer...Novavax Inc., of Rockville, Md., appointed Frederick W. Driscoll vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer

EGEN Inc., of Huntsville, Ala., promoted Jason Fewell to vice president of preclinical research and development...Nuon Therapeutics Inc., of San Mateo, Calif., appointed Paulette Dillon chief business officer and Tito Serafini chief scientific officer...Xanodyne Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Newport, Ken, appointed Natasha Giordano as chief commercial officer, Rita O'Connor as chief financial & information officer, and Peter Wentworth as senior vice president for human resources

Columbia Laboratories Inc., of Livingston, N.J., appointed Lawrence Gyenes senior vice president, chief financial officer and treasurer...MDRNA Inc., of Bothell, Wash., appointed Peter S. Garcia chief financial officer and secretary

Synta Pharmaceuticals Corp., of Lexington, Mass., appointed Vojo Vukovic senior vice president and chief medical officer

Halozyme Therapeutics Inc., of San Diego, appointed Jonathan Leff vice president and chief medical officer...NKT Therapeutics Inc., of Waltham, Mass., appointed Peter Cresswell, Peter A. Kiener, and David Wofsy to its scientific advisory board

Hollis-Eden Pharmaceuticals Inc., of San Diego, appointed James M. Frincke president and CEO...Oncothyreon Inc., of Seattle, appointed Scott Peterson vice president of research and development...Oxigene Inc., of Waltham, Mass., appointed Peter J. Langecker executive vice president and chief development officer

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Durect Corp., of Cupertino, Calif., named Joseph Stauffer chief medical officer and executive vice president of corporate strategy...Forma Therapeutics, of Cambridge, Mass., appointed Kenneth W. Bair senior vice president and head of research and development

Anavex Life Sciences Corp., of Geneva, appointed Hervé de Kergrohen CEO and director...Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc., of San Diego, named Scott Byrd senior vice president and chief commercial officer

Cadence Pharmaceuticals Inc., of San Diego, named Scott Byrd senior vice president and chief commercial officer...ISTA Pharmaceuticals, of Irvine, Calif., appointed Brian G. Drazbav vice president of finance and chief accounting officer and Glenn E. Davis vice president of legal and chief compliance officer

It also named Mark Senner president and director, Christopher Hopton chief financial officer and John Dougherty to corporate development...Transgenomic Inc., of Omaha, Neb., appointed Antonius P. Schuh and Michael B. McNulty to its board

Ipsen Group, of Paris, named Jean-Christophe Tellier president and general manager of the firm's North American operations...Leerink Swann, of Boston, named Brent Clough senior managing director and head of MEDACorp...MDRNA Inc., of Bothell, Wash., appointed Beverly L. Davidson and Carl Novina to its scientific advisory board

It also promoted Jeff Devlin to chief operating officer and Peter Collins to senior vice president of business development...Endo Pharmaceuticals, of Chadds Ford, Pa., appointed Alan G. Levin executive vice president and chief financial officer...FoldRx Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Cambridge, Mass., named William E. Aliski senior vice president and chief commercial officer

Ablynx, of Ghent, Belgium, named Christian Duby medical director and Sean A. MacDonald business development director...Bioheart Inc., of Sunrise, Fla., named Mark Borman and Charles Hart to its board...Bionovo Inc., of Emeryville, Calif., appointed Klaus Kohl senior vice president and chief technical officer

Shire plc, of Basingstoke, UK, appointed Anne Wilms senior vice president and chief information officer...Spartan Bioscience Inc., of Ottawa, Ontario, promoted Mark D. Kershey to president and named Jay Rau director of business development and Susie Kagel director of U.S