AlgoRx Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Cranbury, N.J., appointed Jeffrey Lazar senior vice president, clinical research and regulatory affairs.

Antigenics Inc., of New York, appointed Frank AtLee to its board.

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., of Novato, Calif., appointed Louis Drapeau vice president, finance and chief financial officer. Also, it elected Franz Cristiani, Elaine Heron and Vijay Samant to its board.

Epicyte Pharmaceutical Inc., of San Diego, added Christiane Sheid as chief financial officer.

Diversa Corp., of San Diego, appointed Gary Woodnutt senior vice president, pharmaceutical research and development, and Lee McCracken senior vice president, pharmaceutical business development.

EluSys Therapeutics Inc., of Pine Brook, N.J., added William Hirschman as vice president of business development.

Esperion Therapeutics Inc., of Ann Arbor, Mich., appointed William Brinkerhoff vice president of business development.

Genetronics Biomedical Corp., of San Diego, appointed Peter Kies chief financial officer.

GTC Biotherapeutics Inc., of Framingham, Mass., appointed Pamela McNamara to its board.

Human Genome Sciences Inc., of Rockville, Md., added Roberto Cetrullo as vice president, business development.

InterMune Inc., of Brisbane, Calif., appointed Keith Katkin vice president of pulmonary marketing.

ISTA Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Irvine, Calif., added Thomas Mitro as vice president, sales and marketing.

Myogen Inc., of Denver, appointed Alene Campbell vice president of corporate development.

NanoBio Corp., of Ann Arbor, Mich., appointed Herbert Amster and Kent Talcott to its board.

Nereus Pharmaceuticals Inc., of San Diego, appointed Daniel Von Hoff to its scientific advisory board.

PTC Therapeutics Inc., of South Plainfield, N.J., appointed Susan Baer vice president, human resources and administration.

Stressgen Biotechnologies Corp., of San Diego, appointed Margot Northey to its board.

The Speedel Group, of Basel, Switzerland, added Ryoji Noyori to its scientific advisory board.

Vela Pharmaceuticals Inc., of Lawrenceville, N.J., hired Jeff Calcagno as chief financial officer and vice president, finance.