• Hospira (Lake Forest, Illinois) has elected William Dempsey to the company's board. Dempsey spent more than two decades at Abbott Laboratories, most recently serving as executive vice president, global pharmaceuticals. Hospira is a specialty pharmaceutical and medication delivery company.

• Tangent Medical Technologies (Ann Arbor, Michigan) has named Jeffrey Williams as CEO. Additionally, Williams will serve as chairman of the board. Previously, Williams had been president/CEO of Accuri Cytometers. Tangent Medical is a development stage medical device company specializing in infusion therapy safety with its intravenous catheters and associated products.