• CCS Medical (Dallas) named Michael Sicuro to the position of executive VP/CFO. Steve Saft, CCS Medical's previous CFO, will remain with the company during a transition period. Most recently, Sicuro was the executive VP and CFO for US Oncology. CCS Medical is a provider of home medical supplies and services to patients with chronic conditions.

• Response Biomedical (Vancouver, British Columbia) said S. Wayne Kay, the CEO of Response, has tendered his resignation as both an officer and director of the company. Peter Thompson will serve as executive chairman and interim CEO. The board has retained an executive search firm to assist in identifying and hiring a new CEO as quickly as possible. Response Biomedical makes on-site diagnostic tests for use with its RAMP platform for clinical and environmental applications. The RAMP system consists of a reader and single-use disposable test cartridges.

• TearScience (Morrisville, North Carolina) has named Diethart Reichardt as senior VP of the European region including Europe, Middle East and Africa. Previously, Reichardt was a global divisional head and corporate VP of Allergan. TearScience specializes in devices that provide significant clinical improvement in the treatment of evaporative dry eye.

• Tengion (East Norrition, Pennsylvnia) has named Diane Jorkasky, MD, who recently joined Endo Pharmaceuticals as senior VP, clinical development and chief medical officer, to its board. Tengion also reported that Brenda Gavin, DVM, managing partner at Quaker BioVentures, is stepping down from the Tengion board. Quaker BioVentures was an early private venture capital investor in Tengion. Tengion makes the Organ Regeneration Platform that enables the company to create product candidates that are intended to harness the intrinsic regenerative pathways of the body to produce a range of native-like organs and tissues.

• Welch Allyn (Skaneateles Falls, New York) reported that Anil Dass will be joining the company as the Country Manager for India. Dass was most recently the national sales manager at a China-based manufacturer of patient monitors, ventilators and operating tables and lights. Welch Allyn is a provider of medical diagnostic equipment and a complete range of digital and connected solutions.