• Exactech (Gainesville, Florida) reported key leadership promotions. Bruce Thompson, senior VP/GM of Biologics, was named GM of Biologics and Exactech Spine. Raymond Cloutier, VP of engineering and development, was named VP of engineering and development for Exactech Spine. Xavier Sarabia was named VP of engineering and development for Exactech large joints. Exactech makes orthopedic implant devices, related surgical instruments and biologic materials and services to hospitals and physicians.

• Molecular Biometrics (Chester, New Jersey) reported the addition of three senior commercial executives in sales, marketing and international distribution. Robert Lederer was named VP of sales and commercial development. Lederer previously was leader of the commercial team at Connetics. Bob Rochelle was named VP of marketing and business development, joining from Exact Sciences. Marianne Vivian was named director of international distribution. Most recently, she held a similar post at Irvine Scientific. Also joining Molecular Biometrics' research team are Mark Henson, PhD, and Kevin Judge, PhD. Henson will serve as a senior research scientist; he previously was a principal scientist at Pfizer's Global R&D facility. Judge joined Molecular Biometrics in November 2007. Molecular Biometrics is a metabolomics company that makes clinical tools to characterize biological function in health and disease.