Pharmacor Inc., of Montreal, appointed Heimo Scheer vice president, regulatory and clinical strategic alliances.

Salus Therapeutics Inc., of Salt Lake City, appointed Ramesh Prakash vice president for product development.

SangStat Medical Corp., of Fremont, Calif., added Corinne Lyle to its board.

Scios Inc., of Sunnyvale, Calif., appointed Suzanne Beveridge senior director, investor relations and corporate communications.

StemCells Inc., of Palo Alto, Calif., said Jean-Jacques Bienaime will join its board.

Stressgen Biotechnologies Corp., of San Diego, appointed Howard Holden vice president, regulatory affairs and compliance, and Bruce Berger vice president of clinical development.

VaxGen Inc., of Brisbane, Calif., added Piers Whitehead as vice president, corporate and business development.