Salix Pharmaceuticals Ltd., of Raleigh, N.C., named Adam Derbyshire chief financial officer and vice president, finance and administration.

Techno Venture Management, of Munich, Germany, promoted Gert Caspritz and Peter Levin to partners.

Tularik Inc., of South San Francisco, named to its scientific board Carolyn Bertozzi, an associate professor of chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley, and John Kuriyan, a professor at Rockefeller University.

Warner Chilcott plc, of Dublin, Ireland, named Herman Ellman senior vice president, clinical development.

ZymoGenetics Inc., of Seattle, named to its board of directors George Rathmann, president and CEO of Hyseq Inc., and Edward Penhoet, former president and CEO of Chiron Corp.