TARGETECH HIRES R&D VP ...TargeTech Inc. of Avon, Conn., said it hired Dr. George L.Spitalny as vice president of research and development.Spitalny had been director of immunology at Bristol-MyersSquibb. ... Alain Gilbert has been named president of Europeanoperations for IDEXX Corp. of Portland, Maine, maker ofbiodetection systems. Gilbert previously was president ofMedtronic's European operations. ... Genosys BiotechnologiesInc. of The Woodlands, Texas, maker of synthetic DNAsegments, named Tim McGrath vice president of marketing. Hehad been marketing manager for the Milligen/Biosearchdivision of Millipore. ... Cell Genesys of Foster City, Calif., hashired Scott Greene as its vice president of businessdevelopment. Greene, previously director of corporatedevelopment at Genetics Institute, will be responsible for thecommercial development of Cell Genesys' homologousrecombination technology to treat human diseases.

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