MATRIX HIRES PRESIDENT ...Matrix Pharmaceutical Inc. of Menlo Park, Calif., on Tuesdaysaid it has hired Craig R. McMullen as president and chiefexecutive officer. The company has also hired Andrew G. Korey,Ph.D., as vice president of medical and regulatory affairs.McMullen was president and CEO of Hana Biologics from 1984through 1989. Korey was vice president of medical affairs atGenelabs from 1987 through 1989. ...

CytRx Corp. (NASDAQ: CYTR) of Norcross, Ga., has electedRaymond C. Carnahan Jr. to its board of directors. Carnahan ismanager of Internal Cost Analysis and Planning at Johnson &Johnson. He plans to retire soon, having been with Johnson &Johnson since 1975. ... Robert E. Boni, Ph.D., former presidentand chairman of the board of New Jersey steelmaker ArmcoInc., has been named to the board of directors of NovaPharmaceutical Corp. of Baltimore. He replaces Dr. RalphGomory, who has retired.

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