GVK Biosciences, one of Asia’s top contract research organisations, has appointed Dr. Shoibal Mukherjee to the post of senior vice president, clinical development. Prior to joining GVK Bio, Mukherjee held senior positions at Ranbaxy and Pfizer.
The appointment of Joerg Reinhardt as chief operating officer of Novartis has prompted speculation that chief executive Daniel Vasella might step down. Vasella played down the suggestion in an interview with Reuters.
US CRO Camargo Pharmaceutical Services has appointed Elaine Taylor as its new director of research services. Taylor will perform all scientific research writing activities and provide life cycle support from clinical study protocols through regulatory submission and post approval activities.
Oxford Expression Technologies, a UK provider of baculovirus-based protein expression products and services, has appointed Tim Bernard as business development manager and Dr. Richard Broadhead as sales manager.
Eurofins AvTech Laboratories has named Jeff Moran as director of business development, with the brief of expanding AvTech’s bioanalytical reach.
William Osgood has resigned as chief executive of US company ThermoGenesis, which sells equipment for stem cell research and provides research services. Osgood has been replaced in the interim by chief financial officer Matthew Plavan.
Dr. Anthony Chilton has joined Bioanalytical Systems Inc (BASi) as chief operating officer, scientific services.
Christian Velmer has been named president and managing director of Wyeth Canada. He replaces Arnout Ploos Van Amstel, who is now senior vice president and general manager, Institutional Business Unit, at Wyeth.
Foster Jordan has been appointed corporate senior vice president, endotoxin and microbial detection products, at Charles River Laboratories.
Dr. Andrew Penman has been named vice president of the drug development division of Southern Research Institute, a US network of collaborative centres for scientific discovery and technology development.
Process development and manufacturing service company Avecia Biotechnology has appointed Paula Lorence as vice president of business development.
US CRO Ricerca has appointed Dr. Thomas Davidson as director of toxicology and pharmacology.
Qforma, an advanced analytics and predictive modelling company, has named Kent Harris as senior vice president of sales, new business.
John Hendrix has been named programme director, member and vendor relations, for SAFE-BioPharma, a non-profit association which develops digital identity and digital signature standards for the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
Swiss plasma specialist Octapharma has named Dennis Curtin as president of Life Therapeutics, Octapharma's plasma operations in the US. Curtin has been the company's US legal counsel since 2002.