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People Sagent Pharmaceuticals appointed Michael Fekete to its board of directors...Robert Janssen, M.D., is now CMO and vp, clinical development at Dynavax Technologies...SciClone Pharmaceuticals added Wilson W. Cheung as CFO and svp, fnance...ARCA biopharma named Raymond L. Woosley, M.D., Ph.D, to its board EnVivo Pharmaceuticals hired Deborah Dunsire, M.D., as president and CEO. She was also appointed to the company's board of directors. Formerly, Dr. Dunsire, was president and CEO of Millennium Pharmaceuticals. Prior to joining Millennium, Dr. Dunsire led the Novartis U.S. Oncology Business. Ian Gilham, Ph.D., joined Horizon Discovery as a nonexecutive director. Currently, he is nonexecutive chairman of Multiplicom and Biosurft. Dr. Gilham is also director of Stowheath. Formerly, he was CEO of Axis-Shield and vp, pharmacogenetics and diagnostics at GSK. Additionally, he held various positions within Abbott Laboratories. of directors...David Okrongly, Ph.D., joined OPKO Health as president of its diagnostics business unit... BioClinica hired David S. Herron as evp and president of its imaging core lab division. Genesis Biopharma appointed Sanford J. Hillsberg and Jay Venkatesan, M.D., to its board of directors... Paul Perreault is now CEO at CSL Limited...Aesica hired Sven Thomas and David Ross as business development managers...Theorem Clinical Research added Alison Taber as vp of global data management and Jeff Wiley as senior director of clinical operations...Brian J. G. Pereira, M.D., is now president and CEO at Visterra...Richard Koenig joined Rho as vp of operations... BiondVax named Jack Rosen to its board of directors. Hyperion Therapeutics added Ashley Gould as svp of governmental affairs and chief legal offcer, Natalie Holles as svp of corporate and business development, and Sylvia Wheeler as vp of investor relations and corVeronika Zuegel, Ph.D., is now vp of human resources and communications at DSM Pharmaceutical Products. She has worked in human resources management and communications for over 20 years. Prior to joining DSM, Dr. Zuegel held executive positions in human resources at Constantia Packaging and Alcoa. porate communications...Colder Products Company hired Russell Davies as European bio applications specialist...Orgenesis appointed David Sidransky, M.D., to its board of directors...Alcresta promoted Robert Gallotto to president. ISA Pharmaceuticals hired Jan Fagerberg, M.D., Ph.D., as CMO and Jens Hennecke, Ph.D., as CBO and advisor...Ziarco named David Brinkley to its board of directors...Aesica added Chris Gowland as COO... Hemispherx Biopharma named Peter W. Rodino III to its board of directors...Joseph Bolen joined Moderna Therapeutics as president of R&D.; Alexza Pharmaceuticals promoted Kelly Seither to vp of global strategic marketing and new product planning and Tatjana Naranda, Ph.D., to vp of business development and global alliance management...Chimerix elected Rodman L. Drake to its board of directors...Enteris BioPharma hired Brian Zietsman as president and CFO, Nozer Mehta, Ph.D., as CSO, and Paul Shields, Ph.D., as vp of operations...Deborah DuFresne is now vp, strategic portfolio selection and management at InnoPharma. CellScape promoted Ted Snelgrove as CEO...Cancer Genetics appointed Keith L. Brownlie to its board of directors...Alan Copa, Pharm.D., joined Novum Pharmaceutical Research Services as vp...Avacta named Trevor Nicholls, Ph.D., as nonexecutive director...Aerie Pharmaceuticals hired Thomas Mitro as president and COO. CytomX Therapeutics appointed Krishna Polu, M.D., (far left) to CMO and promoted Debanjan Ray to vp, business development and alliance management. Most recently, Dr. Polu served as vp, clinical development at Afymax. Prior to that role, he was executive director, global development at Amgen. Ray joined CytomX in August 2011 as senior director, head of business development. Before CytomX, he was the vp of business development at Itero Biopharmaceuticals. Send your People Announcements to sbhutta@GENengnews.com Advanced Clinical added Cheryle Evans as vp, clinical operations. Previously, she was executive director of clinical project management and regulatory support services at inVentiv Clinical Solutions. Prior to that, Evans was executive director, operations at Essential Group. 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