News - Appointments

Carolyn Compton named CEO of Critical Path Institute

Carolyn Compton

Carolyn Compton, a senior scientist, has been appointed president and chief executive officer of the Critical Path Institute (C-Path) in Tucson, Arizona, US, taking over from the institute&rs

Country: United States

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John Perkins appointed UK chief scientific advisor

John Perkins

John Perkins, CBE, has been appointed as the chief scientific advisor to the UK government’s Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, whose key objectives are to stimulate economic gro

Country: United Kingdom

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Briggs Morrison to lead global medicines development at AstraZeneca

Briggs Morrison

Briggs Morrison, a pharmaceutical industry veteran, has been appointed to the position of executive vice president for global medicines development at AstraZeneca, succeeding Anders Ekblom.

Country: United Kingdom

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Russell Greig appointed chair of AM-Pharma supervisory board

Russell Greig

Russell Greig, former president of GlaxoSmithKline’s venture capital arm, has been appointed chair of the supervisory board of AM-Pharma BV of the Netherlands, a company with products in deve

Country: Netherlands

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Mark Bodmer to head immunology at UCB

Mark Bodmer

Mark Bodmer, a former executive at GlaxoSmithKline Plc, has joined UCB SA as vice president and head of immunology at the Belgian company’s new medicines unit.

Country: Belgium

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Peter Theil to head non-clinical development at UCB

Peter Theil

Peter Theil, a former Genentech executive, has joined UCB SA as vice president and head of non-clinical development for new medicines.

Country: Belgium

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Thomas Szucs becomes chair of Intercell’s supervisory board

Thomas Szucs

Thomas Szucs, professor of pharmaceutical medicine at the University of Basel, has been elected chair of the supervisory board of Intercell AG.

Country: Austria

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Michele Antonelli to manage UCB France

Michele Antonelli

Michele Antonelli is to become executive vice president and managing director of UCB France on 1 January 2012 following a change in the composition of the Belgian company’s executive com

Country: Belgium

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Roche appoints Sophie Kornowski-Bonnet to head partnering

Sophie Kornowski-Bonnet

The Roche group has appointed Sophie Kornowski-Bonnet to the position of head of partnering, effective 1 February 2012, succeeding Dan Zabrowski.

Country: Switzerland

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Head of Max Planck Society to join Actelion board

Peter Gruss

Peter Gruss, president of the Max Planck Society, has been nominated to join the board of directors of Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, a Swiss-based biopharmaceutical company.

Country: Switzerland

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