Navidea Biopharmaceuticals (NYSE:NAVB) announced today that it appointed two new members to its board of directors. Thomas Forest Farb-Horch and Agnieszka Winkler joined Dublin, Ohio-based Navidea’s board, effective Oct. 7, each with a three-year term ending concurrently with the company’s 2024 annual stockholders meeting. According to a news release, Farb-Horch, a veteran of over three […]
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Eli Lilly forms neuroscience and immunology units amid leadership changes
Eli Lilly (NYSE:LLY) today announced executive leadership changes as it creates neuroscience and immunology business units. Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly split its bio-medicines segment into Lilly Neuroscience and Lilly Immunology in the organizational shift, to be made effective Sept. 5, with Anne White set to lead the neuroscience unit and Patrik Jonsson set to head up […]
Glytec appoints chief medical officer
Cloud-based insulin management software developer Glytec announced today that it appointed Dr. Jordan Messler as chief medical officer. Messler’s responsibilities as the company’s CMO include spearheading continuous improvement initiatives for Glytec’s clinical strategy and product development. Additionally, Messler will be supporting the delivery, customer, quality and regulatory teams to ensure ethical and safe glycemic management […]
Dexcom promotes Jereme Sylvain to CFO
Dexcom (NASDAQ: DXCM) announced today that it has promoted Jereme Sylvain to become a new EVP and CFO at the continuous glucose monitoring company. Sylvain — who joined Dexcom in 2018 and was most recently SVP of finance and chief accounting officer — will report to COO Quentin Blackford. Previously, Blackford had been serving as […]
Biolinq names new CEO
Wearable biosensor technology developer Biolinq announced today that it named Richard Yang as its new CEO. San Diego-based Biolinq, which develops biosensor platforms to measure continuous glucose for managing diabetes, among other clinical conditions, said in a news release that Yang is a veteran of more than 20 years with time spent at top-tier medical device companies. […]
TriSalus names new chief medical officer
TriSalus today said it appointed Steven Katz as chief medical officer. Katz will be responsible for overseeing the company’s clinical development strategy in the treatment of solid tumors. He has served as TriSalus’s chief medical advisor and chairperson of its scientific advisory board since 2018. “We are thrilled to have Steven join TriSalus as a […]
Molex taps former Ecolab SVP to run its medical business, including Phillips-Medisize
Paul Chaffin — most recently SVP of enterprise initiatives at Ecolab — has become SVP in charge of Molex’s Medical and Pharmaceutical Solutions division, including contract manufacturing giant Phillips-Medisize. Chaffin will report to Molex CEO Joe Nelligan and will be a member of the company’s Global Leadership Team. Get the full story on our sister […]
Tissum rases €39m
Programmable polymer developer Tissium announced that it raised nearly $43 million in a Series B funding round to support expansion. The company’s funding round reached approximately $42.8 million (€38.8 million) and included new investors BNP Paribas Developpement, the European Investment Fund, M&L Investments and ValQuest Partners, along with returning investors Bpifrance, CM-CIC Innovation, CapDecisif Management, […]
Anika CEO retires after two decades; president assumes corner office | Personnel Moves – March 13, 2018
Anika Therapeutics (NSDQ:ANIK) announced this month that CEO Charles Sherwood plans to retire after working for Anika for nearly twenty years. Joseph Darling, who has been Anika’s president since July 2017, will take his place in the corner office. Darling has previously served in executive leadership roles across an array of medtech companies like Abbott (NYSE:ABT), Baxter (NYSE:BAX) […]
Anthem exec chairman joins Proteus board | Personnel Moves – Feb. 26, 2018
Proteus Digital Health announced earlier this month that Anthem‘s (NYSE:ANTM) executive chairman, Joseph Swedish, joined the company’s board of directors. Swedish served as Anthem’s president & chief executive from 2013 until he was appointed executive chairman in 2018. “Proteus has created a compelling solution to a problem that has plagued the pharmaceutical industry for decades: […]
