BioDelivery Sciences (NSDQ:BDSI) said last week that its president & CEO, Mark Sirgo, plans to retire at the end of this year. Sirgo has held the corner office at the Raleigh, N.C.-based company since 2005. He will stay on as vice chairman of the board and will help determine his successor, BioDelivery Sciences reported. “After thirteen […]
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Ocular Therapeutix slashes workforce following FDA rejection
Ocular Therapeutix (NSDQ:OCUL) revealed yesterday that it plans to cut 26 jobs across the Bedford, Mass.-based company – about 19% of its workforce. The effort to reorganize comes just weeks after the FDA rejected Ocular’s resubmitted new drug application for its hydrogel plug, Dextenza. Ocular said it expects to finish restructuring in the third quarter of this […]
Anika names medtech veteran as new president | Personnel Moves – July 31, 2017
Anika Therapeutics (NSDQ:ANIK) last week named medtech veteran Joseph Darling as president, taking over the role from CEO Charles Sherwood. The chief exec plans to stay in the corner office as he transitions the role of president to Darling. Previously, Darling worked as an executive in privately-held orthopedic companies. He has also held senior level executive […]
Milestone Scientific appoints new CEO following FDA nod | Personnel Moves – July 13, 2017
Milestone Scientific (NYSE:MLSS) said this week that it appointed Daniel Goldberger to the company’s corner office. Leonard Osser, who previously served as CEO, is slated to remain on the board and will continue to serve as director of Milestone’s China operations. The appointment comes on the heels of the FDA’s decision to grant Milestone’s CompuFlo epidural […]
Ocular Therapeutix founder & CEO Sawhney to step down | Personnel Moves – June 23, 2017
The president & CEO of Ocular Therapeutix (NSDQ:OCUL), Amarpreet Sawhney, is slated to step down from the company that he helped start in 2006. He will serve as the board’s executive chairman for 1 year, unless he decides to leave earlier. The company wrote in a regulatory filing that “his service will be automatically renewed for […]
Braeburn names former Teva exec as new president, CEO | Personnel Moves – June 14, 2017
Braeburn Pharmaceuticals said last week that it named Michael Derkacz as president and CEO of the buprenorphine implant-maker. Most recently, Derkacz worked as senior VP and head of global central nervous system and pain therapeutic areas for Teva Pharmaceuticals (NYSE:TEVA). Behshad Sheldon, who helped to found Braeburn in 2012, is slated to step down from Braeburn […]
Insulet brings on new chief commercial exec | Personnel Moves – June 5, 2017
Insulet (NSDQ:PODD) last month named Bret Christensen as its chief commercial officer to lead the company’s sales, marketing, customer care, market access and advocacy. He most recently served as GM of Myriad Genetics’ preventive care business division. He has also worked as VP of sales and marketing of the gynecologic surgical products unit at Hologic. “I […]
Sanofi promotes Sibold to exec VP of Sanofi Genzyme | Personnel Moves – April 13, 2017
Sanofi (NYSE:SNY) said at the start of April that it promoted Bill Sibold to exec VP of Sanofi Genzyme, effective July 1, 2017. Sibold succeeds Dr. David Meeker, who is slated to leave the company at the end of June. Sibold is the head of Sanofi Genzyme’s global multiple sclerosis, oncology and immunology organization. He […]
Medtech stories we missed this week: March 31, 2017
This week we saw a few FDA 510(k) clearances and one of the 1st uses of a next-generation surgical robot in Asia. Here are medtech stories we missed this week but thought were still worth mentioning: 1. Corindus touts first Asian use of next-generation robot Corindus Vascular Robotics announced in a March 31 press release that robot-assisted […]
Clearside Biomedical names Beckman as new CMO | Personnel Moves, Jan. 5, 2017
Clearside Biomedical (NSDQ:CLSD) today named Dr. Richard Beckman as chief medical officer. Beckman is an ophthalmologist with 13 years of clinical practice under his belt, as well as 20 years of corporate executive and consultancy experience. Prior to joining Clearside, Beckman managed a pharmaceutical and medical device industry consulting firm. He has also served as […]