Tandem Diabetes Care (NSDQ:TNDM) announced today that it appointed Dr. Jordan Pinsker as its VP & medical director. The San Diego-based insulin delivery technology developer’s appointment of Pinsker will be made effective on April 26, 2021, according to a news release. Pinsker joins Tandem from Sansum Diabetes Research Institute in Santa Barbara, Calif., where he served […]
Personnel Moves
B. Braun Medical appoints new CFO
B. Braun Medical announced today that it appointed James Allen as a senior VP and as the company’s chief financial officer. Allen, a veteran of more than 30 years in finance and management within multiple industries and disciplines, will replace Bruce Heugel, who last year announced that he would retire after more than 20 years at […]
Re-Vana Therapeutics appoints new COO, VP of R&D
Re-Vana Therapeutics announced today that it appointed Michael Nash as chief commercial officer and David Shima as VP of R&D. Belfast, Northern Ireland-based Re-Vana’s two new executives are set to help the company develop its sustained-release therapies for ophthalmic indications, including neovascular age-related macular degeneration (wet AMD), diabetic retinopathy (DR) and glaucoma, according to a […]
Acorda Therapeutics announces departure of business operations chief
Acorda Therapeutics (NSDQ:ACOR) announced today that its chief of business operations, David Lawrence, is resigning from the company. Lawrence, who also serves as Acorda’s principal accounting and financial officer, is resigning effective mid-March 2021 as he is set to take a leadership position at an early-stage biotechnology company, according to a news release. “Dave has […]
Lyra Therapeutics names new chief medical officer
Lyra Therapeutics (NSDQ:LYRA) announced today that it appointed Dr. Robert Kern as its new chief medical officer. Kern will remain in his current position as the George A. Sisson Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine while operating as Lyra’s CMO, according to […]
Dyve Biosciences appoints Camilla V. Simpson to its board
Clinical-stage biotechnology company Dyve Biosciences announced this week that Camilla V. Simpson joined its board of directors. Simpson possesses over 25 years of experience in the biotech industry, currently serving as an independent member of the board of directors at Spruce Biosciences and as a member of the scientific advisory board at Aristea Therapeutics, according […]
Bigfoot Biomedical appoints commercial team
Bigfoot Biomedical announced today that it established a team led by Berkley Nelson to lead the company’s sales effort. Bigfoot is marketing its the recently FDA-cleared Bigfoot Unity real-time, dose-decision support system, which uses smartpen caps and integrates Abbott’s FreeStyle Libre 2 continuous glucose monitoring platform. Get the full story at our sister site, MassDevice.
Delcath names new CEO
Delcath Systems (OTC:DCTH) announced that it appointed Gerard Michel as its new CEO, effective yesterday, Oct. 1, 2020. Michel assumed the role yesterday and also was appointed as a Class I director on the company’s board of directors, with that role continuing until the expiry of his term at the company’s 2022 annual meeting of stockholders, […]
Monarch Medical Technologies appoints diabetes tech veteran as new CEO
Monarch Medical Technologies announced that it appointed industry veteran Raymie McFarland as its new president & CEO. As McFarland takes over day-to-day management, Brian Duffy and Christophe Mallard, two of the Charlotte, N.C.-based diabetes technology company’s board members, will relinquish their respective roles as interim CEO and interim president. McFarland spent the previous nine years […]
Former Eli Lilly researcher joins Bigfoot Biomedical as chief medical officer
Bigfoot Biomedical has brought on Dr. Jim Malone — a 21-year clinical research veteran at Eli Lilly & Co. — as its chief medical officer, the diabetes treatment tech company said today. Malone, an endocrinologist specializing in diabetes, also spent 12 years in clinical practice. “Jim’s blended experience in medical practice and device development bring […]
