Lundbeck’s Marie-Laure Pochon resigns for personal reasons Lundbeck’s Marie-Laure Pochon resigns for personal reasons Ole Chrintz adds commercial operations in Europe to his area Amakem appoints Steve Pakola as chief medical officer Amakem appoints Steve Pakola as chief medical officer George Lasezkay joins board of directors Litre Meter strengthens senior management team Litre Meter strengthens senior management team Adds Paul de Waal as global business development director Dr Margaret Chan takes second term as WHO director-general Dr Margaret Chan takes second term as WHO director-general The WHO needs to maintain the momentum for better health, she says in acceptance speech Ian Shott becomes president of AMRI Europe Ian Shott becomes president of AMRI Europe Former founder and ceo of Excelsyn takes a new role Camargo appoints vice president of drug development Camargo appoints vice president of drug development Gary Barnette joins the US firm from GTx Array BioPharma appoints new ceo Array BioPharma appoints new ceo Ron Squarer joins the US biopharmaceutical firm Catalent names award winners Catalent names award winners In the Global Academic Competition for Life Science Leaders of Tomorrow Watson restructures senior leadership to support expansion Watson restructures senior leadership to support expansion Particularly following Watson\'s intention to purchase Actavis Oxford BioTherapeutics appoints head of clinical development operations Oxford BioTherapeutics appoints head of clinical development operations Dr Esteban Pombo-Villar will be based in Basel, Switzerland Budding bioscience entrepreneur wins £10,000 prize Budding bioscience entrepreneur wins £10,000 prize Nick Gilbert takes the prize for his work into how DNA is folded up in cells Creabilis appoints chief business officer Creabilis appoints chief business officer Dr Simon Russell joins the firm from Novartis Quintiles gains a new chief executive Quintiles gains a new chief executive Tom Pike joins US firm while founder Dennis Gillings continues as executive chairman Newron ceo to leave on 31 May Newron ceo to leave on 31 May Luca Benatti will be replaced by cfo Stefan Weber Theorem Clinical Research appoints Asia-Pacific director Theorem Clinical Research appoints Asia-Pacific director Edward Ian, executive director, clinical development, will be based in Taipei ABPI appoints Neil Weir as Innovation Board chairman ABPI appoints Neil Weir as Innovation Board chairman Weir leads immunology and neurology discovery at UCB Cup final success for youth football team Cup final success for youth football team Copley Scientific sponsors Edwalton Cavaliers Under 13\'s Novasep makes two managerial appointments Novasep makes two managerial appointments Corporate quality director and director of Novasep Belgium Teva appoints president of global r&d and cso Teva appoints president of global r&d and cso Dr Michael Hayden will be based in Israel James Shannon named cmo at GlaxoSmithKline James Shannon named cmo at GlaxoSmithKline Takes primary responsibility for medical governance and patient safety University of Exeter and QinetiQ receive a royal visitor University of Exeter and QinetiQ receive a royal visitor Her Majesty the Queen is introduced to the Arkiris project team Merck Millipore promotes Andrew Bulpin Merck Millipore promotes Andrew Bulpin Will head the Process Solutions Business Unit Change of chief executive at Envirotainer Change of chief executive at Envirotainer Gustaf Ljunggren joins the Swedish distributor of temperature-controlled pharmaceuticals Sygnature celebrates official opening of new research labs Sygnature celebrates official opening of new research labs The event included a drug discovery symposium