Takeda completes acquisition and names new ceo of Nycomed Takeda completes acquisition and names new ceo of Nycomed Frank Morich adds new role to his current position Affimed reorganises management team Affimed reorganises management team Adi Hoess becomes chief executive Thomas Christely takes ceo role at Silence Therapeutics Thomas Christely takes ceo role at Silence Therapeutics Based at RNAi firm’s facility in Berlin, Germany BASF honours Harvard researcher BASF honours Harvard researcher Dr Tobias Ritter wins the BASF Catalysis Award 2011 Amerigroup hires chief compliance officer Amerigroup hires chief compliance officer Georgia Dodds Foley to lead the office of business ethics and compliance programme RSSL makes senior appointments RSSL makes senior appointments Including Alex Webbe as laboratory manager Marina Biotech makes organisational changes Marina Biotech makes organisational changes Creates the position of executive vice president of r&d NextPharma ceo Bill Wedlake to step down NextPharma ceo Bill Wedlake to step down Franck Latrille takes the role on 3 October Catalent hires global vp of business development Catalent hires global vp of business development For Zydis fast-dissolve technology Lundbeck promotes Marie-Laure Pochon Lundbeck promotes Marie-Laure Pochon Reduces executive management group from six to four members Cresset sets up Professional Services division Cresset sets up Professional Services division Appoints Martin Slater as director of consulting to drive division forward Array BioPharma hires vp of clinical sciences Array BioPharma hires vp of clinical sciences Karsten Witt will lead clinical science and drug safety activities Harvard professor wins Agilent grant Harvard professor wins Agilent grant Will support research using NMR spectroscopy to analyse large proteins Ocean Optics appoints new president Ocean Optics appoints new president Kevin Chittim takes helm at photonics manufacturer Spectroscopy veteran joins Shimadzu UK Spectroscopy veteran joins Shimadzu UK Robert Keighley will drive sales at instrumentation firm Pierre Delavaud joins SkyePharma from Catalent Pierre Delavaud joins SkyePharma from Catalent Takes on role of executive vp of sales and business development Former Lilly executive joins AMRI Former Lilly executive joins AMRI Charles Jensen is appointed as DMPK director Scil Proteins appoints chief scientific officer Scil Proteins appoints chief scientific officer Ulrich Haupts joins the biotech firm from Bayer Healthcare Immunovaccine hires John Trizzino as ceo Immunovaccine hires John Trizzino as ceo Vaccine specialist brings 25 years of experience to the role Bachem makes management changes Bachem makes management changes To take effect in April 2012 GSK celebrates its scientific contribution to 2012 Olympics GSK celebrates its scientific contribution to 2012 Olympics UK pharma giant will operate anti-doping laboratory during the London Olympics Delenex completes its management team Delenex completes its management team Thomas Jung becomes chief medical officer Ardelyx appoints Mark Kaufmann as chief business officer Ardelyx appoints Mark Kaufmann as chief business officer Role includes business development, licensing and strategic planning Quintiles appoints global head of Phase I division Quintiles appoints global head of Phase I division CMSO Oren Cohen takes the role