Welcome to this week's Chutes and Ladders, our roundup of hirings and firings throughout the industry. Please send the good word--or the bad--from your shop to Michael Gibney (email | Twitter) or Emily Mullin (email | Twitter) and we will feature it here at the end of each week.
Merck's Kim resigns to teach at Stanford med school
Peter Kim, the former R&D chief at Merck ($MRK), is joining Stanford University School of Medicine as a professor of biochemistry. Among his most notable research projects at Merck, Kim oversaw the development of a leading human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine, as well as vaccines for rotavirus and shingles. Kim, though, exited Merck earlier this year after the company had endured a 7-year drought of new blockbusters. "We saw some wonderful successes, together with some pretty visible failures," he said. "That comes with the game." Med school dean Lloyd Minor noted that "with his many years as an innovative researcher and his extensive work in developing and shepherding drugs to market, Peter exemplifies our commitment to ensuring patients we see in our clinics benefit from the discoveries we make in our laboratories." More
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Biotech
> Teva's ($TEVA) vice chairman of its board of directors, Moshe Many, will step down from his post at the beginning of 2014 to be replaced by board member Amir Elstein. Many will remain a member of the board. Release
> Ton Berkien joined Nuevolution as the company's chief business officer. Berkien most recently was in charge of corporate development at Takeda. Release
> Kamada appointed Amir London as its senior vice president of business development. Release
> ThromboGenics brought on Staf Van Reet as the chairman of its board of directors. Release
> Michael Metzger joined Regado Biosciences ($RGDO) as the company's president and chief operating officer. Release
> The Female Health Company named Karen King as its president and CEO. King has worked with Baxter International ($BAX) and Royal DSM. Release
> USDM Life Sciences appointed Wilfredo Santiago as its senior manager of manufacturing systems. Santiago has consulted for Johnson & Johnson ($JNJ), Eli Lilly ($LLY), Sartorius, Pfizer ($PFE) and Genentech. Release
> Robert Pierce joined OncoSec Medical as chief medical officer. Previously, Pierce was executive director at Merck Research Labs. Release
> Advanced Cell Technology appointed Dr. Eddy Anglade to the newly created position of executive vice president of clinical development. Anglade joins ACT after co-founding Lux Pharmaceuticals and serving as its chief medical officer. Release
> David Moore, chief business officer of Ocera Therapeutics ($OCRX), is leaving the company to pursue other opportunities. Rhonda Stanley, Ocera's controller and principal accounting officer, will also be leaving Ocera. Release
> Momenta Pharmaceuticals ($MNTA) named Dr. Michael Franken president, biosimilars business. Prior to joining Momenta, Franken served as senior vice president and chief business officer of Radius Health. Release
> Dr. Georges Gemayel joined Prosensa ($RNA) as a supervisory board member. Most notably, Gemayel served as executive vice president at Genzyme from 2003 to 2008. Release
> Boston Therapeuticas appointed Edward Shea as vice president, business development; Tina Gagnon as consulting director of finance; and Yael Bobruff clinical affairs manager. Release
Pharma
> Itonis Pharmaceuticals appointed Ernesto Barron to be the company's chief scientific officer and director of clinical research. Release
> InVivo Therapeutics bumped William D'Agostino and Robert Ham up to vice president of manufacturing and engineering and senior director of quality, respectively. Release
> Bristol-Myers Squibb ($BMY) named Thomas Lynch, Jr., to the company's board of directors. Release
> Relmada Therapeutics appointed Douglas Beck as its chief financial officer. Release
CRO
> Quintiles ($Q) appointed W. Scott Evangelista to serve as president, integrated commercial services and solutions. Evangelista joins Quintiles from Deloitte Consulting. Release
> Harlan appointed Hiroharu Okochi as president of Harlan Japan. Previously, Okochi was responsible for sales and business development of Covance ($CVD) central laboratory services to Japanese pharmaceutical companies. Release