Medicen Paris Region, the health innovation hub in Île-de-France, announces the appointment of Jessica Leygues as CEO.

Carrie Brownstein has started as the new Chief Medical Officer at Cellectis, a French biopharmaceutical company.

Mark Beards is the new CEO of Sutura Therapeutics Ltd in Birkenhead (UK).

In October 2019, Thierry Bernard provisionally took over the responsibilities of Qiagen CEO Peer Schatz, who had left the company unexpectedly after 27 years.

Mark Truesdale has been appointed to the position of CEO at Life Sciences company Solentim.

CTO Lars Nieba has taken over as interim CEO at Nordic Nanovectors after Eduardo Bravo’s sudden departure.

She was already serving as interim CEO since Nouscom founder Alfredo Nicosia retired in May 2019. Now, Marina Udier‘s appointment at the Basel-based immuno-oncology company has been made permanent.

Co-founder Fiona Withey is the new Chief Executive Officer of TrakCel, a software developer of orchestration systems for advanced therapies. Co-founder Ravi Nalliah was appointed to the role of Chief Strategy Officer.

Applied Photophysics Limited, active in biophysical characterization of biomolecules, has appointed Tim Flanagan as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors.

Ex-Sandoz Head of Global Franchises Rex Clements is taking over as CEO of Centrient Pharmaceuticals. Erstwhile Centrient CEO Karl Rotthier has decided to step down, the company said.