Leiden-based Mimetas, specialist in organ-on-chip-based disease models for drug discovery and development, has appointed Dhaval Patel (UCB, Belgium) as Chair of its Board of Directors.
Oslo-based Lytix Biopharma has a new Chief Business Officer. Stephen Worsley has started at the Norwegian immune-oncology company at the beginning of September.
Finance Expert Pascal Bricout strengthens French Carbios as Chief of Strategy; Financial Officer and a member of the Executive Committee.
Schwan follows Franz, Schinecker follows Schwan.
Beckman Coulter Life Sciences announces that Suzanne Foster has been appointed as president of the company. She succeeds Greg Milosevich, who has left the company.
Jan Van den Bossche becomes the 20th partner of Andera Partners. He joined the Life Sciences team at the beginning of July to accelerate the deployment of its BioDiscovery 6 fund.
Lee Patterson joins UK-based Charnwood Molecular as new CEO. After nearly 25 years at UK-based Charnwood Molecular, Prof. Steve Allin has stepping down as CEO. He will remain as an investor and Board advisor.
The biopharmaceutical company Biomunex Pharmaceuticals announces the appointment of Dr Simon Plyte as Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) and as a member of its scientific advisory board.
VIB and Flemish Minister of Economy and Innovation, Hilde Crevits, announce the appointment of Dr Christine Durinx as VIB’s co-managing director, alongside Dr Jérôme Van Biervliet. Dr Jo Bury, co-founder and co-managing director since VIB’s inception 25 years ago, is passing the torch to Durinx who is the former Executive Director of the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics.
The Swedish chief epidemiologist Anders Tegnell plans to move to the World Health Organisation (WHO) in Geneva.