GenVec president and ceo to retire GenVec president and ceo to retire US firm hires recruitment firm to find a successor Hatchtech appoints Tim Waugh as ceo Hatchtech appoints Tim Waugh as ceo Formerly with Roche in the US as a divisional vice president GW Pharmaceuticals’ Roger Pertwee wins award GW Pharmaceuticals’ Roger Pertwee wins award Will be the 19th recipient of the Wellcome Gold Medal Industry veteran joins Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Industry veteran joins Auxilium Pharmaceuticals Adrian Adams succeeds Armando Anido at the US firm University of Brighton uses The Apprentice as a model for teaching students University of Brighton uses The Apprentice as a model for teaching students Teams of contestants are set laboratory challenges ABPI names president elect ABPI names president elect Deepak Khanna takes up full role in April 2012 Recipharm presents Environmental Award to French professor Recipharm presents Environmental Award to French professor For his research into the sustainable use of pharmaceuticals Whitehouse md grows moustache for charity Whitehouse md grows moustache for charity Joins fellow ‘Mo Bros’ around the world to raise funds and awareness for men’s health Dr Louis Nisbet leads BioCity forward Dr Louis Nisbet leads BioCity forward BioCity Nottingham appoints new chairman Biocartis names chief executive officer Biocartis names chief executive officer Nayan Gregory Parekh takes up role as current ceo becomes executive chairman SCA Cool Logistics appoints technical leader SCA Cool Logistics appoints technical leader Simon Hubbard will head use of multi-physics simulation capability in packaging design Genzyme appoints leaders for MS and rare disease businesses Genzyme appoints leaders for MS and rare disease businesses Bill Sibold and Rogério Vivaldi take up the roles Novavax appoints senior vp of business development Novavax appoints senior vp of business development Russell ‘Rip’ Wilson takes the role at US biopharmaceutical firm Par Pharmaceutical makes two promotions Par Pharmaceutical makes two promotions To manage the expanded company and its subsidiaries Novartis chemist wins Design a Molecule Competition Novartis chemist wins Design a Molecule Competition Cresset challenged entrants to design a biologically similar molecule to a reference compound SNBL USA appoints vp of business development SNBL USA appoints vp of business development Mark Crane takes overall responsibility for marketing, sales and business development Coldstream Laboratories appoints vp of manufacturing Coldstream Laboratories appoints vp of manufacturing Dr Vickie Hall takes responsibility for manufacturing, facilities and warehouse operations Lonza promotes Stefan Troger to Visp site manager Lonza promotes Stefan Troger to Visp site manager He succeeds Stéphane Mischler, who retires next year Starna Scientific appoints Nathan Hulme as a director Starna Scientific appoints Nathan Hulme as a director To help guide expansion plans at the spectroscopy specialist Bath professor receives Wolfson Merit Award Bath professor receives Wolfson Merit Award The award will fund Jonathan Williams\' research into metal catalysts for new chemical reactions Takeda appoints new CMSO and CCO Takeda appoints new CMSO and CCO To strengthen the Japanese firm as it integrates Nycomed Novartis appoints global head of development Novartis appoints global head of development Promotes Timothy Wright to the role SCM wins award for Outstanding Growth SCM wins award for Outstanding Growth UK CDMO has almost doubled in size during 2011 BTG names non-executive chairman BTG names non-executive chairman Former chief executive of SSL International joins healthcare firm