Start-Up Execs On The Move, February 2015

Recent executive-level hires and director appointments at venture capital firms and biopharma and medtech start-ups.

Start-Up Execs

Arvinas Inc.

Manuel Litchman, MD

To:Pres. & CEO (January)

From:SVP & Global Program Head, Novartis Pharmaceuticals

Phone:[phone]

Augmenix Inc.

Ken Knudson

To:VP, Global Sales & Mktg. (January)

From:VP, Global Sales, Cheetah Medical Inc.

Phone:[phone]

John Pedersen

To:CEO (January)

From:Senior Healthcare Advisor, The Gores Group

Phone:[phone]

CytomX Therapeutics Inc.

W. Michael Kavanaugh, MD

To:CSO & Head, Research & Early Dev. (January)

From:SVP, CSO, Five Prime Therapeutics Inc.

Phone:[phone]

Euclises Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Bobby W. Sandage, Jr., PD

To:Pres. & CEO (January)

From:Pres. & CEO, Coronado Biosciences Inc.

Phone:[phone]

Jounce Therapeutics Inc.

Deborah Law, DPhil

To:CSO (January)

From:CSO, Ablynx NV

Phone:[phone]

Principia BioPharma Inc.

Roy Hardiman

To:CBO (January)

From:Co-owner & General Counsel, Woodlands Inc.

Phone:[phone]

Scioderm Inc.

Ian A. W. Howes

To:CFO (January)

From:CFO & VP, Corp. Dev., Akebia Therapeutics Inc.

Phone:[phone]

Seres Therapeutics Inc.

Michele (Shelly) Trucksis, MD, PhD

To:EVP, CMO (January)

From:Exec. Dir., Merck Research Laboratories

Phone:[phone]

Targovax AS

Anne-Kirsti Aksnes, PhD

To:VP, Clinical Dev. (January)

From:VP, Clinical Research, Algeta ASA

Phone:[phone]

Tina Madsen

To:VP, Quality Assurance (January)

From:Dir., Product Quality Assurance, Algeta ASA

Phone:[phone]

Tute Genonics Inc.

David Mittelman, PhD

To:CSO (January)

From:Co-founder, Arpeggi Inc.

Phone:[phone]

Andrew Olson

To:VP, Sales (December)

From:VP, Sales, Great Basin Corp.

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Unum Therapeutics Inc.

Christiana Stamoulis

To:CFO & Head, Corp. Dev. (January)

From:SVP & Head, Corp. Strategy & Bus. Dev., Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Phone:[phone]

Start-Up Directors

Alzheon Inc.

David Nikodem, PhD

To:Director (January)

Phone:[phone]

Batu Biologics Inc.

Alan Lewis, PhD

To:Chairman (January)

Phone:[phone]

Global Blood Therapeutics Inc.

Willie L. Brown, Jr.

To:Director (January)

Phone:[phone]

Principia BioPharma Inc.

Lewis Shuster

To:Director (January)

Phone:[phone]

Scioderm Inc.

Mike Lee

To:Director (December)

Phone:[phone]

Start-Up Investors

Piper Jaffray

Matthew O'Brien

To:Principal & Senior Research Analyst (December)

From:Senior Analyst, William Blair & Co. LLC

Phone:[phone]

Sofinnova Ventures

Daniel G. Welch

To:Exec. Partner (January)

From:Chmn., Pres. & CEO, InterMune Inc.

Phone:[phone]

Wake Forest Innovations

Jeff Brennan

To:VP, Industry Relations & Bus. Dev. (January)

From:SVP, Bus. & Commercial Dev. & CBO, Targacept Inc.

Phone:[phone]

Start-Up Advisors

Alcyone Lifesciences Inc.

Michael Rogawski, MD, PhD

To:Clinical & Scientific Advisor (December)

Phone:[phone]

Neurotrope Inc.

Jeffrey L. Cummings, MD

To:Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Advisor (January)

Phone:[phone]

Martin R. Farlow, MD

To:Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Advisor (January)

Phone:[phone]

Sam Gandy, MD, PhD

To:Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Advisor (January)

Phone:[phone]

Christina Sampaio, MD, PhD

To:Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Advisor (January)

Phone:[phone]

Michael Weiner, MD

To:Alzheimer's Disease Clinical Advisor (January)

Phone:[phone]

Raze Therapeutics

Julian Adams, PhD

To:Scientific Advisor (January)

Phone:[phone]

George Q. Daley, MD, PhD

To:Scientific Advisor (January)

Phone:[phone]

Karen Vousden, PhD

To:Scientific Advisor (January)

Phone:[phone]

Promotions

Sprout Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Cindy Whitehead

To:CEO (January)

From:Pres. & COO

Phone:[phone]

Resignations

Promethera Biosciences SA NV

Eric Halioua

From:CEO (January)

Phone:[phone]