Pfizer Oncology has lost its CMO to Allergan, while Novartis beefs up its ethical leadership, Array Biopharma appoints a new chair and Sigilon raids Bioverativ for its new CEO.

CEO Emma Walmsley’s plans to transform the leadership at GSK have advanced again with the appointment of HSBC's Iain Mackay as the firm's new chief financial officer.

New CEOs have been appointed at Cell Medica, Mologen, Navitor Pharmaceuticals, Tenaya Therapeutics and Oncobiologics, while a new CMO has been recruited to IGM Biosciences, a vice president of clinical development at Provention Bio and a CFO at Centrexion Therapeutics.

Senior executives are to depart Gilead Sciences, Bristol-Myers Squibb and Amgen, while C-suite and board hires have been reported at Sirnaomics, Pandion, Purdue Pharma, Cardurion and OncoSec.

The acquisition of Zavante Therapeutics and its late-stage investigational intravenous antibiotic for use in multi-drug resistant pathogens has also led to C-suite change at Nabriva Therapeutics.

Bristol-Myers Squibb's CCO Murdo Gordon has exited the company in the week of its Q2 results, while Trevi Therapeutics, Turnstone Biologics, Aeglea BioTherapeutics, Acadia Pharmaceuticals, NanoViricides and Waverley Pharmaceuticals add to their C-suite. Medical heads join Epizyme and Astellas Americas.

David Solomon’s entrance as Silence Therapeutics’ new CEO leads this week’s new hires. While Ireland-based Malin shakes up its board of directors, other execs join Merck, Apeiron Biologics, Vectura, Roivant, OncoSec, Breath Therapeutics, Immusoft and M3 Biotechnology.

Pfizer's Erik Nordkamp has been named as the new president of the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry. Vant, Grail, Acceleron, Kite, Nimbus, Biophytis, Orchard Therapeutics, G1 Therapeutics, Almac Discovery, Athenex and Sunesis have also made key appointments.

Deborah Dunsire’s appointment to lead Lundbeck tops this week’s list of new hires; Astellas, Orchard Therapeutics, Voyager Therapeutics, iTeos Therapeutics, Cevec Pharmaceuticals, Sangamo Therapeutics, Cedilla Therapeutics, Tilos Therepautics and Neos Therapeutics have also appointed new executives and directors.

This week's announcements include changes at the top of Johnson & Johnson, Roche, Pierre Fabre, Nordic Nanovector, Inthera Bioscience and the Dementia Discovery Fund, plus new board appointments at Dova, Easton, Destiny Pharma and Abivax.

This week's appointments include a new CFO at Sanofi,  a new general counsel at Celgene plus new hires at TiGenix, Allogene Therapeutics, Aimmune Therapeutics, TikoMed and Ionis Pharmaceuticals, among others.