Cardinal Health (NYSE: CAH) announced today that its board has elected CFO Jason Hollar to become the pharma and medtech giant’s new chief executive officer, effective Sept. 1. Hollar will succeed Mike Kaufmann, who has been Dublin, Ohio–based Cardinal Health’s CEO for the past five years. The CEO transition comes as Cardinal Health continues efforts…
Medtronic appoints Pfizer EVP as independent board director
Medtronic (NYSE:MDT) announced today that it appointed Lidia Fonseca to its board of directors as an independent director. Fonseca, who serves as EVP and chief digital and technology officer at Pfizer, will become a director effective today. She will serve on the board’s Compensation Committee and Science and Technology Committee. Get the full story on our…
Dentsply CFO Jorge Gomez leaves to assume same role at Moderna
Moderna (Nasdaq:MRNA) announced today that it appointed Jorge Gomez as its new chief financial officer. Gomez resigned as CFO of Dentsply Sirona (Nasdaq:XRAY), effective May 6, to assume the same role at Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna. He will join effective May 9. Dentsply Sirona said in a news release that it is initiating a search process…
Berkeley Lights names new CEO
Digital cell biology firm Berkeley Lights (NSDQ:BLI) has named Dr. Siddhartha Kadia to lead the company. Founded in 2011, Berkeley Lights has developed a platform that supports the rapid functional characterization of single cells. To date, the company has raised $272.6t million in funding over nine rounds, according to Crunchbase. Kadia replaced outgoing CEO Eric…
CODA Biotherapeutics appoints new chief scientific officer
South San Francisco, California–based biopharma CODA Biotherapeutics names Susan Catalano as chief scientific officer. Founded in 2014, CODA Biotherapeutics is working on a gene therapy-mediated chemogenetic platform for intractable neurological disorders. Catalano aims to help advance the company’s platform to find treatments for unmet neurological needs. “CODA’s combination of deep expertise in gene therapy and…
Biden says he’ll nominate Robert Califf as FDA commissioner
Former FDA Commissioner Dr. Robert Califf could return to his old job if President Joe Biden has his way. Biden today announced his intention to nominate Califf to serve as FDA commissioner — a job he previously held during the Obama administration from 2016-17. A cardiology professor at Duke University and a member of the…
Report: Two vaccine leaders set to step down from FDA
Two senior vaccine leaders within the FDA are reportedly relinquishing their positions within the administration. According to a report from Endpoints News citing a letter released internally to FDA staff first reported on by BioCentury, Marion Gruber and Phil Krause will depart in the coming months due to frustrations over the delegation of certain decisions within…
Thermo Fisher Scientific expands corporate leadership team
Thermo Fisher Scientific (NYSE:TMO) announced today that it appointed Alan Sachs to chief medical officer and Karen E. Nelson to chief scientific officer. Sachs served as Waltham, Mass.-based Thermo Fisher’s CSO since 2016 and will be succeeded by Nelson as he assumes the newly established CMO position at the company. Both will join the company’s leadership…
Former head of Operation Warp Speed leaves two more drug companies
Following allegations of sexual harassment, former head of Operation Warp Speed Moncef Slaoui has left roles at two more companies. Yesterday, Slaoui was terminated as the Galvani board of directors’ chair, GlaxoSmithKline’s board of directors announced. The same day, Vaxcyte confirmed in an SEC filing that it had axed Slaoui as its chairman of the…
Dyve Biosciences hires new chief scientific officer
Transdermal drug therapy developer Dyve Biosciences announced that it appointed longtime Pfizer executive Chuck Harbert to the role of chief scientific officer. Harbert spent three decades at Pfizer, serving as the company’s VP of U.S. exploratory development and strategic planning, among other senior positions with Pfizer Central Research. He is the inventor and co-inventor of 35 pharmaceutical…