John C. Lechleiter to retire as CEO of Lilly John C. Lechleiter to retire as CEO of Lilly David A. Ricks will assume President and CEO roles on 1 January 2017 VBI Vaccines appoints Dr Francisco Diaz-Mitoma as Chief Medical Officer VBI Vaccines appoints Dr Francisco Diaz-Mitoma as Chief Medical Officer He will oversee clinical development initiatives at the firm ContraFect names Steven Gilman as Chief Executive Officer ContraFect names Steven Gilman as Chief Executive Officer The US firm is a developer of protein and anti-body therapeutics Ethiopia receives 14 million praziquantel tablets from Merck Ethiopia receives 14 million praziquantel tablets from Merck Will be used to treat the 23% of Ethiopians who are suffering from the worm disease schistosomiasis Certara appoints Nathan Teuscher to lead Phoenix software division Certara appoints Nathan Teuscher to lead Phoenix software division Phoenix is used to analyse the safety and efficacy of drugs under development PSL goes to Buckingham Palace to receive its Queen's Awards for Enterprise PSL goes to Buckingham Palace to receive its Queen's Awards for Enterprise The manufacturer of filter dryers, glove box and isolator containment systems for the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical industries was recognised for both Innovation and... Peakdale adds two new team members to extend its biological offering Peakdale adds two new team members to extend its biological offering Christopher Doe and Sascha Hartmann join the UK firm Adents hires Chuck Sailer as Serialisation Solutions Expert Adents hires Chuck Sailer as Serialisation Solutions Expert Sailer will apply his skills to Adents Pharma Suite, which uses standardised turnkey unit-level serialisation software Former Sandoz CEO joins supervisory board of Leukocare Former Sandoz CEO joins supervisory board of Leukocare Dr Andreas Rummelt, pharma industry expert and former CEO of Sandoz, was elected as a new supervisory board member at Leukocare's annual shareholder meeting on 12 July Tekni-Plex names executives for its Tekni Films and Tri-Seal closure liners business units Tekni-Plex names executives for its Tekni Films and Tri-Seal closure liners business units Global packaging, medical compounds and tubing supplier promotes from within Regeneron names 2016 winners of the Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation Regeneron names 2016 winners of the Regeneron Prize for Creative Innovation The award was established to acknowledge, reward and foster talented early-career biomedical scientists David Meek to join Ipsen as Chief Executive David Meek to join Ipsen as Chief Executive He has held various global executive positions in major pharma and biotech firms in a career spanning more than 25 years Japanese scientist Dr Tasuku Honjo shares 2016 Kyoto Prize Japanese scientist Dr Tasuku Honjo shares 2016 Kyoto Prize He discovered the mechanism responsible for the functional diversification of antibodies, immunoregulatory molecules and clinical applications of PD-1 CXR Biosciences appoints Professor Brian Lake as an Associate Toxicologist CXR Biosciences appoints Professor Brian Lake as an Associate Toxicologist Strengthening the firm's mechanistic toxicology and industry expertise Zenith Technologies appoints Serialisation Director Zenith Technologies appoints Serialisation Director Carlos Machado will lead the firm's sales, operations, implementation and post project support services in the US Recipharm appoints new General Manager at Research Triangle Park, US Recipharm appoints new General Manager at Research Triangle Park, US Ann Flodin moves up to the position from a senior position in Group Operations Development