Novo Nordisk has appointed Alan C. Moses, MD as vice president, chief medical officer worldwide.

Christopher Hibberd has joined the board of directors of Oxford Genome Sciences (UK) Ltd.

Mikael Gordon is to join Haemonetics Corporation (US) as president of Haemonetics Europe, effective November 12, 2007.

PiR Interims (UK), a recruitment company specializing in supplying interim managers to global life science organizations, has launched its new website.

Severin Schwan, CEO of Roche Diagnostics, is to succeed Franz Humer as chief executive of Roche (Switzerland) in March next year. Franz Humer will remain chairman of Roche Holdings.

SkyePharma PLC (UK) has appointed a new non-executive director, Jean-Charles Tschudin, with effect from 1 July 2007.

Novagali Pharma (France) has announced the appointments of Sylvie Elia-Foeillet as vice president of Pharmaceutical Affairs and Genevieve Garrigos as vice president of Human Resources and Communication.

March hiring projections appear strong as most employers from the manufacturing and service sectors plan to increase hiring in the coming five weeks.

Irwin Lerner, Genmab