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Aerami Therapeutics has issued a statement following the death of CEO Lisa Yañez, who was killed in a car accident on May 2, 2023 in Chapel Hill, NC, USA, offering condolences to Yañez’s family and… Read more . . .

ReCode Therapeutics, which is developing inhaled mRNA therapeutics for the treatment of primary ciliary dyskinesia and cystic fibrosis, has named John G. Matthews as Senior VP of Clinical Development. ReCode initiated a Phase 1 trial… Read more . . .

HCmed Innovations announced that former AstraZeneca Science and Innovation Director of Inhaled Drug Delivery Gunilla Petersson has joined the company as Chief Scientific Officer. Petersson has almost 30 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, primarily… Read more . . .

Former Arranta Bio CEO David Stevens has joined CDMO Kindeva Drug Delivery as Chief Commercial Officer, the company said. Prior to Arranta, Stevens held a variety of roles at Albany Molecular Research, Aptuit, and Charles… Read more . . .

MannKind Corporation has named former Acorda Therapeutics COO Lauren Sabella  as Executive VP, Chief Operating Officer. Sabella’s experience includes 12 years at Acorda, first as Chief Commercial Officer and then as COO; she previously served in a… Read more . . .

Utuly intranasal epinephrine developer Bryn Pharma has named Sandy Loreaux as CEO, succeeding David Dworaczyk, who will remain with the company as head of R&D, regulatory, and production. Loreaux was most recently US President of… Read more . . .

AuraVax Therapeutics, which is developing intranasal antiviral technology licensed from Massachusetts General Hospital and the University of Houston, has named former Merck executive Joseph C. Sullivan as the company’s first CEO. Sullivan was most recently Chief… Read more . . .

Inhaled drug developer Savara has announced the appointments of former Strongbridge Biopharma executives Scott Wilhoit as Executive VP, Global Commercial, and Rob Lutz as Chief Operating Officer. The company also said that it had promoted Dave Lowrance from… Read more . . .

PureIMS has appointed Frank Lambert as Executive Director Commercialization. Lambert, who was most recently Executive Director of Business Development for Early Development Services at ICON, will lead commercialization efforts for the company’s Cyclops pre-filled disposable… Read more . . .