Mer­ck vet Robert Plenge moves to Cel­gene, Grit­stone re­cruits a Genen­tech star and more

→ Im­Check not on­ly has a re­cent €20 mil­lion Se­ries A un­der its belt, the biotech al­so named Pierre d’Epe­noux as it Chief Ex­ec­u­tive Of­fi­cer. D’Epe­noux’s pre­vi­ous gigs in­clude head of strat­e­gy and busi­ness de­vel­op­ment at Ther­avec­tys, VP of strat­e­gy & busi­ness de­vel­op­ment Eu­rope at Sanofi and di­rec­tor of M&A at Mer­ck KGaA.

→ In­tec Phar­ma says that Zeev Weiss has re­signed as CEO and a di­rec­tor of the com­pa­ny “to pur­sue oth­er pro­fes­sion­al op­por­tu­ni­ties.” Weiss will now serve in a con­sul­tan­cy role. The board ap­point­ed Gio­ra Carni, a di­rec­tor since 2006 and pre­vi­ous CEO as in­ter­im head while a search for a new chief ex­ec­u­tive has be­gun.

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