Medgenics, Inc. announced the following appointments: Liza Squires, MD joins as Vice President Research and Development, Therapeutic Area Head, Neuroscience; David Fitts, PhD joins as Vice President and Head, Statistical Sciences and Data Management and Stephen P. Spielberg, MD, PhD, joins Scientific Advisory Board. Dr. Squires has held positions of increasing responsibility in clinical research and drug development, including most recently being Chief Medical Officer at Lumos Pharma. In 2008, Dr. Fitts joined ViroPharma, Inc. as Head of Biometrics, where he led a team of programmers and statisticians supporting the development of compounds in the anti-infective and orphan disease space.

Spielberg served as Dean of the Dartmouth Medical School, VP for Pediatric Drug Development at JNJ, and Deputy Commissioner for Medical Products at the US FDA. He is Editor-in-Chief of Therapeutic Innovation and Regulatory Science (the journal of the Drug Information Association), serves on the Advisory Board of CASMI (Centre for Advancement of Sustainable Medical Innovation), and is a Medical Sciences Trustee on the Board of the U.S. Pharmacopeia.