This latest roundup includes EFPIA's appointment of Nathalie Moll to director general, CEO appointments by YposKesi and Symbiomix Therapeutics, as well as various executive appointments by PureTech Health, Arterial Capital Management and Mitra Biotech.

Pipeline Watch has been updated to bring greater depth and detail to a potential therapeutic product’s progress through the R&D pipeline. The table brings you a snapshot of selected late-stage clinical trial events in the pharma and biotech industries.

Derived from Strategic Transactions, Informa’s premium source for tracking life sciences deal activity, the Dealmaking column is a survey of recent health care transactions listed by relevant industry segment – In Vitro Diagnostics, Medical Devices, and Pharmaceuticals – and then categorized by type – Acquisition, Alliance, or Financing. This month’s column covers deals announced in August 2016.

The numerous different targets of investigational drugs for the treatment of NASH suggest the jury is still out on which mechanism of action is most likely to prove effective against the condition. Ireland’s Afimmune is the latest company wanting to advance an investigational drug for the disorder into late-stage clinical studies.