DiaDexus hires new chief financial officer

DiaDexus Inc., which makes medical tests, hired Jean-Frédéric Viret as chief financial officer.
Viret, who was CFO at XDx Inc., another medical test maker, since December 2009, starts work Feb. 1. His salary will be $300,000 and he gets a $25,000 signing bonus, too.

DiaDexus Q4 revenue up 48 percent

Medical test maker diaDexus Inc. reported $4.9 million in fourth quarter revenue, up 48 percent from a year earlier.
That pushes the South San Francisco company (OTCBB: DDXS) to about $16.4 million in revenue for 2011, which is 39 percent higher than its revenue for 2010.

Brian Ward hired as diaDexus CEO

Medical test maker diaDexus Inc. hired Brian Ward, who works on its board of directors, as chief executive officer, starting at once.
James Panek, who was the South San Francisco company’s interim CEO, will remain on its board of directors. He was once CEO of VaxGen Inc., which eventually merged with diaDexus.