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Sunshine Heart solidifies CEO appointment; Cook Endoscopy names new president; and more personnel updates from around the industry.

Heart failure device developerSunshine Heart Inc. appointed John Erb CEO effective March 2. Erb had been filling in as interim CEO after the departure of former chief David Rosa in December. Rosa left amid the company’s struggles with the US pivotal trial for its C-Pulse system. (See [A#01151207009].)

Erb, who has more than 40 years of experience in medical device leadership and financial posts, has served as the...

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