Management tracks

GTx Inc. (NASDAQ:GTXI) hired Robert Wills as executive chairman and chair of its board's Scientific & Development Committee, effective March 2. Wills is retiring as vice president, alliance manager at Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ), a position he had held since 2002. GTx Chairman J.R. Hyde will become the board's lead director.

Epic Sciences Inc. (La Jolla, Calif.) hired Chris Bernard as Chief Commercial Officer. Bernard was SVP of sales and marketing at Metabolon Inc. (Durham, N.C.). ...