Steven Bernitz has been appointed senior vice president of corporate development at Synta Pharmaceuticals. Mr. Bernitz brings more than 20 years of experience in corporate strategy, business leadership and transactional experience in life sciences.   Mr. Bernitz joins the company from Extera Partners, a business development advisory firm, where he served as partner and head of the BioPharma Practice, leading numerous business development and strategy initiatives for development stage companies a...