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The Moral Corporation

Merck Experiences

P. Roy Vagelos Louis Galambos

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English
Cambridge University Press
10 April 2006
Merck and the pharmaceutical industry are headline news today. Controversies over public safety, prices, and the ability of the industry to develop the new drugs and vaccines that society needs have been covered worldwide. Roy Vagelos, who was head of research and then CEO at Merck from the mid-1970s through the early 1990s, addresses these issues here. Success with targeted research started Merck on a path that would lead to a series of block-buster therapies that carried the firm to the top of the global industry in the 1990s and Vagelos into the top position at the company. Trained as a physician and scientist, he had to learn how to run a successful business while holding to the highest principles of ethical behavior. He was not always successful. He and his co-author explain where and why he failed to achieve his goals and carefully analyze where he succeeded.
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Imprint:   Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 234mm,  Width: 158mm,  Spine: 20mm
Weight:   393g
ISBN:   9780521864558
ISBN 10:   0521864550
Pages:   196
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Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Primary ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

P. Roy Vagelos is retired Chairman of Merck & Co., Inc; Chairman of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.; and Chairman of Theravance Corporation. Louis Galambos is Professor of History at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and the editor of The Papers of Dwight David Eisenhower. He is the coauthor of Networks of Innovation (Cambridge, 1995) and Anytime, Anywhere (Cambridge, 2002).

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