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R&D shakeup: Merck taps former Amgen exec Perlmutter to replace Kim

 
• By Brett Chase

There may be an increased level of anxiety among research staff at Merck & Co. over the next few months as former Amgen executive Roger Perlmutter comes on board to replace Peter Kim as head of R&D. Perlmutter will have “broad discretion” to kill or move existing drug programs forward, according to Merck spokesperson Steven Cragle.

There may be an increased level of anxiety among research staff at Merck & Co. over the next few months as former Amgen executive Roger Perlmutter comes on board to replace Peter Kim as head of R&D. Perlmutter will have “broad discretion” to kill or move existing drug programs forward, according to Merck spokesperson Steven Cragle.

Dr Perlmutter who left Amgen in February 2012 after more than a decade overseeing the big biotech company’s research, was named executive vice president and president of Merck Research...

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