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Roy Vagelos Resume

P. Roy Vagelos is a former CEO of Merck & Co. and current chairman of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Theravance. He has over 50 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including serving as CEO of Merck from 1985-1994 where he donated medicines to combat diseases around the world. Prior to Merck, he was a researcher and chairman at Washington University School of Medicine, where he founded the Division of Biology and Biochemical Sciences. He has a medical degree from Columbia University and bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Roy Vagelos Resume

P. Roy Vagelos is a former CEO of Merck & Co. and current chairman of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals and Theravance. He has over 50 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry, including serving as CEO of Merck from 1985-1994 where he donated medicines to combat diseases around the world. Prior to Merck, he was a researcher and chairman at Washington University School of Medicine, where he founded the Division of Biology and Biochemical Sciences. He has a medical degree from Columbia University and bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

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R O Y V A G E L O S
[email protected]
2000 GALLOPING HILL ROAD, KENILWORTH NJ 07033 U.S.A. 908-7404000

OBJECTIVE

Health precedes wealth


Sometimes in your life, youve got to take a leadership
position and make a decision.
EXPERIENCE

1995 - Present | Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. &


Theravance, Inc.

Chairman
1994 - 1999 | University of Pennslyvannia

Chairman of Board of Trustees


Served as a trustee since 1988
1985 - 1994 | Merck & Company

Chief Executive Officer


Donated a large supply of Streptomycin to the Japanese
public, to fight against Tuberculosis
Produced a vaccine for China to aid the combat of the
Hepatitis B outbreak
Make Ivermectin freely available to the people of Africa
and Central America
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1975 - 1976 | Merck & Company

Senior VP of Research (1975), President of Research


(1976)
Lead scientist in Mercks development of the statin drugs,
Lovastatin and Zocor
1966 - 1975 | Washington University

Chairman (1966)
Department of Biological Chemistry of the School of
Medicine
Director (1973 - 1975)
Founded the Division of Biology and Biochemical Sciences
1954 - 1956 | Massachusetts General Hospital
Internship and Residency
Department of Biological Chemistry of the School of
Medicine

EDUCATION

1954 | Columbia University, School of Medicine

Doctor of Medicine

Alpha Omega Alpha, Medical Honour Society

1950 | University of Pennsylvania, College of the Arts


and Sciences
Bachelor of Sciences (Chemistry)

Phi Beta Kappa, Academic Honour Society

Music - Violin & Singing

Sports - Tennis

INTERESTS

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