New CEO for Merck

Merck has a new CEO, and no, its not the Hollywood/TV celebrity Dick Clark, but another Dick Clark who rose through the ranks, and comes from the Manufacturing ranks. Challenges abound for the new CEO, not the least of which is, what is Merck's strategy to get out of this mess created by Vioxx, and the pipeline funk that looks like won't be delivering anything for the forseeable future. Forbes has a nice article on this that might interest you. Click here for the Forbes article