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Oct 08, 1929 Westfield, New Jersey, United States 94 years old
American businessman
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About P. Roy Vagelos
- Pindaros Roy Vagelos (born October 8, 1929 in Westfield, New Jersey), better known as P.
- Roy Vagelos or Roy Vagelos, is an American physician and business executive, who was president and chief executive officer (1985) and chairman (1986) of the American pharmaceutical company Merck & Co.
- (known as MSD outside the U.S.).
- He attracted research scientists who developed many major new drugs.
- Since 1995, Vagelos has served as Chairman of the Board of Regeneron Pharmaceuticals.
- He is also the Chairman of the Prix Galien USA awards committee and a prior recipient of the Pro Bono Humanum Award.
- In addition to his business accomplishments, Vagelos is the author of more than 100 scientific papers.
- He is also on the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania and has funded three of the university's most elite undergraduate programs: The Vagelos Scholars Program in Molecular Life Sciences (MLS), The Vagelos Program in Life Sciences and Management (LSM) and The Vagelos Integrated Program in Energy Research (VIPER).
