Frank Clyburn to quit Merck & Co for CEO role outside pharma

21 January 2022

Once touted as a potential successor to Merck & Co’s (NYSE: MRK) former boss Kenneth Frazier, Frank Clyburn is to leave his post as the company’s executive vice president and president, Human Health, to take up a role elsewhere.

Mr Clyburn will leave the biopharma space entirely when he becomes chief executive of International Flavors & Fragrances (NYSE: IFF) next month, having been at the US pharma giant since 2008.

"An incredible business strategist"It was only in March 2021 that Mr Clyburn was named president of Human Health. He had previously been the division’s chief commercial officer and the president of Merck’s global oncology business.

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