People In Brief

Merck names Frazier president: Merck, in an expected move, appoints the current head of its Global Human Health business, Ken Frazier, as president of the firm. Frazier moves to the spot after three years in the Global Human Health post and as Merck's general counsel for eight years prior to that, the firm said April 28. Adam Schechter, current U.S. head for Global Human Health, will succeed Frazier as global president. Current Merck President Dick Clark will remain as CEO and chairman; both Schecter and Frazier are seen as potential successors to Clark. Merck in February appointed former Johnson & Johnson executive Bridgette Heller as executive VP and president of its consumer health care division. Whitehouse Station, N.J.-based Merck acquired the division as part of its November 2009 merger with Schering-Plough (1"The Tan Sheet" Feb. 22, 2010)