Merck exec says Chernobyl changed the course of her life after her father begged her to leave nuclear physics on his deathbed—now she’s running the $235 billion pharma giant’s U.K. healthcare arm

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Merck exec says Chernobyl changed the course of her life after her father begged her to leave nuclear physics on his deathbed—now she’s running the $235 billion pharma giant’s U.K. healthcare arm

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