After three-decade Merck career, Adam Schechter jumps for LabCorp CEO job

Thirty-one years is an eternity to spend at one pharma company, but Merck & Co. exec Adam Schechter has achieved that very feat. Now, he’s on to the next chapter as diagnostics giant LabCorp tapped the pharma veteran to be its next CEO.

As of November 1, Schechter will take the reins as LabCorp’s president and CEO.