Name: Stefan Oschmann on Promoting Innovation
Uploaded: 2009-02-23T18:26:11-05:00
Duration: 2 min 13 s
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President of Europe, Middle East, Africa, & Canada, Merck & Co. Inc.

After obtaining a Ph.D. at the Technical University of Munich, Stefan Oschmann worked for the International Atomic Energy Agency and the FAO/IAEA. In 1989 he joined Merck & Co. Inc., where he[…]

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