Peter Wickersham Joins Mercer's Managed Pharmacy Business.NEW YORK New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of -- Mercer has appointed Peter Wickersham as a principal in its managed pharmacy business, where he will serve as a senior consultant in the northeast zone. Based in Connecticut, Mr. Wickersham will serve as a core member of Mercer's national pharmacy team. He will provide health care and prescription drug prescription drug Prescription medication Pharmacology An FDA-approved drug which must, by federal law or regulation, be dispensed only pursuant to a prescription–eg, finished dose form and active ingredients subject to the provisos of the Federal Food, Drug, consulting services, specializing in program strategy, design and evaluation for corporate and public plan sponsors, including employer coalitions. He will also track and provide guidance on emerging trends in pharmaceuticals and pharmacy benefits management (PBM PBM - play by mail. See play by electronic mail. ). "Pete's significant talents, which include strong pharmaceutical manufacturer and PBM experience, will complement Mercer's growing pharmacy team of nearly 30 dedicated consultants," said Lisa Zeitel, leader of health and benefits consulting for Mercer's Connecticut office and a national leader of the pharmacy consulting group. Prior to joining Mercer, Mr. Wickersham spent two years at Aetna Pharmacy Management, where as a vice president he led teams that negotiated drug pricing contracts with pharmaceutical manufacturers and drug wholesalers, and directed product development and information technology projects. He also spent seven years at Merck & Company, where he worked in business development and as a biostatistician, assisting in the design and analysis of clinical trials for new drug candidates. Mr. Wickersham holds master's degrees in Nuclear Science & Engineering and Applied Statistics from Louisiana State University Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, generally known as Louisiana State University or LSU, is a public, coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and the main campus of the Louisiana State University System. in Baton Rouge. He also earned an Executive Masters in Technology Management from the University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. (a program co-sponsored by Penn Engineering and The Wharton School). About Mercer Mercer is a leading global provider of consulting, outsourcing and investment services. Mercer works with clients to solve their most complex benefit and human capital issues, designing and helping manage health, retirement and other benefits. It is a leader in benefit outsourcing. Mercer's investment services include investment consulting and multi-manager investment management. Mercer's 17,000 employees are based in more than 40 countries. The company is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc., which lists its stock (ticker symbol Ticker Symbol An arrangement of characters (usually letters) representing a particular security listed on an exchange or otherwise traded publicly. When a company issues securities to the public marketplace, it selects an available ticker symbol for its securities which investors : MMC See MultiMediaCard and Microsoft Management Console. ) on the New York, Chicago and London stock exchanges. For more information, visit www.mercer.com. |
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