Ken Frazier Joins Former Merck & Co Colleagues At Eikon Therapeutics

Becomes Start-Up’s First Independent Board Member

Frazier has answered the call from Roger Perlmutter, his former head of R&D at Merck, to help the mysterious new biotech develop its platform.

Eikon Therapeutics
Eikon Therapeutics's platform can track real-time movements of proteins in living cells in the service of novel drug discovery. • Source: Eikon Therapeutics (McConaghie, Andrew)

Eikon Therapeutics will soon resemble a Merck & Co. C-suite reunion, after the big pharma’s ex-CEO Ken Frazier was announced as the latest alumnus to join the company.

Eikon made waves when it appointed Roger Perlmutter as its CEO last May, luring him away from his nine-year tenure...

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