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Arpa Garay is president of global pharmaceuticals, commercial analytics, and digital marketing at Merck & Co., where she leads the commercialization of assets as well as business development across the specialty, hospital, and chronic care businesses. A senior executive with 20 years of health care general management experience, her career reflects innovation around an evolving global health care environment. In her 14-year career at Merck, Garay has been senior vice president of US vaccines and managing director for Norway, among several other roles. She was previously an associate director at Bristol-Myers Squibb and a management consultant and case team leader with Monitor Deloitte, the multinational strategy consulting practice of Deloitte Consulting.