Richard Hargreaves, Ph.D.

Vice President, Worldwide Head of Basic Research, Neuroscience, Merck Research Laboratories, West Point PA.

Richard Hargreaves trained at Chelsea College, London University in the U.K where he obtained a First class honors degree in pharmacology.  After completing his doctorate through the Physiology Department at King’s College London University UK, he joined Merck’s Neuroscience Research Center in Harlow UK in 1988 where he occupied positions of increasing seniority. Richard led the discovery biology teams that contributed to the development of MAXALT® (rizatriptan) for the treatment of migraine and EMEND® (aprepitant) and IVEMEND® (fosaprepitant), novel agents that advance the protective pharmacotherapy of acute and delayed chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting and post-operative nausea and vomiting. In 1999 Richard moved to the USA to establish and lead a worldwide imaging research strategy for Merck Research Laboratories. He built a global multimodality Imaging group that supports decision making in drug discovery and development across Merck's therapeutic areas.  Richard was awarded the 2007 Gary Neill Award for "Innovation in Drug Development" by the American Society of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics (ASCPT) for his work on imaging in drug discovery and development. In February 2008, he was named Worldwide Head of Basic Research, Neuroscience for Merck Research Laboratories.