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Health Care | Biotech | Pharmaceuticals 2025: TODD STAMP
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT AND PLANT MANAGER, MERCK, ELKTON
Virginia Business //September 1, 2025//
Health Care | Biotech | Pharmaceuticals 2025: TODD STAMP
ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT AND PLANT MANAGER, MERCK, ELKTON
Virginia Business //September 1, 2025//
Stamp leads Fortune 500 pharma manufacturer Merck’s location in Elkton. A former analytical chemist at the start of his career, Stamp joined Merck in 1997 as a project engineer and worked his way up.
The company founded a plant in the Rockingham County town in 1941. To expand its human papillomavirus vaccine manufacturing capacity, in 2022 Merck completed a major expansion of its Elkton facility, where 1,200 employees work.
In March, the company opened a $1 billion vaccine manufacturing facility in Durham, North Carolina.
Also in March, a federal judge ruled in Merck’s favor in a lawsuit that accused the company of concealing the risks of Gardasil, an HPV vaccine. In June, the FDA approved Enflonsia for prevention of respiratory syncytial virus in infants. Merck reported more than $64.16 billion in 2024 sales, up from about $60.11 billion in 2023.
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