Carrie Smith Cox

Carrie S. Cox is executive vice president and president, Global Pharmaceuticals, for Schering-Plough Corporation. Prior to joining Schering-Plough, Cox was the executive vice president and president of the Global Prescription Business at Pharmacia Corporation, prior to its merger with Pfizer. A registered pharmacist, Cox has more than 20 years of experience in the pharmaceutical industry. She joined Pharmacia's predecessor company, Pharmacia & Upjohn, in 1997 as senior vice president and head of Global Business Management, and was a principal architect of that company's dramatic turnaround. She was appointed executive vice president in 1999. Previously, Cox served as vice president of Women's Health Care at Wyeth, where she worked for seven years. Prior to that assignment, she held a variety of positions in market research, sales and product management during a 10-year career with Sandoz Pharmaceuticals (now Novartis). Cox is a member of the Harvard School of Public Health's Health Policy and Management Executive Council. She also serves as a member of the Board of Directors of Texas Instruments and as a member of that board's audit committee. Cox is also a member of the Board of Overseers of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.