Jim Curotto is Vice President, Integrated Account Management at Merck. In this role, Jim is responsible for overseeing all of Merck’s relationships and contracting activities with national and regional payers, specialty and retail pharmacies as well as integrated health systems and large hospital networks. Jim also has responsibility for all customer order management and distribution contracting for Merck’s entire US portfolio. Jim has a diverse background across 29 years at Merck, beginning his career in 1990 as a laboratory researcher in Antifungal Drug Discovery within the Merck Research Laboratories. After receiving his MBA from The Leonard N. Stern School of Business at New York University, Jim transitioned into the business side at Merck, with brief roles in Finance and Sales before moving into roles of increasing responsibility within Merck's Human Health organization, including diverse leadership roles in both US and Global Marketing and Government Relations.