Merck's Fall from Grace :The Scientist [2006-05-01]


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	BY FRAN HAWTHORNE TIME LIFE PICTURES

Merck's Fall from Grace When former employees speak of Old Merck, they often get a wistful tone to their voices. For Alaina Love Cugnon, the 1980s and early 1990s were a time of shared excitement in Merck & Co.'s research labs in Rahway, NJ. "The staff would come to my house for lunch, then we'd work till however long at night. One guy would routinely have 700 mice to dose in one experiment. I would finish my work