LabCorp names Merck executive to its board

LabCorp says Adam Schechter, president of Merck human health unit, will join its board April 1

BURLINGTON, N.C. (AP) -- Medical laboratory operator Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings said Monday that Merck executive Adam Schechter will join its board of directors on April 1.

Schechter is the president of Merck & Co.'s worldwide human health business, and LabCorp said he has worked for the company since 1988.