Alexander Debets

Dr. Alexander Debets is heading the Global Clinical Supply organization within the Merck Research Laboratories at Merck & Co. Inc. He has and more than 20 years of experience in analytical and pharmaceutical R&D, and currently chairs the Clinical Supply Chain Council, a cross-functional and cross-divisional decision-making body for the integrated clinical supply chain.

He previously worked for Organon and Schering-Plough. He held several roles of increasing responsibility in Analytical Development, Pharmaceutical Development and Clinical Supply Operations in the Netherlands. He was site head of development manufacturing sites in Germany and in Switzerland, which involved the transition of a site from research and development into commercial.

His educational background includes a Doctor in Chemistry, and a Master’s Degree in Analytical Chemistry and Toxicology from the Free University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
He was chairman of several committees and councils, including global harmonization steering committees for Analytical Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) processes, Quality and international Procurement Improvements. He was board-member of the Analytical Section of the Royal Dutch Chemical Society and president of the Analytical Lab Managers Association.