As per our current Database, Peter Y. Kim is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Peter Y. Kim is 66 years, 8 months and 25 days old. Peter Y. Kim will celebrate 67rd birthday on a Tuesday 1st of April 2025. Below we countdown to Peter Y. Kim upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Peter Y. Kim |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Age | 65 years old |
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| Born | April 01, 1958 () |
| Birthday | April 01 |
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Peter Y. Kim was born in the Year of the Dog. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Dog are loyal, faithful, honest, distrustful, often guilty of telling white lies, temperamental, prone to mood swings, dogmatic, and sensitive. Dogs excel in business but have trouble finding mates. Compatible with Tiger or Horse.
Kim is of Korean descent. Kim grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey the son of a single mother, and his first job was in 1974 at a Roy Rogers restaurant, where he earned money to pay for college. Kim earned his A.B. in chemistry at Cornell University in 1979 and trained as a Ph.D. in Biochemistry at Stanford University under the guidance of Robert Baldwin. While at Stanford, he was also a Medical Scientist Training Program Fellow.
Kim joined Merck in 2001 as executive vice President, Research and Development. He was promoted to President in January 2003. In this role Kim oversaw all of Merck's drug and vaccine research and development activities.
During his tenure, Merck gained approval of more than 20 new medicines and vaccines. These include Januvia (the first DPP-4 inhibitor for type 2 diabetes), Gardasil (the first vaccine for prevention of cervical cancer), Isentress (the first HIV integrase inhibitor), Zostavax (the first vaccine for the prevention of shingles in adults), Rotateq (an oral vaccine for the prevention of rotavirus infection in infants), and Victrelis (the first hepatitis C protease inhibitor). In 2013, he retired from Merck and was succeeded by Roger Perlmutter
