{"id":8938,"date":"2023-06-23T20:27:30","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T20:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merck.ca\/en\/?page_id=8938"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:51:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T11:51:40","slug":"andre-galarneau","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.merck.ca\/en\/comp-overview\/our-leadership-team\/andre-galarneau\/","title":{"rendered":"Andr\u00e9 Galarneau"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"mco-b2-hero-block-block_b7554759993b94abe5903730aaa39281\" class=\"mco-b2-hero-block full mccberg-block\">\n    <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-wrapper\">\n        <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-image-section \">\n                            <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-image-container \">\n                    <picture >\n\t<source media=\"(max-width: 767px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merck.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/Andre\u0301-Galarneau-FINAL.jpg?w=768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merck.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/Andre\u0301-Galarneau-FINAL.jpg?w=768\" >\n<source media=\"(min-width: 768px) and (max-width: 1199px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merck.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/Andre\u0301-Galarneau-FINAL.jpg?h=768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merck.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/Andre\u0301-Galarneau-FINAL.jpg?h=768\" >\n<source media=\"(min-width: 1200px) and (max-width: 1919px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merck.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/Andre\u0301-Galarneau-FINAL.jpg?w=1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merck.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/Andre\u0301-Galarneau-FINAL.jpg?w=1200\" >\n<source media=\"(min-width: 1920px)\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merck.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/Andre\u0301-Galarneau-FINAL.jpg?w=1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merck.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/Andre\u0301-Galarneau-FINAL.jpg?w=1920\" >\n\t<img data-src=\"https:\/\/www.merck.ca\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/06\/Andre\u0301-Galarneau-FINAL.jpg?w=1920\" alt=\"\" class=\"eager \" loading=\"eager\" \/>\n<\/picture>                                    <\/div>\n                        <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-image-container-two\">\n                            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-content-section\">\n            <nav class=\"breadcrumbs wrapper text-descriptive\"aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\"><\/nav>            \n                            <h1>Andr\u00e9 Galarneau<\/h1>\n            \n                            <div class=\"mco-b2-hero-block-description\"><p><em>Executive Director, Oncology<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n            \n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Deeply interested by science and its potential for finding solutions to help people, Andr\u00e9 Galarneau chose a challenging academic path that led him to earning a B.A. and Master\u2019s degree in Biochemistry from Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, and then a Doctorate in Experimental Medicine at McGill University.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Presented with the opportunity to continue doing scientific research in a biotech setting, Andr\u00e9 decided to leave academia and worked as a research scientist specializing in Alzheimer\u2019s Disease.&nbsp; Always in need of a challenge, Andr\u00e9 then moved to Merck, hoping for a multifaceted learning experience. Fifteen years later, his career path certainly demonstrates that experience: he\u2019s worked in multiple therapeutical areas and within them occupied a variety of roles in medical affairs, marketing, and sales, just to name a few.&nbsp; Andr\u00e9 is currently the Executive Director for Oncology and as such leads a team of consummate professionals dedicated to improving the lives of Canadians living with cancer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Andr\u00e9 loves challenges at work but in his free time as well. A father of three, he\u2019s also an avid chess player and cyclist and, after many years spent on baseball fields as a player, he now spends time coaching the next generation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deeply interested by science and its potential for finding solutions to help people, Andr\u00e9 Galarneau chose a challenging academic path that led him to earning a B.A. and Master\u2019s degree in Biochemistry from Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, and then a Doctorate in Experimental Medicine at McGill University.&nbsp;&nbsp; Presented with the opportunity to continue doing scientific research [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":138,"featured_media":0,"parent":8869,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"bdl_company_name":[],"bdl_item_external_link":[],"editor_notices":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8938","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.9.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Andr\u00e9 Galarneau - Merck Canada<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.merck.ca\/en\/comp-overview\/our-leadership-team\/andre-galarneau\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Andr\u00e9 Galarneau - Merck Canada\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Deeply interested by science and its potential for finding solutions to help people, Andr\u00e9 Galarneau chose a challenging academic path that led him to earning a B.A. and Master\u2019s degree in Biochemistry from Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al, and then a Doctorate in Experimental Medicine at McGill University.&nbsp;&nbsp; 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