A casino poker dinner, a screen-shared maternity policy, and a collapse on a doctor's floor
She had the track record, the global praise, and 19 years of pharmaceutical experience, according to the complaint. Then her new manager arrived.
A former Global Director of Oncology Marketing has filed a federal lawsuit against Merck & Co., alleging a nearly three-year campaign of religious, racial, pregnancy, and disability discrimination that ended with her termination while she was on approved disability leave recovering from emergency bowel surgery.
The complaint, filed October 9, 2026, in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey, brings 12 legal claims against the pharmaceutical giant and the worker's direct supervisor under federal civil rights, family and medical leave, and employee benefits laws, as well as New Jersey's anti-discrimination, whistleblower, and earned sick leave statutes.
The worker joined Merck in January 2022, the complaint states. A licensed pharmacist with two graduate degrees, she oversaw multimillion-dollar biomarker initiatives, earned a "Successful" performance rating under her previous managers, and drew consistent praise from colleagues across three continents. Her total annual compensation was between approximately $300,000 and $350,000, the filing says.
That changed in May 2023, the complaint alleges, when a new supervisor took over her team.
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