英语翻译Of all the recent refusals of corporate leaders to apolo

英语翻译Of all the recent refusals of corporate leaders to apologize,perhaps none is more striking than that of Raymond Gilmartin,CEO of Merck from 1994 to 2005,Merck performed well during the first half of Gilmartin’s tenure,but it stumbled badly on the back nine.( on the last trading day of 2000,Merck shares closed at $88.61; on Gilmartin’s last day at the helm,May 5,2005,the stock closed at $34.75).Notably,Gilmartin’s last months were clouded by what at this writing threatens to be a calamity:some 7,000 lawsuits against Merck,involving the use of its painkiller Vioxx.The New York Times observed that as the company’s Vioxx crisis deepened- the drug has recently been linked in FDA research by David Graham to up to 139,000 heart attacks or deaths arising from cardiac causes- Gilmartin appeared to freeze.Not only did he not apologize; he could hardly get himself to address the issue.And when he did,he was defensive.He insisted that Merck had demonstrated “consistent and rigorous adherence to scientific investigation,transparency and integrity,” and he attacked his opponents for disseminating “incomplete and sometimes inaccurate information.” When Gilmartin resigned-earlier than planned- he left without in any way assuming responsibility or expressing regret.