Embecta names Devdatt Kurdikar as board chairman

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embecta names new Chairman of the Board and Lead Independent Director

February 11, 2026 4:10 PM EST

PARSIPPANY, N.J., Feb. 11, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Embecta Corp. (embecta) (Nasdaq: EMBC), a global company that is advancing its 100-year legacy in insulin delivery to become a broad-based medical supplies company, today announced that the Board of Directors (the Board) of embecta has elected Devdatt Dev Kurdikar as Chairman of the Board and Dr. Claire Pomeroy as Lead Independent Director, effective immediately. These changes follow the previously announced retirement of LTG (Ret.) David F. Melcher, Non-Executive Chairman of the Board due to several commitments outside of his service to the Company.

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