Meridian Medical Technologies Inc.

Meridian Medical Technologies Inc. is a subsidiary of pharmaceutical giant Pfizer that primarily manufactures antidotes for chemical weapons.

It was founded in 1968 as Brunswick Biomedical Corporation and changed its name in November 1996[1] when it merged with Survival Technology, Inc.[2] Survival Technology, Inc. had been the employer of Sheldon Kaplan, who had invented various kinds of autoinjectors, including the epinephrine autoinjector, EpiPen.[3] The EpiPen was marketed and distributed by Dey LP, a subsidiary of Merck KGaA.[4]

King Pharmaceuticals acquired Meridian in 2003, and it went to Pfizer when it acquired all of King's assets in 2011.[5][6]

Meridian is a member of the Alliance for Biosecurity,[7] which is a group of companies that work towards preventing and treating severe infectious diseases, especially those that present global security challenges.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Bloomberg Meridian profile Page accessed Aug 25, 2016
  2. ↑ Meridian Medical Technologies 10-K Filing For the fiscal year ended July 31, 1997
  3. ↑ National Inventors Hall of Fame Kaplan Sheldon
  4. ↑ King Pharmaceuticals Oct 21, 2002. Press Release: King Pharmaceuticals to Acquire Meridian Medical Technologies
  5. ↑ Doyle, Jim (November 3, 2013). "Local plant suspends production of nerve gas antidote". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved 22 September 2014.
  6. ↑ "Pfizer Completes Acquisition Of King Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Pfizer and King begin joint operations on March 1, 2011" (press release). Pfizer. March 1, 2011.
  7. ↑ "Our Members". Alliance for Biosecurity. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
  8. ↑ "Alliance for Biosecurity". Alliance for Biosecurity. Retrieved 2017-03-07.
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