Meridian Medical Technologies Inc.

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

Meridian Medical Technologies Inc.
Formerly
Brunswick Biomedical Corporation (1968-November 1996)
Subsidiary
IndustryMedical equipment
Founded1968 (1968)
Headquarters
Columbia, Maryland
,
United States
ProductsAutoinjectors
Number of employees
452
ParentKing Pharmaceuticals (part of Pfizer)
Websitemeridianmeds.com

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 the company became part of Pfizer when Pfizer acquired all of King's assets through a process that started in 2010 and was completed 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 Archived 2016-01-31 at the Wayback Machine
  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. Archived from the original on June 30, 2013.
  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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