Company Profile | June 12, 2000

Meridian Medical Technologies

Meridian Medical Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Columbia, Maryland is a global leader in the medical device industry, serving the emergency and early intervention healthcare markets. Meridian is comprised of two business units: Pharmaceutical Systems and Cardiopulmonary Systems. Meridian is the only Pharmaceutical Contract Services Provider that has completely integrated early stage product development with full-scale commercial manufacturing. Meridian is a Pharmaceutical Service Company that is capable of providing testing methods development and validation, development and validation of the formulation, filtration and manufacturing process, pre-clinical, clinical and commercial filling of vials, pre-filled syringes, dental cartridges and auto-injectors, small to large scale inspection, labeling and final packaging, stability sample incubation (per ICH guidelines), testing and reporting, regulatory affairs support staff to assist with preparing and filing product submissions.

Meridian is specifically geared toward contract manufacturing of parenteral drugs and design and development of auto-injectors. The type of syringe we have is pre-filled with a drug product manufactured in our sterile manufacturing facility then provided to a company for distribution.

Meridian manufactures the life-saving EpiPen® auto-injector and is the only FDA approved supplier of auto-injectors for nerve agent antidotes to the U.S. government and other NATO allies, states and local municipalities.

Meridian's newest product in the Cardiopulmonary group is the PRIME ECG™ electrocardiac mapping system, a non-invasive device designed to detect a heart attack earlier and more effectively than current technology.