Private company
Meda AB
Logo: Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
Swedish healthcare company
Meda AB is a specialty pharmaceutical company, headquartered in Solna, Sweden. Meda imports and markets pharmaceuticals, nutritional, and health-care products, and offers services including clinical research, registration, and logistics.3 From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 18, 2026.
Overview
- Industrypharmaceutical industry1
- HeadquartersSolna Municipality1
- Websitewww.meda.se
- Legal formaktiebolag1
- Listed onOMX AB (MEDA)1
- Incorporated inSweden5
- Business addressBox 906, Solna, V7 000005
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Meda AB is a specialty pharmaceutical company, headquartered in Solna, Sweden. Meda imports and markets pharmaceuticals, nutritional, and health-care products, and offers services including clinical research, registration, and logistics. At the end of 2014, Meda had 5,202 employees. Meda's pharmaceuticals are currently sold in more than 150 countries.3
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
From Wikidata.1
Acquisitions
In 2005, Meda bought German pharmaceutical brand Viatris GMBH from
Advent International for €750million ($926 million).
On 20 July 2007, Meda announced an $800 million cash-and-stock deal to buy the New Jersey–based pharmaceutical company MedPointe from a group of U.S. investors. MedPointe bought the diagnostics and drug businesses of Carter-Wallace in 2001, with the consumer product line going to Church & Dwight. The deal was completed on 22 August with Meda entering the US market. The new shareholders in Meda are The Carlyle Group, The Cypress Group LLC, and other US investors, who had a combined shareholding in Meda of approximately 7%.
In 2014, Meda acquired the Italian firm Rottapharm Madaus in order to add consumer health products to their portfolio. Meda explored in 2015 the possibility of divesting its United States division, Meda Pharmaceuticals, to raise funds for expansion in other areas.
From Wikipedia’s article on Meda AB, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.6
Employees over time
- 20145,2001
Timeline
- 1995Founded Founded1
Links
- Websitewww.meda.se1
- WikipediaMeda AB
- WikidataQ1881327
- SEC EDGARCIK 1411795
Sources
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- 1WikidataMeda AB on Wikidata
- 2SEC EDGARMeda AB filings on SEC EDGAR
- 3WikipediaMeda AB on Wikipedia
- 4Wikimedia CommonsMeda AB logo by Unknown author Unknown author, Public domain
- 5SEC EDGARMeda AB filings on SEC EDGAR
- 6WikipediaMeda AB on Wikipedia (revision used)