{"id":795189,"date":"2024-12-16T16:03:22","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T21:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/merit-medical-announces-resignation-of-president-joseph-wright\/"},"modified":"2024-12-16T16:03:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T21:03:22","slug":"merit-medical-announces-resignation-of-president-joseph-wright","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/merit-medical-announces-resignation-of-president-joseph-wright\/","title":{"rendered":"Merit Medical Announces Resignation of President, Joseph Wright"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mw_release\">\n<p>SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Dec.  16, 2024  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMSI) (\u201cMerit\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d), a global leader of healthcare technology, today announced the resignation of its President, Joseph C. Wright, effective January 3, 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The Company noted that prior to Mr. Wright\u2019s resignation, Merit had received notice of allegations regarding his conduct, which Merit\u2019s independent directors investigated with the assistance of independent counsel. The allegations were unrelated to Merit\u2019s operations or financial performance.<\/p>\n<p>Based upon Mr. Wright\u2019s resignation, Merit\u2019s Board of Directors has re-appointed Fred P. Lampropoulos as Merit\u2019s President.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT MERIT MEDICAL Founded in 1987, Merit Medical Systems, Inc. is engaged in the development, manufacture, and distribution of proprietary disposable medical devices used in interventional, diagnostic, and therapeutic procedures, particularly in cardiology, radiology, oncology, critical care, and endoscopy. Merit serves client hospitals worldwide with a domestic and international sales force and clinical support team totaling more than 700 individuals. Merit employs approximately 7,200 people worldwide.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>CONTACTS\u00a0<br \/>PR\/Media Inquiries\u00a0<br \/>Sarah Comstock\u00a0<br \/>Merit Medical\u00a0<br \/>+1-801-432-2864 |\u202fsarah.comstock@merit.com\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"__GNW8366DE3E__IMG\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globenewswire.com\/newsroom\/ti?nf=OTMyMDAyNCM2NjM5ODE3IzIwMDg1MzY=\" \/><br \/>\n      <br \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ml.globenewswire.com\/media\/YzI2NzY2Y2ItZDFiNi00NzFiLTlhZTctYTQyYWMwMzE1ZmIzLTEwMjAxMDk=\/tiny\/Merit-Medical-Systems-Inc-.png\" \/>\n    <\/div>\n<div class=\"mw_contactinfo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Dec. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Merit Medical Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: MMSI) (\u201cMerit\u201d or the \u201cCompany\u201d), a global leader of healthcare technology, today announced the resignation of its President, Joseph C. Wright, effective January 3, 2025. 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ABOUT MERIT MEDICAL Founded in 1987, Merit Medical Systems, Inc. is engaged in the development, manufacture, and distribution of proprietary disposable medical devices used in &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/merit-medical-announces-resignation-of-president-joseph-wright\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Merit Medical Announces Resignation of President, Joseph Wright&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-795189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Merit Medical Announces Resignation of President, Joseph Wright - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/merit-medical-announces-resignation-of-president-joseph-wright\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Merit Medical Announces Resignation of President, Joseph Wright - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SOUTH JORDAN, Utah, Dec. 16, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) &#8212; Merit Medical Systems, Inc. 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