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What Merit Medical Systems, Inc. told the SEC could break it.
Merit Medical's disclosures center on regulation, trade, and materials for a global device maker. The EU's Medical Device Regulation imposes increasingly stringent requirements, and ahead of the transition deadline Merit expects to discontinue or postpone some products in the E.U. depending on certification cost, timing, and notified-body capacity. It manufactures in Mexico, Ireland, and China, where 2025 U.S. tariffs have already raised its costs amid a dynamic, repeatedly modified tariff regime and possible retaliation. Many of its components are made from resins, plastics, and other petroleum-based materials available from only a limited number of suppliers, exposing it to shortages, price spikes, and production delays.
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In its own words
What could break it.
Regulatory & policy
- EU Medical Device Regulation (MDR)medium
The EU Medical Device Regulation imposes increasingly stringent requirements; ahead of the transition deadline Merit expects to discontinue or postpone introduction of some products in the E.U., depending on MDR certification cost/timing and notified-body capacity.
“However, there will be products that we will instead choose to discontinue or postpone introduction in the E.U.”
SEC filing →As of 2026 - 2025 US tariffs on Mexico/Ireland/China manufacturingmedium
Merit manufactures in Mexico, Ireland and China; 2025 U.S. tariffs have already increased its manufacturing costs and the dynamic, repeatedly modified tariff environment (plus possible retaliation from key markets like China) creates ongoing cost and trade uncertainty.
“The current tariff environment is dynamic and uncertain, as the U.S. government has imposed, modified and paused tariffs multiple times since the beginning of 2025.”
Supplier concentration
- Limited-supplier resins, plastics & petroleum-based materialsmedium
Many device components are made from resins, plastics and other petroleum-based materials available from only a limited number of suppliers, with no assurance crude-oil-derived inputs stay available, exposing Merit to shortages, price spikes and production delays.
“many of our products have components that are manufactured using resins, plastics and other petroleum-based materials which are available from a limited number of suppliers.”
SEC filing →As of 2026
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