MetroMed, Inc. ("MetroMed") was incorporated in July 1996 and is based in Phoenixville, PA. MetroMed operates as a manufacturer's representative and a distributor of specialty products. The company's sales force is highly trained and clinically educated to act as the direct sales force for medical product manufacturing companies which do not have a direct sales force of their own. MetroMed works closely with both hospital and homecare customers. MetroMed has covered Metropolitan New York, all of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Delaware since its inception.