Incorporated in 1989, Otsuka America Pharmaceutical is a health care company that commercializes its products throughout North America. It offers products under the ABILIFY Tablets1 and PLETAL Tablets2 brands. The company works in collaboration with Bristol-Myers Squibb, which co-develops and co-promotes ABILIFY. Otsuka America Pharmaceutical has also merged with Meretek Diagnostics to form the Meretek Diagnostics Group under the Medical Device Division of OAPI. It focuses on neuroscience, cardiovascular, oncologic and gastrointestinal therapeutic treatments. The company operates Otsuka Maryland Research Institute, which was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of OAPI to research and develop a variety of health care products. Otsuka America Pharmaceutical is a part of Otsuka Pharmaceutical Group.