Med-Tek

Med-Tek Laboratories, a/k/a Med-Tek, a/k/a Medtech (sic) provided bleeding-edge medical technologies in the decades before the Great War, specializing in pharmaceutical research. Their premier products were Mentats and Fixer.

Mentats was a line of nootropic smart drugs built to enhance memory and cognitive function, but also used recreationally for their impact on creativity. They were also highly addictive. Rumors that Fixer, their line of addiction-curing medications, was developed in response to that trait in Mentats, were never confirmed.

By the 2060s, Med-Tek also invested heavily in a line of self-diagnostic tools so regular citizens could determine what drugs they needed without the intervening influence of a doctor. My First Infirmary, My First Laboratory, and Sympto-Matic were all greeted enthusiastically by test markets, despite some troubling rumors about whether medical science or economics drove the prescription decisions behind those tools.

Finally, later years saw work on a new line of products: bespoke viruses that would target specific populations ranging from gender, to ethnicity, to age, to various genetic markers. By the Great War, this line had not yet seen full production, but its research vault was sealed prior to the first exchange and remains intact.

History

Mentats were already a popular drug in the academic communities of Charleston, and when research and development ramped up in Charleston so did Med-Tek's presence. Working closely with the Medical Science department of the Southeast Commonwealth College of Technology, Med-Tek was a major for the popular "Innovation Fairs" where teams of students would put on demonstrations of research being conducted at the school to the citizens of Charleston. Med-Tek was son ingrained in the culture of the university, that it was rumored you can turn over any bunk in the dorms and find a pack of Mentats or two. It even became popular to experiment with improving the Mentat formula among the more adventurous of the student body.