LAWRENCE, Mass.—NxStage Medical, Inc. signed a 5-year distribution agreement with Dirinco for the promotion, sale, delivery and service of the NxStage System One and PureFlow™ SL dialysate preparation system to dialysis centers throughout the Netherlands exclusively through Dirinco. Dirinco also will make the System One available for use in critical care applications, and has the option to make NxStage Medisystems ButtonHole needles available to its customers in the region.
"We are pleased to announce this new opportunity to provide more patients access to our life-changing products while expanding our international presence," said John Mullen, vice president and general manager, International, NxStage Medical, Inc. "We look forward to working closely with Dirinco, a company with a long history of successfully introducing new technologies and therapies to the Dutch market."
"As many dialysis patients in this region seek alternative treatments to in-center dialysis, we believe there is a real opportunity to advance home hemodialysis in the Netherlands," said Roel Kuiper, managing director of Dirinco. "Through our agreement with NxStage, our customers will gain access to this innovative technology and the quality of life and clinical benefits daily therapy with the System One has been reported to offer."
