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Baxter, St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton: Harnessing the Power of Digital Devices for Patient Education

HAMILTON, ONTARIO—St. Joseph's Charlton Campus—one of the busiest dialysis centres in South Central Ontario—representatives from Baxter Corporation were on site to announce a new quarter-million-dollar gift that will modernize the way that patients living with chronic ...More
February 15, 2013
Posted in News, Business
The Future of Baxter, Gambro

DEERFIELD, Ill.—The merger process between Baxter International and the Swedish dialysis product company, Gambro AB, was finalized in early December 2012. Baxter purchased Gambro for $4 billion in order to expand and grow internationally in the dialysis market. ...More
February 4, 2013
Posted in Articles, Business
AWAK Technologies Enters into Agreement with Baxter for the Development of Wearable Technology

SINGAPORE—AWAK Technologies announced that it has entered into an exclusive agreement with Baxter International for the development of innovative wearable dialysis technology. The agreement enables AWAK to continue the development of its investigational peritoneal ...More
January 11, 2013
Posted in News, Business
Baxter Agrees to Buy Gambro to Expand Renal Therapies

DEERFIELD, Ill.—Baxter International has agreed to pay $4 billion (26.5 billion SEK) to acquire the Swedish dialysis product company, Gambro AB. This acquisition gives Baxter strength in the market and allowes them to expand and grow internatioally. ...More
December 4, 2012
Posted in News, Business
Baxter Rumored to Make Bid for Gambro

DEERFIELD, Ill.—Rumors have sparked in the renal community of Baxter International purchasing Gambro, the Swedish medical-equipment maker, for about $4 billion. ...More
November 26, 2012
Posted in News, Business
ASN President Thanks Award Recipients for Hard Work, Dedication

Ronald Falk, MD, president of the American Society of Nephrology (ASN), announced several winners during the second day of the ASN Kidney Week 2012 which took place in San Diego on October 31 to November 4. He thanked more than 13,000 attendees for their continued support ...More
November 19, 2012
Posted in Articles, Practice Management
AAKP and Baxter Offer Scholarships for Upcoming Meeting

TAMPA, Fla.—The American Association of Kidney Patients (AAKP) and Baxter Healthcare are pleased to announce 50 patient scholarships to attend the 39th Annual AAKP National Patient Meeting, August 9-11, 2012 at the Grand Hyatt Atlanta in Georgia. ...More
June 27, 2012
Posted in News, Practice Management
ESRD Patients With Diabetes May Benefit From Low-Glucose PD Regimen

PARIS—Baxter International Inc. announced results from two large, international multicenter trials demonstrating that a low glucose peritoneal dialysis (PD) regimen favorably impacted metabolic measures important for end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients with diabetes, ...More
May 29, 2012
Posted in News, Clinical & Pharma
Kidney Dialysis Leaders Gather to Discuss Home Dialysis Improvement

WASHINGTON—Today, more than 50 invited leaders in the field of kidney dialysis, including patients, clinicians, industry, and policymakers, assembled in Washington, DC for the first-ever National Summit on Home Dialysis Policy. ...More
March 29, 2012
Posted in News, Business, Government & Regulation
Baxter Completes Acquisition of Baxa Corporation

Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX) announced today that the company has completed its planned acquisition of Baxa Corporation, a privately held global company based in Englewood, Colo., for a cash consideration of $380 million. ...More
November 10, 2011
Posted in News, Business