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Baxter International is a medical equipment company that focuses on developing medicines and devices for saving and sustaining lives and elevating patient care. The company was founded by two doctors in 1931 in Deerfield, Illinois, under the name Don Baxter Intravenous Products Corporation. Its initial focus was developing, manufacturing, and distributing containers for intravenous solutions. Throughout the decades, the company has expanded to pharmaceuticals, medical equipment, software, and other medical containers.
The company offers products for a variety of healthcare contexts. Below are some examples of areas for which it has offerings:
- Primary care
- Surgical care
- Nutritional care
- Hospital care
- Respiratory care
- Kidney care
Baxter International specializes in developing solutions for kidney care and manufactures several systems that can aid patients in treating illnesses such as acute renal failure. It has created at-home dialysis machines for those with chronic kidney disease.
