Medical Products Baxter’S Medical Products* Business Manufactures Products Used in the Delivery of Fluids and Drugs to Patients
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Baxter International Inc. Expanding Capabilities in BioSurgery In 2010, Baxter acquired ApaTech, an orthobiologics company with manufacturing and R&D facilities in the United Kingdom. Apatech’s leading product, ACTIFUSE, a synthetic bone graft material, is marketed in the United States, Europe and other countries around the world, and allows Baxter to enter the emerging bone fusion market. ApaTech’s product Applicator for ACTIFUSE pipeline complements other Baxter capabilities in biosurgery. Also in 2010, Baxter announced FDA approval of TachoSil® (Absorbable Fibrin Sealant Patch) for use as an adjunct to hemostasis in cardiovascular surgery. TachoSil® is the first and only adjunctive hemostatic agent available in the United States that combines a collagen patch with a coating of human coagulation factors. TachoSil® is a patented product of Nycomed, a global pharmaceutical company headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland, and is available in a number of markets outside the United States. Baxter holds exclusive U.S. marketing and distribution rights. Seasonal Influenza Vaccine Latest to Leverage Vero Cell Platform In 2010, Baxter received approval of PREFLUCEL, a vaccine for seasonal influenza, in Austria and the Czech Republic. PREFLUCEL is made using Baxter’s Vero cell culture platform and does not contain an adjuvant or preservatives. Baxter expects to launch PREFLUCEL in other European countries in 2011, PREFLUCEL vaccine and is working with the FDA on licensure in the United States. In addition, Baxter continues to expand its development and licensing activities for PREFLUCEL through direct regional and national licensing processes. In 2010, Baxter announced an agreement with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited in Japan for the development, production and supply of cell culture-based influenza vaccines for the Japanese market. Medical Products Baxter’s Medical Products* business manufactures products used in the delivery of fluids and drugs to patients. These include intravenous (IV) solutions and administration sets, premixed drugs and drug-reconstitution systems, IV nutrition products, infusion pumps and inhalation anesthetics. The business also provides products and services related to pharmacy compounding, drug formulation and packaging technologies. In addition, Baxter’s Medical Products business is a leading provider of products and services Prof. Claude Pichard, head of clinical nutrition at Geneva University Hospital in Switzerland, uses OLIMEL – Baxter’s newest triple-chamber container – to administer for peritoneal dialysis (PD), a home-based parenteral nutrition to patients who cannot take food orally or who have a compromised therapy for people with end-stage kidney gastrointestinal tract. disease, and other products used in * While the company operates in three reportable segments, in October 2010, the company combined its dialysis therapy. Medication Delivery and Renal businesses into a single global business unit, Medical Products. 8.