Baxter (BAX)

Baxter International Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a portfolio of healthcare products in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Medical Products and Therapies, Healthcare Systems and Technologies, and Pharmaceuticals. It offers sterile intravenous (IV) solutions; infusion systems and devices; parenteral nutrition therapies; administrative sets; generic injectable pharmaceuticals; surgical hemostat and sealant products; advanced surgical equipment; smart bed systems; patient monitoring and diagnostic technologies; and respiratory health devices. Additionally, it provides advanced equipment for the surgical space comprising operating room integration technologies, precision positioning devices, and other accessories. The company also offers specialty injectable pharmaceuticals, inhaled anesthetics, and drug compounding services. Its products are used in hospitals, nursing homes, rehabilitation centers, ambulatory surgery centers, doctors' offices, kidney dialysis centers, and patients at home under physician supervision. Baxter sells its products through a direct sales force, independent distributors, drug wholesalers, and specialty pharmacy or other alternate site providers. It has an agreement with Celerity Pharmaceuticals, LLC to develop acute care generic injectable premix and oncolytic products. The company operates in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Asia, Western Europe, Canada, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Baxter International Inc. was incorporated in 1931 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.