Company profile

Foundation of the Hirsch Pharmacy is established in Frankfurt am Main. The Fresenius family assumes ownership in the 18th century.

Else Fernau, later Else Kröner, takes over the responsibility for the pharmacy and the company after obtaining her pharmacy degree.

Fresenius starts to sell dialysis machines and dialyzers manufactured by various foreign companies and gains substantial market shares.

Fresenius Medical Care is the leading dialysis company, caring, for more than 119,000 patients in its own dialysis centres worldwide. With a production output of more than 50 million dialyzers per year, Fresenius Medical Care sets a new record.

Fresenius Medical Care continues its success as the leading manufacturer of dialyzers, producing its 500 millionth dialyzer.

Fresenius Medical Care produces its billionth dialyzer.

A new generation of home dialysis cyclers is launched – sleep•safe harmony – enabling most individualized treatment options with adapted APD (aAPD) therapy.

Launch of the 6008 CAREsystem, a new hemodialysis therapy system, that delivers advanced dialysis therapy more easily, leaving more time for direct patient care.

Fresenius Medical Care launches the 4008A dialysis machine tailored to needs in emerging markets.

By acquiring NxStage Medical, Inc., Fresenius Medical Care expands its product portfolio with an innovative technology for home dialysis offering patients greater flexibility.

Launch of the Global Sustainability Program that will enable us to step up our efforts to integrate sustainability into our business over the next years. Production of the 2-billionth dialyzer – just seven years after the production of the 1-billionth.