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The leading provider of products and services for people with chronic kidney failure

Fresenius Medical Care is the world’s leading provider of products and services for individuals with renal diseases of which around 4.1 million patients worldwide regularly undergo dialysis treatment. Dialysis is a vital blood cleansing procedure that substitutes the function of the kidney in case of kidney failure.

Fresenius Medical Care offers products and services along the entire dialysis value chain from a single source. We care for more than 332,000 patients in our global network of more than 4,000 dialysis clinics. At the same time, we operate 40 production sites on all continents, to provide dialysis products such as dialysis machines, dialyzers and related disposables.

Fresenius Medical Care aims to further consolidate its expertise and to use this competence as a basis for sustainable, profitable growth. We aim to continuously improve our patients’ quality of life by offering them high-quality products as well as innovative technologies and treatment concepts.  

Fresenius Medical Care’s corporate headquarters is in Bad Homburg v. d. Höhe, Germany. The headquarters in North America is in Waltham, Massachusetts, the headquarters of Asia-Pacific is located in Hongkong and the headquarters of Latin America is in Rio de Janeiro.

Our history

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1951
1966
2003
2007
2013
2014
2016
2018
2019
2020
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1462

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

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1951

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

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1966

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

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2003

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

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2007

Fresenius Medical Care continues its success as the leading manufacturer of dialyzers, producing its 500,000,000th dialyzer.

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2013

Fresenius Medical Care produces the 1,000,000,000th dialyzer.

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2014

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

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2016

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

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2018

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

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2019

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

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2020

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.

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Corporate culture

We strive to create a future worth living for dialysis patients. Worldwide. Everyday.

  • Collaborating
  • Proactiveness 
  • Reliability
  • Excellence
Sustainability

Sustainability

For us, sustainability means environmental and social progress as well as responsible actions to achieve success at work.

  • We assume economic responsibility
  • We take responsibility for the environment
  • We assume social responsibility
outlook

Compliance

As the market leader worldwide, Fresenius Medical Care is aware of its responsibility and takes it seriously. With our rules and company ethics, we want to set standards that comply with our own and our stakeholders’ expectations.

Fresenius Medical Care is committed to conducting its business activities in compliance with local laws and regulations that apply to our business. We aim to demonstrate professionalism, honesty and integrity in our business relationships with patients, customers, suppliers, the government and other payors, fellow employees, investors and the general public.

Additionally Fresenius Medical Care has implemented business ethics and principles for business partners which outline the principles for all third parties acting on behalf of Fresenius Medical Care. The emphasis is on environmentally sound and resource-efficient production as well as fair and humane working conditions at our suppliers.

Do not hesitate to contact us for further information

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