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Collaboration combines the clinical expertise of Mayo Clinic and
Baxter Renal Care Services
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Outpatient clinic to provide chronic kidney disease management,
home dialysis and in-center dialysis services
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Project stems from five-year collaboration to advance care across
different therapeutic areas
DEERFIELD, Ill. & JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX), a global innovator in renal care,
and Mayo Clinic today announced a new collaboration to develop a renal
care center of excellence in the U.S. The center will serve patients
across the continuum of renal care — from chronic kidney disease (CKD)
management through transplant — and drive better patient outcomes.
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The Baxter and Mayo Clinic’s new renal care center of excellence is located on Mayo Clinic’s campus at Jacksonville, Florida (Photo: Business Wire)
The center is being established at the Mayo Clinic Dialysis Center at
the campus in Jacksonville, Florida, where Mayo Clinic’s recognized
excellence in care will be integrated with Baxter Renal Care Services’
proven clinical service model and CKD management program. The Mayo
Clinic Dialysis Center in Jacksonville provides state-of-the-art
dialysis services in a comfortable, home-like facility. The
collaboration will also allow for the trial of potentially new,
codeveloped products and services.
“The collaboration between Mayo Clinic and Baxter combines the best of
our clinical, research and innovation expertise, and is rooted in the
shared goal to improve the way we care for patients with serious and
complex illnesses,” says Gianrico
Farrugia, M.D., CEO of Mayo Clinic in Florida and president-elect of
Mayo Clinic. “We are excited to establish this new renal care center of
excellence with Baxter.”
For people with kidney disease or kidney failure requiring kidney
dialysis, the Mayo Clinic Dialysis Center offers:
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Chronic
Kidney Disease Clinic, where a dedicated team of providers work
together to provide comprehensive care to people with kidney disorders
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Home dialysis training and support for both home hemodialysis and
peritoneal dialysis
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In-center hemodialysis
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Outpatient dialysis services
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Nephrology Nutrition Clinic, where registered dieticians with
expertise in kidney disorders provide ongoing guidance for nutritional
needs
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Temporary dialysis if patients need treatment while traveling
Baxter Renal Care Services cares for more than 25,000 patients through
its clinics across Asia, Europe and Latin America. Baxter Renal Care
Services has historically worked closely with local experts to establish
clinics where there is a need for centers of excellence that provide
comprehensive care to help patients sequence through their therapy
journey. These clinics often feature a successful CKD program focused on
slowing the progression of kidney disease, as well as Baxter’s latest
technologies to support patients’ clinical and lifestyle needs.
“We firmly believe there is a path to better care for kidney patients,
which starts by managing the disease before dialysis is required and
through simpler, more effective innovations,” says Laura Angelini,
general manager, Baxter’s Renal Care business. “Our collaboration with
Mayo Clinic will allow us to go even further in helping to establish
transformative care.”
The dialysis clinic collaboration is the first launched initiative from
the Baxter
and Mayo Clinic five-year agreement announced in 2017, allowing the
two healthcare leaders to bring together their respective clinical and
development expertise. The primary emphasis of the broader agreement
focuses on new research and development projects to advance innovation
across different therapeutic areas where there are high unmet patient
needs, such as renal disease. The initial agreement is for a five-year
period, with a five-year renewal option.
About Mayo Clinic
Mayo Clinic is a nonprofit organization committed to clinical practice,
education and research, providing expert, whole-person care to everyone
who needs healing. For more information, visit
mayoclinic.org/about-mayo-clinic or newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org.
About Baxter
Every day, millions of patients and caregivers rely on Baxter’s leading
portfolio of critical care, nutrition, renal, hospital and surgical
products. For more than 85 years, we’ve been operating at the critical
intersection where innovations that save and sustain lives meet the
healthcare providers that make it happen. With products, technologies
and therapies available in more than 100 countries, Baxter’s employees
worldwide are now building upon the company’s rich heritage of medical
breakthroughs to advance the next generation of transformative
healthcare innovations. To learn more, visit www.baxter.com and
follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.
This release includes forward-looking statements concerning Baxter
Renal Care Services, including the proposed opening of a new renal care
center of excellence. The statements are based on assumptions about many
important factors, including the following, which could cause actual
results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements: the company’s ability to finance and develop new products or
enhancements; satisfaction of regulatory and other requirements; actions
of regulatory bodies and other governmental authorities; product
quality, manufacturing or supply, or patient safety issues; changes in
law and regulations; and other risks identified in Baxter's most recent
filing on Form 10-K and other SEC filings, all of which are available on
Baxter's website. Baxter does not undertake to update its
forward-looking statements.
Baxter and Baxter Renal Care Services are registered trademarks of
Baxter International Inc.
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Media Contact – Mayo Clinic
Duska Anastasijevic, (507)
284-5005
anastasijevic.duska@mayo.edu
or
Media
Contact – Baxter
Jill Carey-Hargrave, (224) 948-5353
media@baxter.com
or
Investor
Contact – Baxter
Clare Trachtman, (224) 948-3085
Source: Baxter International Inc.