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For the development of the MPR-CQI program, the company used therapy data from more than 70,000 patients treated in Fresenius Medical Care’s EMEA NephroCare network.

Fresenius Medical Care, the world’s leading provider of products and services for individuals with renal diseases, has conducted a study examining the effectiveness of the “Medical Patient Review continuous quality improvement” (MPR-CQI) program in 20 countries of the region Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). The study has demonstrated, by means of mediation analysis, that improvements in medical key performance indicators (KPIs), occurring after the MPR-CQI program implementation, was associated with a significant reduction in mortality risk of about 30 percent in study participants. 

For the development of the MPR-CQI program, the company used therapy data from more than 70,000 patients treated in Fresenius Medical Care’s EMEA NephroCare network to define, monitor and improve 10 KPIs – intermediate clinical endpoints – including hemoglobin, hydration status, hemodynamic status and infusion volume. The Medical Patient Review’s monthly review circles and evaluations of patients’ health indicators allow physicians to identify, prioritize and address patient’s medical needs. 

“Delivering the highest quality care for people living with kidney disease is central to our mission, and data-driven insights are vital for ongoing clinical care improvement and innovation,” said Franklin W. Maddux, MD, Global Chief Medical Officer of Fresenius Medical Care. “The breadth and depth of our company’s clinical data, combined with our efforts in digital innovation and connected health, are generating a compelling evolution of clinical results.” 

The quality performance of Fresenius Medical Care’s clinical governance strategy has been evaluated in an historical cohort study based on the company's own EuCliD database in the EMEA region. The company has published the study results in Nephrology, Dialysis & Transplantation, the official journal of the European Renal Association/European Dialysis and Transplant Association, to make them publicly available to the professional community and support further improvements in care worldwide: https://doi.org/10.1093/ndt/gfab160

The Medical Patient Review continuous quality improvement program is based on EuCliD data – Fresenius Medical Care’s digital patient care system- and enables the company to define evaluation processes involving medical and nursing experts. It also enables a detailed analysis of patients that allows a better understanding of medical needs, while providing intensive experiences from correlating improvements in medical and economic efficiency results – to deliver feedback focused on effective and efficient care. Through its digital patient care system, Fresenius Medical Care is planning to also enable third-party clients to benefit from the MPR. 

As part of its 2025 growth strategy, Fresenius Medical Care is using digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI) to develop new forms of kidney therapy. Physicians in more than 100 clinics in the company’s network can already use an AI-based algorithm that can help to improve renal anemia management while reducing drug-related costs. Fresenius Medical Care is planning to enrich the Medical Patient Review process by the MPR Advanced Benchmarking System which is based on an ensemble of 22 AI-based models that are designed to help detect best clinical practices, pinpoint high-performing centers beyond case-mix differences, discover emerging medical needs and set realistic margins of improvement for each intermediate clinical endpoint in all clinics.

The MPR Advanced Benchmarking System will be piloted starting this fall in NephroCare clinics in one EMEA country. Additional AI-based products for the management of non-dialysis dependent chronic kidney disease, vascular access care, home dialysis therapies and intradialytic complications are now being developed.
 

This release contains forward-looking statements that are subject to various risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially from those described in these forward-looking statements due to various factors, including, but not limited to, changes in business, economic and competitive conditions, legal changes, regulatory approvals, impacts related to the COVID-19 pandemic results of clinical studies, foreign exchange rate fluctuations, uncertainties in litigation or investigative proceedings, and the availability of financing. These and other risks and uncertainties are detailed in Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA's reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA does not undertake any responsibility to update the forward-looking statements in this release.

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A nurse prepares the administering of an I.V. generic drug.

Infusion therapy is the administration of medication intraveniously through a needle or catheter. Among the essential products are infusion solutions, medical devices, blood volume replacement solutions, and medical products such as rinsing solutions as well as intravenously-administered drugs.

Infusion solutions, for example, comprise electrolyte and glucose solutions as well as concentrated carbohydrate solutions, infusion solutions containing electrolytes and substrate solutions for drugs. Volume replacement solutions based on hydroxyethyl starch (HES) are used to increase plasma volume.

I.V. Drugs

Intravenous administration of drugs is indispensable today. A patient is administered drugs intravenously, meaning directly into a vein. This type of administration is used in cases of emergency, since the drug this way reaches the entire human body directly through the bloodstream and can be effective within a few seconds. Drugs are also administered intravenously in intensive care and during surgeries. Physicians decide to administer drugs via the vein particularly when patients are no longer able to take drugs orally or if the digestive tract no longer functions properly.

Fresenius Kabi offers a wide range of generic intravenously administered drugs. Primarily severely ill patients in hospitals are treated with these drugs – for example at emergency wards and intensive care units. Analgesics and anesthetics as well as antibiotics and antiinfectants are among these drugs.

Analgesics eliminate or decrease sensitivity to pain. Patients at emergency wards receive these preparations intravenously during or after surgical procedures.

Through intravenous anesthetics, such as Propofol, anesthesia can be induced or maintained. Furthermore, these drugs are used in intensive medicine for long-term sedation: Patients are put into an artificial coma to support their healing process. Fresenius Kabi also offers products for this application.

Antibiotics treat bacterial infections, which can have many different causes. Fresenius Kabi offers a large selection of different active ingredient categories. Among these are the most important antibiotic groups such as penicillins, cephalosporins and quinolones. Some of these products have a limited stability in liquid form and are therefore offered as sterile powder products, which are dissolved shortly before administration. Other substances are available as a ready-to-use solution in infusion bottles or infusion bags.

Other antiinfectants that Fresenius Kabi offers include drugs such as acyclovir that are used to treat viral infections.

In addition to these product groups, Fresenius Kabi offers drugs that are used to stabilize the cardiovascular function of patients receiving intensive and emergency care and to treat gastrointestinal problems.

Contact

Fresenius Kabi AG
Else-Kröner-Str. 1
61352 Bad Homburg
Germany
T: +49 6172 686-0
communication@fresenius-kabi.com

www.fresenius-kabi.com

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Members of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Member of various supervisory bodies

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Initial appointment: 2021
Current term of office: 2025 – 2029

 

Wolfgang Kirsch

Date of Birth:

March 19, 1955

Place of Birth:

Bensberg

Nationality:

German

Professional Experience

2002 - 2018

DZ Bank AG

  • 2006 - 2018 Chief Executive Officer
  • 2005 - 2006 Deputy Chief Executive Officer
  • 2002 - 2005 Member of the Board of Managing Directors

2000 - 2002

Deutsche Bank AG, Frankfurt

Managing Director and Senior Credit Executive of the Corporates and Real Estate Division and CIB Corporate and Investment Bank

1998 - 2000

Deutsche Bank, Singapore

General Manager and Chief Country Officer

1981 - 1998

Deutsche Bank AG, Düsseldorf and Frankfurt

Various positions within the Corporate and Investment Banking Division

Education/Academic career

1977 - 1981

Universität Köln

Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann)

1975 - 1977

Deutsche Bank AG

Banking apprenticeship

Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG
B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. Aktiengesellschaft (Chair)
Fresenius Management SE (Fresenius Group mandate, Chair)

Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies

None

Full-time Works Council Member
Helios Vogtland-Klinikum Plauen GmbH

 

Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Initial appointment: 2018
Current term of office: 2025 – 2029

Benrd Behlert

Date of Birth:

October 1, 1958

Place of Birth:

Bad Elster

Nationality:

German

Professional Experience

since 09/2018

Chairman of the Group Works Council Helios Kliniken GmbH

since 2010

Member of the European Works Council of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

since 2006

Helios Vogtland-Klinikum
Full-time Works Council Member (Chairman)

2003 - 2006

Humaine Vogtland-Klinikum
50% Works Council Member (Chairman); 50% Degreed engineer,
Department of biomedical engineering

1990 - 2003

Vogtland-Klinikum Plauen
Degreed engineer

  • since 1994
    Works Council Member (Chairman)

1985 - 1990

Bezirkskrankenhaus Plauen
Degreed engineer

Education/Academic career

1980 - 1985

Ilmenau University of Technology
Engineering degree in Technical Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering

Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

Helios Vogtland-Klinikum Plauen GmbH (Fresenius Group mandate)

Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies

None

Member of various Supervisory Boards


Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Initial appointment: 2015
Current term of office: 2025 – 2029

Michael Diekmann

Date of Birth:

December 23, 1954

Place of Birth:

Bielefeld

Nationality:

German

Professional Experience

2003 - 2015

Allianz SE (formerly Allianz AG)
Chairman of the Management Board

1998 - 2003

Allianz AG
Member of the Management Board

1988 - 1998

Allianz Versicherungs-AG

1983 - 1988

Diekmann / Thieme GbR (publishing house)
CEO

Education/Academic career

1973 - 1982

University of Göttingen
Studies in Law and Philosophy

Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

Allianz SE1 (Chair)
Fresenius Management SE (Fresenius Group mandate)

Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies

None

  • Stock listed company

Secretary of the Trade Union ver.di Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft


Deputy Chair of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Initial appointment: 2020
Current term of office: 2025 – 2029

Grit Genster

Date of Birth:

January 24, 1973

Place of BIrth:

Cottbus

Nationality:

German

Professional Experience

since 1991

Trade Union Vereinte Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft ver.di

  • since 2015      Head of Health care affairs
  • 2012 – 2015    Department coordination
  • 1996 – 2012    ver.di-districts Essen und Wuppertal-Niederberg
    last position serving as managing director
  • 1994 – 1996    Trainee as trade union secretary
  • 1991 – 1994    Administrative clerk

Education

1989 - 1991

Lausitzer Braunkohle AG
Apprenticeship as business management assistan

Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

None

Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies

None

Full-time Works Council Member    
Helios Clinic Herzberg and Osterode GmbH

Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA


Initial appointment: 2025
Current term of office: 2025 – 2029

 
Carsten Georg 

Date of Birth:

August 03, 1963

Place of Birth:

Northeim

Nationality:

German

Professional Experience

since 2021

Member of the European Works Council of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

  • Member of the Executive Committee since 2023

Since 2019

Deputy Chair of the Group Works Council Helios Kliniken GmbH

since 2014

Helios Clinic Herzberg and Osterode GmbH

  • Works Council member released from duties since 2022 (Chair)
  • Specialist nurse for nursing care in the surgical service

1998 – 2014

Specialist nurse (from 1999) for nursing care in the surgical service
Klinik Herzberg and Osterode GmbH (Rhön)

1991 – 1998

Nurse in the OR

  • Osterode am Harz District Hospital / Herzberg Department
  • District of Osterode am Harz

4/83 – 03/91

Temporary soldier

  • During this time training as a nurse

Education

1983 – 1986

 Training as a nurse

1997 – 1999

 Training as a specialist nurse for nursing in the surgical service

Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

None

Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies

None

Chairman of the Board and Medical Director
of the Mainz University Medical Center

Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Initial appointment: 2025
Current term of office: 2025 – 2029

Ralf Kiesslich

Date of Birth:

May 14, 1970

Place of Birth:

Wiesbaden

Nationality:

German

Professional Experience

since 2024

Mainz University Medical Center
Chairman of the Board and Medical Director

2021 – 2023

Helios Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken Wiesbaden
Medical Director

2014 – 2021

Helios Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken Wiesbaden
Gastroenterology Clinic Director, Medical Director

2012 – 2014

St. Marienkrankenhaus Frankfurt
Chief Physician for Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology

2008 – 2012

Mainz University Medical Center
W2 Professorship for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Education/Academic career

2005

 Mainz University Medical Center
Habilitation

1996

 Mainz University Medical Center
Promotion

1990 – 1996

 Mainz University Medical Center
Studies of human medicine

Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

None

Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

None

Full-time Works Council Member
Quirónsalud Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya


Senior trade union secretary of the UGT trade union
for the private healthcare sector Barcelona

 

Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Initial appointment: 2025
Current term of office: 2025 – 2029

Date of Birth:

May 25, 1984

Place of Birth:

Barcelona

Nationality:

Spanish

Professional Experience

since 2025

Member of the European Works Council of Fresenius SE & Co. KGa

since 02/2024

Mediator and Conciliator of the UGT trade union
Labor Court of Catalonia
Barcelona, Barcelona

since 06/2020

General Secretary of the UGT trade union
UGT representative for occupational health and safety
Quirónsalud Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya
San Cugat del Vallés, Barcelon

since 01/2006

Administration Emergency Department
Quirónsalud Hospital Universitari General de Catalunya
San Cugat del Vallés, Barcelona

Education/Academic career

2008 - 2010

Master‘s degree in secretarial and operational management
Vapor Universitario de Terrassa, Barcelona

2006 - 2008

CFGS Administration and Finance
IES Terrassa, Barcelona

2004 - 2005

CFGM Administrativa
IES Santa Eulalia, Barcelona

1996 - 2000

Secondary school diploma
I.E.S. Cavall Bernat, Barcelona

Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

None

Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies

None

Member of various supervisory bodies

Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Initial appointment: 2016
Current term of office: 2025 – 2029

Prof. Dr. med. Iris Löw-Friedrich

Date of Birth:

November 17, 1960

Place of Birth:

Offenbach / Main

Nationality:

German

Professional Experience

2008 - 2024

UCB S.A.
Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President Development

2001 - 2009

Schwarz Pharma AG
Member of the Executive Board, Head of Research and Development

2000 - 2001

BASF Pharma
Vice President Global Projects 

1992 - 2000

Hoechst AG
Various positions, last serving as Vice President Clinical Development

Education/Academic career

since 2000

University of Frankfurt am Main
Professor for internal medicine

1985

University of Frankfurt am Main
Doctorate in medicine (Dr. med.)

1979 - 1985

University of Frankfurt am Main
Studies of medicine

Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

Evotec AG1 (Chair)

Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies

Sobi Swedish Orphan Biovitrum1 (Member of the Board of Directors) 

  • 1 Stock listed company

Full-time Works Council Member
Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH


Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Initial appointment: 2023
Current term of office: 2025 – 2029

Holger Michel

Date of Birth:

May 18, 1969

Place of Birth:

Marburg

Nationality:

German

Professional Experience

since 2002

 Fresenius Kabi Deutschland GmbH, Standort Friedberg

  • since 2022 Chairman Works Council
  • since 2021 Member of the European Works Council of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA
  • since 2018 Deputy Chairman
  • since 2002 Member of the Works Council

since 2021

 Honorary Judge, Hessian Tax Court

since 2017

IHK-Examiner, IHK Frankfurt

since 2015

Honorary Judge, Labour Court

2007 – 2018

Laboratoy Manager, IPK-Laboratories

2003 – 2007

Quality Control Technician

1992 – 2003

Quality Control Laboratory Assistant

Education

2021

Specialist for Occupational Health Management, IHK

2020 – 2021

Certified Specialist for Data Protection and Data Security

2018

Project Manager, IHK

1999 – 2001

Training as Bachelor Professional of Management for Industry

1985 – 1989

Apprenticeship as Chemical Laboratory Technician

Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

None

Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies

None

Production staff member
Fresenius Kabi España S.A.U.

 

Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Initial appointment: 2016
Current term of office: 2025 – 2029

Oscar Romero de Paco

Date of Birth:

January 29, 1974

Place of Birth:

Barcelona

Nationality:

Spanish

Professional Experience

since 2008

 Member of the European Works Council of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

since 2004

 Member of the Works Council Fresenius Kabi España S.A.U.

since 1998

 Fresenius Kabi AG

Education

2016

 Seminar at ETUI (European Trade Union Institute): Current challenges for
employee representatives in supervisory boards: How to deal with confidentiality rules and impact of European commercial law

2015

 Seminar: Trade union cultures in the European Union
Training for the European Works Council (EWC training center)
Seminar: Occupational Health and Safety (Trainig center of CC.OO.)

1990 - 1994

 Instituto Cristófol Ferrer, Secondary school

Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

None

Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies

None

Member of various Supervisory Boards

 

Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Initial appointment: 2022
Current term of office: 2025 – 2029

Susanne Zeidler
 

Date of Birth:

February 28, 1961

Place of Birth:

Marl

Nationality:

German

Professional Experience

2012 - 2022

Deutsche Beteiligungs AG, Frankfurt / Main
Member of the Executive Board / Chief Financial Officer
Responsible for Finance and Accounting, Investor Relations, Legal and Tax, Portfolio Valuation, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Human Resources, Organization, IT

2011 – 2012

Kirche in Not, Königstein im Taunus
Managing Director at the global headquarter of the organization

1990 – 2011

KPMG AG, Frankfurt / Main
Last position: partner

  • 2005 – 2010 Audit Services / Non-profit organizations and hospitals

  • 2000 – 2005 Head of the report critique and of administrative areas

  • 1990 – 2005 Corporate finance / corporate valuations

1987 - 1990

Winterhager Dr. Heintges Stützel Laubach GmbH, Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft, Düsseldorf
Last position: Auditor and tax specalist

Education/Academic career

1995

Appointment as auditor (2013 waiver of appointment)

1992

Appointment as tax advisor (2022 waiver of appointment)

1980 - 1987

Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

  • 1987 Degree: Diplom Kaufmann (Business Administration)
  • 1981 - 1987 Business Administration
  • 1980 - 1981 Education studies in Latin and French

Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

Fresenius Management SE (Fresenius Group mandate)

Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies

None

Member of various supervisory bodies


Member of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Initial appointment: 2022
Current term of office: 20252029

Dr. Christoph Zindel

Date of Birth:

April 13, 1961

Place of Birth:

Stuttgart

Nationality:

German

Professional Experience

2018 – 2022

Siemens Healthineers AG, Erlangen
Member of the Managing Board
Responsible for Imaging, Advanced Therapies, Technology & Innovation, Quality & Regulatory Affairs, Sustainability

  • 2018 – 2019 President Business Segment Diagnostic Imaging

2015 – 2018

Siemens AG, Healthcare Sector, Erlangen

SVP, General Manager of Business Line Magnetic Resonance

2014 – 2015

Beckmann-Coulter – A Danaher Company, Miami (USA)
SVP, Head of Business Unit Hematology and Urinalysis

1998 – 2014

Siemens AG, Healthcare Sector, Knoxville (USA)

  • 2012 – 2014 CEO PETNET Solutions (Radiopharmaceuticals),
    Knoxville (USA)
  • 1998 – 2012 Various leading positions:
    Marketing, R & D, Erlangen

2012 – 2014

Siemens AG, Healthcare Sector, Knoxville (USA)
CEO PETNET Solutions (Radiopharmaceuticals)   

1994 – 1998

University of Tübingen
Resident Physician Surgery

1993 – 1994

University of Frankfurt am Main
Resident Physician Internal Medicine, Nuclear Medicine

Education/Academic career

1995

University Frankfurt am Main

Doctor of Medicine, M.D. (Dr.)

1985 – 1992

University Frankfurt am Main
Studies in Medicine

Membership of other statutory supervisory boards

Gerresheimer AG1

Membership of comparable German or foreign supervisory bodies

None

  • 1 Stock listed company

Committees of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Wolfgang Kirsch (Chair)
Michael Diekmann
Susanne Zeidler

Susanne Zeidler (Chair)
Bernd Behlert
Grit Genster
Wolfgang Kirsch
Dr. Christoph Zindel

Dr. Dieter Schenk (Chair)
Michael Diekmann
Wolfgang Kirsch
Susanne Zeidler

The committee consists equally of two members each of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA and of Fresenius Management SE.

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Members of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius Management SE

Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA

Former Chief Executive Officer of Deutsche Post DHL Group

Member of various Supervisory Boards

Member of various Supervisory Boards

Deputy Chairman
Member of supervisory bodies

Member of supervisory bodies

In-line filter system – a blood bag system for leukocyte filtration

For blood donation and component processing, Fresenius Kabi offers medical devices. These include cell separators (apheresis systems), autotransfusion devices, blood bag and filter systems as well as related blood processing equipment. Component processing consists of the separation and collection of certain blood cells.

Blood Cell Separator

The Fresenius cell separator has three areas of application:

  • Donate blood cells: obtaining cells from the blood of a donor for transfusion, for example for treating coagulation dysfunctions or leukemia patients
  • Remove cancer cells: removing diseased cells or blood plasma from the blood of a patient with leukemia or an autoimmune disease, i. e., in patients with disorders where the body produces defense substances against its own cells
  • Collect a patient’s cells: collecting cells from a patient's own blood for re-infusion, for example prior to operation.

A cell separator is primarily used to collect blood platelets or thrombocytes. While red blood cells mainly transport oxygen and other blood cells ward off pathogens, thrombocytes play an important role in blood clotting. Patients with too few thrombocytes suffer from an inability of the blood to coagulate properly. Injuries can lead to potentially dangerous bleeding. One example of the cause of thrombocyte deficiency is cancer therapy. Doctors infuse patients with healthy donor thrombocytes following treatment.

Thrombocytes are obtained most effectively with a blood cell separator. The machine, which works like a centrifuge, gently separates thrombocytes from the other blood components. Components that are not needed are immediately returned to the donor. Because only the thrombocytes are taken, which regenerate much quicker than red blood cells, a donor may donate much more frequently than in regular whole-blood donations. The cell separator also allows a much larger number of thrombocytes to be collected per donation than in whole blood. All patients who require a large number of thrombocytes can benefit double from the procedure – regular transfusions include thrombocytes from several sources but a blood cell separator can reduce the number of donors needed per transfusion. This allows a doctor to select thrombocytes from the most appropriate donors. This is important because the efficacy of the thrombocytes improves when the blood groups of donors and recipients match.

A cell separator can separate thrombocytes from other blood cells; it can also support the treatment of leukemia patients by removing diseased cells directly from the blood. Since leukemic cancer cells quickly reproduce, this procedure cannot heal a patient. But it relieves the strain on the kidneys by considerably lowering the number of destroyed cancer cells that must be removed from the blood following treatment.

Although rarely used, another application of the blood cell separator is quickly gaining in importance. Doctors can use the device to remove stem cells from the blood of a cancer patient. Through pre-treatment bone marrow stem cells start to reproduce and partially move into the blood stream. These stem cells can be collected almost like platelets. This way surgery to obtain stem cells directly from bone marrow can be avoided.

The treatment subsequently used to combat cancer cells damage the stem cells from which all other blood cells are made. If the patient receives healthy stem cells after chemotherapy, healthy blood cells can develop quicker, for example the platelets that are important for hemostasis and coagulation.

Blood bag systems

Blood bag systems are the foundation for worldwide blood supply by "classical" blood donation. More than 90 percent of all blood donations are processed in these systems that consist of up to six different bags with variable functions.

A combination of bags with venous cannulae and integrated needle protection, pre-donation sampling pouches and different filtration devices form the basis for highly professional whole blood collection systems. They allow producing different blood component preparations according to national and international standards. Blood donation and processing with these systems is supplemented by other devices such as automated scales and blood separators, sterile docking systems and sealers to name a few.

Contact

Fresenius Kabi AG
Else-Kröner-Str. 1
61352 Bad Homburg
Germany
T: +49 6172 686-0
communication@fresenius-kabi.com

www.fresenius-kabi.com
The HPC qualifies participants to handle health issues with confidence.

Comprehensive patient care begins with prevention. Fresenius Helios' occupational healthcare centers offer a wide range of workplace prevention services. In addition, the Helios Prevention Center (HPC) of Fresenius Helios offers programs for individual prevention and company health management in the form of checkups and health coaching at numerous locations around Germany.
 

Occupational Healthcare

The aim of effective occupational healthcare is to maintain and promote health, prevent harmful influences resulting from working life, detect illnesses and damage to health at an early stage, as well as reintegrate employees into the workplace after a longer period of absence due to illness.

In Germany, Helios offers fully comprehensive occupational medical care with a fixed, permanent contact person at 17 occupational healthcare centers. This covers everything from legally required examinations, health protection and promotion to risk assessments and recommendations for optimal workplace design.

Spain's leading occupational risk prevention companies Fraterprevención, MC Prevención, Premap and Unipresalud complement the Quirónsalud network, with more than 150 centers throughout Spain and a presence in Latin America and the Middle East.

 

Helios Prevention Center (HPC)

A check-up at the Helios Prevention Center provides an accurate picture of one's own state of health. Our participants at one of our six locations benefit from short waiting times, short distances and holistic lifestyle advice.

The HPC qualifies participants to handle health issues with confidence and enables them to achieve a performance grade that can function as a model. Health conscious and competent leadership can act as a beacon to bind together and motivate employees. HPC views itself as a partner to companies that want to actively promote the health of their employees. From a one-day checkup at a Helios clinic to health workshops lasting several days at beautifully situated resorts – our modular program combines Helios quality with the ambience of exclusive hotels. Studies show occupational healthcare measures generate outstanding cost-benefit ratios.

Contact

Helios Prevention Center
Service-Hotline: 0800-633 49 46
info@helios-preventioncenter.de

www.helios-preventioncenter.de

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VAMED is the leading European group of companies in planning, constructing, and managing healthcare facilities.

Fresenius Vamed is a leading global provider of services for hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Its portfolio ranges from project development and planning to the total operational management of healthcare facilities and providing services to patients. The services are aimed at various areas of healthcare, ranging from prevention to acute care, rehabilitation, and nursing.

Headquartered in Vienna, Austria, Fresenius Vamed has successfully completed more than 1,000 healthcare projects in 101 countries on five continents since the company’s founding in 1982.

VAMED Value Chain

Project business:

  • Project development
  • Planning
  • Project management and construction
     

Service business:

  • Services (technical, commercial, infrastructural)
  • Operational management (technical Management, total operational management)
     

The project business comprises the consulting, project development, planning, turnkey construction, and financing management of projects. VAMED responds flexibly to the local needs of clients, providing custom-tailored solutions all from one source. The company also carries out projects in cooperation with partners. Among public clients there is growing interest in public-private partnership (PPP) models. With 25 of these models, VAMED is a pioneer in this market segment.

VAMED offers a full range of facility management services for healthcare facilities. Modular in design, the company's service offering encompasses every aspect of technical, commercial, and infrastructural facility management. This ranges from building and equipment maintenance, medical technology management, and technical management through to the operational management. Its integrated portfolio of services is aimed at the optimal operation of a healthcare facility. VAMED was responsible for the total operational management of about 100 healthcare facilities on five continents with more about 18,000 beds. Worldwide, VAMED provides technical operation services to more than 840 hospitals with about 227,000 beds.

VAMED Vitality World’s thermal spa and wellness resorts have succeeded in bridging the gap between preventive medicine and healthcare tourism. With more than 3 million visitors annually in nine thermal spas and wellness resorts, VAMED is the market leader in Austria.

Vamed belongs to Fresenius SE & Co. KGaA healthcare group with a stake of about 77 percent and is one of the two Investment Companies of Fresenius. 

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Contact

VAMED Aktiengesellschaft
Sterngasse 5
1230 Vienna
Austria
office@vamed.com
+43 1 601 27-0

www.vamed.com
Fresenius Helios is one of the largest and most medically-advanced operators of both in- and outpatient care in Europe.

Helios is part of the Fresenius healthcare group and is Europe's leading private health care provider, with 128,000 employees. Fresenius Helios includes the Helios Group in Germany and Quirónsalud in Spain and Latin America. Every year about 26 million patients choose Helios for their medical treatment. In 2024, the company’s sales totaled more than €12.7 billion.

Helios Germany operates more than 80 hospitals, about 220 outpatient care centers with about 570 accredited doctor's licenses, six prevention centers and 27 occupational medicine centers. Helios treats approximately 5.5 million patients annually, of whom 4 million are outpatients. Since its beginnings, Helios has focused on measurable, high medical quality as well as data transparency and is better than the German average in more than 90 per cent of the quality targets. With about 78,000 employees, Helios generated sales of €7.7 billion in 2024. Helios Germany is headquartered in Berlin.

Quirónsalud operates 57 hospitals, including seven in Latin America, around 130 outpatient centers and more than 300 occupational risk prevention centers, and treats approximately 20 million patients annually, of whom 19 million are outpatients. Quirónsalud has about 50,000 employees and generated sales of more than €5 billion in 2024.

 

Helios: We are committed to your health

Contact

Helios Kliniken GmbH
Friedrichstr. 136
10117 Berlin
Germany
T +49 30 521 321-0

www.helios-gesundheit.de

Contact

Grupo Hospitalario Quirónsalud
C\ Zurbarán 28
28010 Madrid
Spain

www.quironsalud.es/

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