
	Baxter International Inc.&nbsp;is an American health care company with headquarters in&nbsp;Deerfield, Illinois.&nbsp;The company primarily focuses on products to treat&nbsp;hemophilia,&nbsp;kidney disease, immune disorders and other chronic and acute medical conditions. The company had 2011 sales of $13.9 billion, across two businesses: BioScience and Medical Products (in October 2010, the company combined its Medication Delivery and Renal business into a single global business unit, Medical Products). Baxter&rsquo;s BioScience business produces recombinant and blood plasma proteins to treat hemophilia and other bleeding disorders; plasma-based therapies to treat immune deficiencies and other chronic and acute blood-related conditions; products for regenerative medicine; and vaccines. Baxter&rsquo;s Medical Products business produces intravenous solutions and other products used in the delivery of fluids and drugs to patients; inhalation anesthetics; contract manufacturing services; and products to treat end-stage renal disease, or irreversible kidney failure, including solutions and other products for peritoneal dialysis and hemodialysis.
