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Baxter International was founded in 1931 by Donald Baxter, a Los Angeles-based medical doctor, as a manufacturer and distributor of intravenous therapy solutions. [3] Seeing a need for products closer to the Midwest, the company opened a manufacturing plant in Glenview, Illinois, in 1933. [3]
The company, one of the four main U.S. suppliers of IV fluids, had on Sept. 29 said production at the site has been shut due to flooding. On Tuesday, the U.S Food and Drug Administration said two ...
Hurricane Helene had hammered Baxter International’s plant in McDowell County, causing the disruptions in supply. After Helene hit IV fluid plant, NC hospitals use Gatorade, rationing to handle ...
Cardinal Health, Inc. is an American multinational health care services company, and the 14th highest revenue generating company in the United States. Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, the company specializes in the distribution of pharmaceuticals and medical products, serving more than 100,000 locations.
Hillrom is a wholly owned subsidiary of Baxter and was formally part of Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc., which was formerly a part of Hillenbrand Industries until that company split its medical equipment division from their casket business in 2008. [3] Their headquarters are in Chicago, Illinois. [3] John Groetelaars was the President and CEO. [4]
Baxter sold its BioPharma Solutions business in October for $4.25 billion to investment firms. The new company, Simtra, wants to expand.
In addition, a Baxter International manufacturing plant in Marion was closed as a result of the storm's impact, which analysts predicted could lead to significant disruptions to national medical supply chains, causing shortages of medications, dialysis solutions, and IV fluids nationwide. [35]
A Baxter International manufacturing site in Marion, North Carolina, which produced 60% of the nation's sterile intravenous and kidney dialysis fluids for health facilities, was temporarily closed due to flood damage. [149] The closure of the manufacturing site led to a shortage and rationing of IV fluids across hospitals across the country. [150]