It’s that time again: for the fourth year in a row, our employees in Bad Homburg donated presents to local charities for about 400 children in need, as part of the company’s Give Joy campaign. 🎄🎁 Each child wished for a particular present, which an employee then purchased and lovingly wrapped. What a great way to start off the holiday season! Thank you to everyone who made it possible! 💙
Fresenius Medical Care is launching a new dialyzer for hemodialysis, the FX CorAL®. Focal points of the new dialyzer’s development were clinical performance and hemocompatibility. The core of the new FX CorAL is its new Helixone® hydro membrane, which forms a special gel-like layer of water on the surface of the inner membrane that reduces protein adsorption while the blood is being cleaned. This is to achieve a lower induction of the immune response in the patient while maintaining high selective permeability for the removal of toxins and excess water.
Company run for a good cause: This month, we are inviting all our Fresenius colleagues around the globe to join the Fresenius Team Run! 🏃 Together we can do something positive for our health and at the same time raise money for non-profit organizations and charities. To be part of the Fresenius Team Run doesn’t require counting steps or keeping track of distances: Our Fresenius colleagues just need ot take a selfie of themselves during their run 🤳 and then upload it to our intranet. 📲 For each photo submitted, Fresenius will donate money to a good cause. And even better: Employees who participate can nominate a non-profit organization or charity to receive a donation, and vote for their favorite.
Fresenius Medical Care has donated 250,000 euros to UNICEF, the United Nations Children's Fund, to mark the company’s 25th anniversary. UNICEF will use the donation to support the COVAX vaccination initiative to fight the COVID-19 pandemic in about 140 countries.
"In our Data Solutions team, we have the same freedom as we would in a start-up, but with the backing of a major company. I also like the fact that we work with the latest technology, for example with artificial intelligence methods such as convolutional neuronal networks and machine learning.” Find out more about the job of Dr. Matthias Kuss, head of Fresenius Medical Care’s Data Solutions team, in our latest interview!
Fresenius Medical Care has started using virtual reality (VR) technology to train patients to perform peritoneal dialysis. The stay•safe MyTraining VR is being offered first in Germany and will be extended to other countries in the company’s Europe, Middle East and Africa region later this year. The hardware comprises VR glasses and an easy-to-use controller. In various training modules, patients learn all aspects of the dialysis process. Each training module can be adjusted to the patient’s own pace and repeated as often as needed.
Fresenius has raised its Group earnings guidance after very strong business results in the second quarter of 2021. The Company now projects net income to grow in a low single-digit percentage range in constant currency. In Q2, sales increased by 8% in constant currency, while net income rose by 20%. The number of employees grew to 312,734.
