| Fresenius Medical Care AG & Co. KGaA (FMC-AG & Co. KGaA) is a kidney dialysis company, operating in both the field of dialysis products and the field of dialysis services. The Company's dialysis business is vertically integrated, providing dialysis treatment at its own dialysis clinics and supplying these clinics with a broad range of products. In addition, the Company sells dialysis products to other dialysis service providers. At December 31, 2007, it provided dialysis treatment to 173,863 patients in 2,238 clinics worldwide located in more than 25 countries. In the United States, it also performs clinical laboratory testing and provides inpatient dialysis services and other services under contract to hospitals. During the year ended December 31, 2007, it provided 26.4 million dialysis treatments. It also develops and manufactures a range of equipment, systems and disposable products, which it sells to customers in over 100 countries. |
