Baxter launches home dialyser in Japan
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Baxter's Tokyo subsidiary has launched the Home APD System Yume dialyser in Japan. The company, which leases the system through hospitals for ¥7,000 ($275) per month, expects demand to reach some 1,000 units in the first year. The company predicts 20,000 sufferers will be receiving peritoneal dialysis in Japan in 2000. At present, only 6% of Japan's chronic kidney patients use peritoneal dialysis. Over 4,000 of the 12 kg Yume systems are already in use in Europe and the US.