Report: Baxter Considers Dropping Renal Care Businesses
Executive Summary
Bloomberg reported that Baxter is exploring options to divest its renal care services and hemodialysis businesses to focus more resources on higher-growth businesses and pay down the debt it took on to acquire Hillrom last year.
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