Helsepersonell

Committed to helping you meet the evolving challenges and opportunities in patient care.

Helsepersonell

  • Providing innovative therapies and technologies to help you treat patients with life-threatening illnesses in the ICU.

  • From the pharmacy to the bedside, we help you maximize safety, streamline processes and build cost efficiency throughout the hospital.

  • Nutritional Care

    Acute and chronic nutritional care for your patients who are unable to get adequate nutrients orally or enterally.

  • Pioneering innovation in hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis to help you achieve better outcomes for your patients.

  • Surgical Care

    Delivering innovative surgical products that help you operate with confidence, precision and speed.

  • Our portfolio of acute, nutritional, renal, hospital and surgical care products helps advance healthcare around the world.

Perspektiv

For more than 85-years, we have worked at the intersection of saving and sustaining lives.

Perspektiv

Our Story

Our more than 85-year heritage gives us distinct perspective on the needs of patients and caregivers. We lead today by putting those insights to work to deliver new, better healthcare solutions and access to care in the communities where we live and work.

Our Story
  • Our Governance

    We are proud of our strong commitment to maintaining the highest standards of corporate governance.

  • Fueling Collaborative Innovation

    Nurturing a culture of innovation is critical to delivering on our mission to save and sustain lives. We partner with the healthcare community to continually find more efficient, smarter ways to help solve the world's most pressing healthcare challenges.

  • We are committed to doing business the right way, ensuring that we champion our employees, our communities, our customers and patients, and our environment in everything we do.

  • Inclusion & Diversity

    We are committed to attracting, motivating and retaining an inclusive and diverse workforce.

  • Our History

    For more than 85 years, we’ve been focused on saving and sustaining lives and elevating patient care.

Pasienter

Helping you reach a healthy life, full of possibility.

Pasienter
  • Critical Care

    When every moment counts, our therapies help healthcare specialists provide life-sustaining treatment to you or your loved one.

  • Hospital Care

    From the pharmacy to the bedside, we support you and your healthcare providers with IV medications and infusion technologies designed with safety in mind.

  • When medical conditions prevent you from adequately feeding yourself, we provide life-saving clinical nutrition options to help you regain or maintain your health.

  • Renal Care

    Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is an ongoing journey. While every journey is unique, Baxter is with you every step of the way, providing options to meet your lifestyle needs.

  • Surgical Care

    We partner with surgical teams around the world so they can operate with confidence, precision and speed for a successful outcome to your surgery.

​Sumant Ramachandra, M.D., Ph.D.

President, Pharmaceuticals, and Senior Vice President, Chief Science and Technology Officer

​Sumant Ramachandra, M.D., Ph.D.

Sumant Ramachandra, M.D., Ph.D. is president, pharmaceuticals, and senior vice president, chief science and technology officer.

Ramachandra joined Baxter in 2017 as senior vice president, chief science and technology officer. He was appointed president, pharmaceuticals in 2019. Previously, he worked with Pfizer, most recently as senior vice president, head of research & development, Pfizer Essential Health. He served as a chief scientific officer at Hospira from 2008 to 2015 prior to Pfizer’s acquisition of Hospira in 2015. Ramachandra worked with Pfizer and Merck & Co. earlier in his career in various global product development, medical affairs and medical marketing roles and as a clinical pharmacologist. Before entering the medical products and pharmaceutical industries in 1999, he was an intern and resident physician, internal medicine, at Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Ramachandra currently serves as chair of Baxter's Global Inclusion Council. The Global Inclusion Council is composed of senior leaders from Baxter's businesses, regions, and functions who champion inclusion and diversity at Baxter.

Ramachandra obtained his bachelor's degree in biochemistry, a Ph.D. in immuno-oncology labs, experimental pathology and his M.D. from Rutgers University. He is accredited by the American Board of Internal Medicine and received an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.