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Fresenius Medical Care AG and Glaukos Corporation

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Fresenius Medical Care AG

Fresenius Medical Care AG provides dialysis and related services for individuals with renal diseases in Germany, the United States, and internationally. The company offers dialysis treatment and related laboratory and diagnostic services through a network of outpatient dialysis clinics; materials, training, and patient support services comprising clinical monitoring, follow-up assistance, and arranging for delivery of the supplies to the patient's residence; and dialysis services under contract to hospitals in the United States for the hospitalized end-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients and for patients suffering from acute kidney failure. It also develops, manufactures, and distributes various health care products, including polysulfone dialyzers, hemodialysis machines, peritoneal dialysis cyclers, peritoneal dialysis solutions, hemodialysis concentrates, solutions and granulates, bloodlines, renal pharmaceuticals, systems for water treatment, and acute cardiopulmonary and apheresis products. In addition, the company develops, acquires, and in-licenses renal pharmaceuticals; offers renal medications and supplies to patients at homes or to dialysis clinics; and provides vascular, cardiovascular, endovascular specialty, vascular care ambulatory surgery center, physician nephrology, ambulant treatment, and other services. The company sells its products to dialysis clinics, hospitals, and specialized treatment clinics, as well as through local sales forces, independent distributors, dealers, and sales agents. Fresenius Medical Care AG was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Bad Homburg, Germany.

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Glaukos Corporation

Glaukos Corporation, an ophthalmic pharmaceutical and medical technology company, develops therapies for the treatment of glaucoma, corneal disorders, and retinal diseases in the United States and internationally. The company offers iStent and iStent inject W micro-bypass stents designed to treat mild-to-moderate open-angle glaucoma through the restoration of the natural physiologic outflow pathways for aqueous humor. It also provides iStent infinite indicated for use in the treatment of patients with glaucoma uncontrolled by prior medical and surgical therapy; iDose TR, an intracameral procedural pharmaceutical therapy indicated for the reduction of intraocular pressure in patients with open-angle glaucoma or ocular hypertension; iAccess, a precision blade; and iPRIME, a viscoelastic delivery system. In addition, the company develops iLink, a device used for the treatment of keratoconus without the removal of the epithelium; ILution, a platform of cream-based drug formulation applied to the outer surface of the eyelid for drop less transdermal delivery of pharmaceutically active compounds for the treatment of anterior segment eye disorders; and retinal XR platform to treat age-related macular degeneration, diabetic macular edema, retinal vein occlusion, and other posterior segment retinal diseases. It sells its products to ambulatory surgery centers, hospitals, and physician private practices through a direct sales organization, direct sales subsidiaries, and distributors. The company was formerly known as Transdx, Inc. Glaukos Corporation was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California.

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