Our Story

Our Story

Baxter touches the lives of millions of people around the world every day. Our products and therapies can be found throughout hospitals and clinics – from the ER to the OR, from the pharmacy to the ICU – as well as advancing patients’ care in their homes.  

For more than 85-years, we have been at the critical intersection of saving and sustaining lives. And now, we are determined and uniquely positioned to realize our greatest opportunity to transform global healthcare for years to come.

Committed to Saving and Sustaining Lives

Our Global Leadership

Our forward-looking leadership team is committed to using their expertise to help providers meet today’s healthcare challenges – better care for more patients, faster and cost-effectively.

Our Governance

We are committed to operating with the highest standards of quality, safety and performance in everything we do, and we strive to maintain a best-in-class work environment for all employees.

Fueling Collaborative Innovation

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

Our Corporate Responsibility

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.

Our History

For more than 85 years, we have pioneered significant medical innovations that changed healthcare. From the first commercially produced intravenous solutions to today’s leading acute, nutritional, renal and surgical care innovations, we are committed to providing leading healthcare solutions.

Global Inclusion and Diversity

Inclusion and diversity at Baxter is about building and developing diverse, high-performing teams that are engaged and innovative.  We want to attract, motivate and retain an inclusive and diverse workforce to better address the needs of our employees, customers, suppliers, patients and caregivers worldwide.

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Honors and Recognitions

We are proud to be recognized by numerous global, national and local industry associations and publications around the world. Some examples of our recent accomplishments highlight Baxter as an employer of choice, our efforts to nurture an inclusive and diverse workplace and as a socially responsible and sustainable business.