Baxter Expands Launch Of AMIA With Sharesource Connectivity To Canada

(RTTNews) - Baxter International Inc. (BAX) said it is expanding the introduction of its AMIA Automated Peritoneal Dialysis or APD System with the Sharesource Connectivity Platform to Canada with the announcement that Health Canada recently approved the system.

The AMIA APD and Sharesource system is the first APD device cleared in the U.S. and Canada to include patient-centric features such as voice guidance, a touchscreen control panel and two-way telemedicine capabilities for remote patient management.

Baxter noted that about one in 10 Canadians have chronic kidney disease, and about 24,000 of those individuals have end-stage renal disease or ESRD and are on dialysis therapy. With an annual ESRD growth rate of 2.5 percent in Canada, there is a growing need for access to renal therapy innovations that meet patients' clinical and lifestyle needs.

Baxter's Sharesource connectivity platform is incorporated into AMIA and allows healthcare providers to receive dialysis-related treatment data through store-and-forward technology.

Baxter plans to initiate a pilot launch of the AMIA APD system with Sharesource in Canada in late 2016. The AMIA and Sharesource system launched in the U.S. in late 2015.