Medical Progress 
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reflects our commitment to pursuing medical progress for the patient’s benefit.
Medical progress has many facets. Four are presented on the following pages. As you will see from our Annual Report, medical progress is the principal driver of our financial results.
MEDICAL PROGRESS HAS MANY FACETS.
Sometimes it comes in great bounds, in quantum leaps. But mostly it comes in small steps. It can be the outcome of targeted research, but it may also be a result of chance.
Medical progress cannot be coerced. But if you approach it with scientific competence, determination and passion, you have a good chance of achieving it.
From a synergy of dialysis technology, renal pharmaceuticals and dialysis therapies medical progress emerges, and thus more quality of life for patients
Medical progress often starts by identifying a problem whose importance for the patient’s health was previously underestimated
In situations where minutes can hold the balance between life or death, medical progress that supplies a reliable diagnosis and the right therapy can be life-saving
For many people, medical progress has concrete relevance: it enables them to receive appropriate clinical treatment and care