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Asia is an important growth market for Fresenius Medical Care. Approximately 620,000 patients with chronic kidney failure are currently being treated in this region, and every year this number increases by about 10 to 11%. We will continue to take advantage of this growth potential. The significant demand for dialysis services offers substantial opportunities to expand our network of clinics in the Asian countries.

In 2008, Fresenius Medical Care achieved sales of US$ 606 million in the Asia-Pacific region. Our goal is to continue our strong organic growth and to increase sales to more than US$ 800 million in constant currency by 2010.

FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE IN ASIA
  2008 2007 Change
Sales (in million US$) 606 541 12%
Employees (December 31) 3,558 3,095 15%
Dialysis patients (December 31) 9,158 7,789 18%
Dialysis treatments (million) 1.34 1.21 11%
Dialysis clinics (December 31) 125 105 19%
 

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With the acquisition of APP Pharmaceuticals, Fresenius Kabi has achieved a leading position in the global market for intravenously administered generic drugs. APP Pharmaceuticals has a strong drug registration portfolio pending and over 70 products under development, opening up new growth opportunities.

At the same time, we are seizing the opportunity of introducing selected Kabi products into the US, with initial focus on parenteral nutrition. We are also planning to launch selected APP IV drugs outside the US.

APP PHARMACEUTICALS IN FIGURES
  2008
Sales US$ 777 million
EBITDA, adjusted* US$ 317 million
EBITDA margin, adjusted* 40.8%
Employees (December 31, full-time equivalent) 1,487
Production facilities 3
Produkte >100
Number of products ~17%
 

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At Fresenius Helios, our commitment is to provide the highest medical quality and care. We aim to offer advanced and proven best-in-class diagnosis and treatment methods for the benefit of our patients. We continuously invest in high-quality, state-of-the-art medicine, and aim to measure and improve the quality of medical care.

Our target ist that our quality indicators should be better than the German average. With a mortality rate of SMR < 1, this was accomplished, among others, for major illnesses shown below.

HELIOS QUALITY INDICATORS
Indications/
standardized mortality rate (SMR)*
2008
SMR
2007
SMR
Acute myocardial infarction 0.73 0.79
Heart failure 0.73 0.85
Stroke 0.83 1.01
Acute cerebral infarction 0.81 0.99
Pneumonia 0.71 0.85
 

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Fresenius Vamed is a leading international provider of services in the planning, construction, and management of health care facilities. Our complete value chain and our more than 25 years of international experience are key to providing effective support for hospitals at every stage of their life cycle, and thus contributing towards their successful operating performance. For us, each project is another opportunity to prove our competence.

Hospitals face the dual challenge of increasing efficiency and reducing expenditure. We support hospitals by offering comprehensive process know-how and by taking over medical-technical services and management functions.

VAMED SERVICES
   
Service contracts* for   140 clinics
  ~ 50,000 beds
among others:  
Vienna General Hospital and University Clinics (AKH) ~ 2,100 beds
Charité Hospital Berlin ~ 3,200 beds
University Clinic Hamburg-Eppendorf ~1,370 beds
Prince Court Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur ~ 330 beds
Al Ain Hospital, Abu Dhabi ~ 450 beds
 

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NON-FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE INDICATORS AND OTHER SUCCESS FACTORS

EMPLOYEES

The Fresenius Group had 122,217 employees worldwide at the end of 2008. The increase of 8,036 or 7% (December 31, 2007: 114,181) was mainly due to acquisitions.

Employee numbers in the business segments were as follows: 

Number of employees Dec 31, 2008 Dec 31, 2007 Change
Fresenius Medical Care 68,050 64,662 5%
Fresenius Kabi 20,457 16,964 21%
Fresenius Helios 30,088 30,043 0%
Fresenius Vamed 2,802 1,767 59%
Corporate/Other 820 745 10%
Total 122,217 114,181 7%
   

The chart shows the distribution of our employees by region. These percentages roughly correspond to the sales contributions of the respective continents. With an increase of 7%, the number of employees has grown significantly in North America. This is mainly due to the APP Pharmaceuticals acquisition. The number of employees also rose strongly in Asia-Pacific, with an increase of 32%. This reflects the acquisition of Dabur Pharma and our fast-growing business in this region, where currency-adjusted sales growth was 22%. In Germany, 37,078 people are employed, an increase of 4% (2007: 35,789).

Employees by Region

Personnel expenses for the Fresenius Group were € 4,332 million in 2008 (2007: € 4,052 million). Personnel expenses per employee were € 36.5 thousand (2007: € 37.4 thousand). There were no significant changes to compensation or employment agreements in 2008.