Gambro Acquires Clinics in Europe.

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STOCKHOLM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000

Gambro Gambro is a Swedish medical technology company funded by Holger Crafoord 1964. Among their products are machines used for dialysis. Gambro divested its chain of dialysis clinics in North America to Davita in 2005. AB (OM Stockholm Exchange: GAMBaST, GAMBbST), a leading international medical technology and healthcare company, today announced that it has strengthened its position as a leading international renal renal /re·nal/ (re´n'l) pertaining to the kidney.

re·nal
adj.
Of or in the region of the kidneys.

Renal
Relating to the kidney. care service provider by acquiring clinics in Europe. During the first half of 2000 Gambro has acquired a total of seven clinics with about 510 patients in Europe. This includes five clinics in Spain in the regions of Barcelona and Valencia, one clinic in Italy in the Lazio region and one clinic in Portugal in the Oporto Oporto (

pôr`tō), Port. Pôrto, city (1991 pop. 310,600), capital of Porto dist. and Douro Litoral, NW Portugal, near the mouth of the Douro River. region. Of these, three clinics with about 300 patients were acquired during the second quarter 2000.

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