Fresenius Medical Care has announced a strategic distribution partnership with JMS Co. Ltd. Under the agreement, JMS Co. Ltd. will distribute Fresenius Medical Care's innovative home dialysis therapies in the Japanese market, providing patients with a wider range of dialysis choices to suit their lifestyle, enhance their wellbeing, and to help address the home healthcare needs of Japan's aging population.

Under the agreement, JMS Co. Ltd. will distribute the advanced portfolio of Fresenius Medical Care's home dialysis systems in Japan, including automatic peritoneal dialysis system. These systems, which have US Federal Drug Authority (FDA) and European CE Mark approvals, are used widely in other developed countries.