Dr. Buoncristiani invented the first piece of equipment for daily Home dialysis

1. Umberto Buoncristiani
Perugia

4. The Chicago Daily Herald
November 22, 2004 - Aksys, Ltd.'s efforts to market an
affordable home hemodiaylsis continue. Story from The
Chicago Daily Herald. Growth is heavily dependent on
lowering production costs. The company is working to
reduce the production cost, which initially was $60,000
and now is $45,000. The machine currently sells for
$40,000, a price the company hopes to cut to $25,000 by
the end of next year as volume picks up.
"We expect a positive gross profit sometime at the end
of 2005 or in 2006. We won't see positive cash flow until
the end of 2007," said Aksys CEO Bill Dow.
Chi è Aksys?