B. Braun is a German medical and pharmaceutical device company, which currently has more than 63,000 employees globally, and offices and production facilities in more than 60 countries.

The company began in 1839 as a pharmacy in Melsungen, where it started to sell medical herbs by mail to customers in Germany.

[4] In the same year, B. Braun Melsungen agreed with the Japanese health authorities to pay compensation to the families of the victims of over $600,000 each.

[10] In late 2013, B. Braun filed a lawsuit to contest the sale of most of Rhön-Klinikum’s hospitals, which accounted for about two-thirds of the company’s revenues.

According to data from the Leave Russia project, B. Braun's Russian subsidiary reported revenues of approximately $291 million and employed 1,362 staff members in 2021.

Despite the ongoing conflict and international calls for companies to exit the Russian market, B. Braun has maintained its business activities in the country.

[15] On an international level, B. Braun is separated into several divisions:[16] The United Kingdom headquarters are located in Chapeltown, just north of Sheffield in South Yorkshire.

It manufactures a range of equipment including sutures, handheld surgical instruments, implants, and electrosurgical devices and powers systems.