Bracco is an international Group active in the healthcare sector through Bracco Imaging (diagnostic imaging), Acist Medical Systems (medical devices and advanced imaging agents injection systems), and the Centro Diagnostico Italiano diagnostic clinic in Milan. It has more than 3,450 employees and annual total consolidated revenues of around 1.3 billion euros, of which 87% from international sales, and it is present worldwide. In the Research and Development area, the company invests approximately 9% of reference turnover in the imaging diagnostics and medical devices sectors and has a portfolio comprising over 1,800 patents. Its subsidiary Bracco Imaging is one of the worldÍs leading companies in the diagnostic imaging field :X-Ray Imaging (including Computed Tomography-CT), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound, and Nuclear Medicine. The Company operates in over 90 markets: in North America through Bracco Diagnostics Inc. USA headquartered in Princeton, NJ, and with an affiliate in Montreal (Canada); in Europe, with offices in all major countries; in Japan (BRACCO-EISAI). The Company also operates in South America, South Korea and China through its 70% controlled Joint Venture, Bracco Sine Pharmaceutical Corp. Ltd.