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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000899243-15-000569
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150701
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150706
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150706

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BAXTER INTERNATIONAL INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000010456
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SURGICAL & MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & APPARATUS [3841]
		IRS NUMBER:				360781620
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BAXTER PKWY
		STREET 2:		DF2-1W
		CITY:			DEERFIELD
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60015
		BUSINESS PHONE:		8479482000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BAXTER PARKWAY
		STREET 2:		DF2-1W
		CITY:			DEERFIELD
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60015

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BAXTER TRAVENOL LABORATORIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19880522

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BAXTER LABORATORIES INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19760608

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			Lawrence Timothy P
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001645482

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-04448
		FILM NUMBER:		15974808

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE BAXTER PARKWAY
		CITY:			DEERFIELD
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60015
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        <footnote id="F1">In connection with the spin-off (the &quot;Spin-off&quot;) of Baxalta Incorporated (&quot;Baxalta&quot;) from Baxter International Inc. (&quot;Baxter&quot;), the reporting person received a grant of 3,124 restricted stock units as a result of the adjustment of existing Baxter restricted stock units held by the reporting person prior to the Spin-off.  These restricted stock units will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on March 3, 2016, the first anniversary of the grant date.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">The reporting person received a grant of 5,000 restricted stock units which will vest on July 1, 2018.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">The reporting person received a grant of 3,281 restricted stock units which will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2016.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F4">Represents options to purchase Baxter common stock awarded to the reporting person prior to the Spin-off.  In connection with the Spin-off, the exercise price of the option was adjusted, and the reporting person received options to purchase shares of Baxalta common stock, to preserve the pre-Spin-off intrinsic value of the existing Baxter option award.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F5">This option is presently exercisable in full.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F6">Two-thirds of this option is presently exercisable.  The remaining one third becomes exercisable on March 5, 2016.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F7">One-third of this option is presently exercisable.  The remaining two thirds become exercisable on March 4, 2016 and March 4, 2017.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F8">In connection with the Spin-off, the number of shares subject to this option and the exercise price have been adjusted to preserve the pre-Spin-off intrinsic value of the existing Baxter option award.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F9">This option will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on March 3, 2016, the first anniversary of the grant date of the existing option award.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F10">This option will vest in three equal annual installments beginning on July 1, 2016.</footnote>
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    <remarks>Exhibit List:  Exhibit 24.1-Power of Attorney</remarks>

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                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

        Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and
appoints each of David P. Scharf and Ellen K. McIntosh signing singly, the
undersigned's true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

        (1)     execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the
        undersigned's capacity as an officer and/or director of Baxter
        International Inc., or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries
        ("Baxter") Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the
        Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder and Form 144
        under Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933;

        (2)     do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
        undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute
        any such Form 3, 4, 5, or 144 and complete and execute any amendment or
        amendments thereto, and timely file any such form with the United States
        Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar
        authority; and

        (3)     take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
        the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of
        benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the
        undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such
        attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of
        Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and
        conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such
        attorney-in-fact's discretion.

        The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights
and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the
undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of
substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause or have caused to be done by virtue of this power of
attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges
that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request
of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is Baxter assuming, any of the
undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 144 of the Securities Act of 1933.

        This Power of Attorney shall supercede any power of attorney previously
granted by the undersigned with respect to the subject matter herein and shall
remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to
file Forms 4, 5 and 144 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of, and
transactions in, securities issued by Baxter, unless earlier revoked by the
undersigned in a signed document delivered to Baxter.

        IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to
be executed as of this 15 day of June, 2015.

                                        /s/  Timothy P. Lawrence
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