BECTON DICKINSON

'BD' (), is a medical technology company that manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems and reagents. Founded in 1897 and headquartered in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, BD employs 27,000 people in nearly 50 countries. The company's customers include healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry and the general public.
In fiscal year 2006, BD revenues grew 8% to $5.83 billion worldwide.BD Announces Results for Fourth Fiscal Quarter and Full Year, Becton Dickinson press release dated November 2, 2006 BD is comprised of three business segments: BD Medical, BD Diagnostics and BD Biosciences.

★ BD Medical sells medical devices. BD claims to have built the first-ever manufacturing facility in the U.S. to produce syringes, needles, and thermometers in 1906.BD Milestones, Becton Dickinson website history section, Retrieved on 2007-07-06 BD Medical posted revenues of $3.2 billion in fiscal 2006.

★ BD Diagnostics sells specimen collection and transport services and laboratory testing equipment. The segment is composed of two operating units: Preanalytical Systems, sample collection, and Diagnostic Systems, microbiology testing products and molecular assays. BD Diagnostics posted revenues of $1.76 billion in fiscal 2006.

★ BD Biosciences sells research and clinical tools to life scientists and clinicians. BD Biosciences posted $877 million in revenue in fiscal 2006.
On February 14, 2006 BD announced its acquisition of GeneOhm Sciences, Inc.BioSpace. Becton, Dickinson And Company (BDX) Completes Acquisition Of GeneOhm Sciences, Inc., Retrieved on 2007-07-06, a company that develops diagnostic testing for bacteria, for $230 million and up to $25 million in additional incentives.

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Environmental record

The BD Discardit II incident in Poland, 2007

References

External links

Environmental record

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst have identified Becton Dickinson as the 38th-largest corporate producer of air pollution in the United States, with roughly 640,000 pounds of toxic chemicals released annually into the air.^[1] The major pollutant indicated by the study is diisocyanates.^[2]
The Environmental Protection Agency has named Becton Dickinson
a potentially responsible party in at least nine Superfund toxic waste sites.^[3]

The BD Discardit II incident in Poland, 2007

In mid 2007, the firm's "BD Discardit II" series of syringes
numbered 0607186 was withdrawn from hospitals and other medical
services around Poland, about half a year after the discovery of
remains of insects and dark dust in some syringes which were alleged
to have been from this series. name="dziennik_BDDiscardit"> For over half a year, hospitals used tainted syringes Leszek Kraskowski The newspaper Dziennik Online claimed
that other series such as 06022444, 0603266 and 0607297 were also
suspected of being contaminated. Legal proceedings related to the incident
started in December 2006 and as of August 2007 were still continuing.

References

1. Political Economy Research Institute Toxic 100 (Study released May 11, 2006) retrieved 15 Aug 2007
2. Toxics class=wikiexternal target=_blank>Release Inventory courtesy rtknet.org
3. EPA class=wikiexternal target=_blank>database courtesy Center for Public Integrity

External links

★ BD corporate site