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BD Medical
BD Medical is among the world’s leading suppliers of medical devices. BD built the first-ever manufacturing facility in the U.S. to produce syringes and needles in 1906 and has been the leading innovator in injection- and infusion-based drug delivery ever since.
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Products/Services
- Needles, syringes and intravenous catheters for medication delivery
- Syringes and pen needles for the self-injection of insulin and other drugs used in the treatment of diabetes
- Prefillable drug delivery devices provided to pharmaceutical companies and sold to end-users as drug/device combinations
- Surgical blades and regional anesthesia needles
- Critical care monitoring devices
- Ophthalmic surgical instruments
- Sharps disposal containers
- Home healthcare products such as ACE® brand elastic bandages
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Markets Served
- Hospitals and clinics
- Physicians’ office practices
- Consumers and retail pharmacies
- Public health agencies
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Healthcare workers
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BD Diagnostics
BD Diagnostics is a leading provider of products for the safe collection and transport of diagnostic specimens and instruments for quick, accurate analysis across a broad range of infectious diseases, including the growing problem of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). The segment is composed of two operating units: Preanalytical Systems, a world leader in sample collection, and Diagnostic Systems, a leader in microbiology testing products and molecular assays.
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Products/Services
- Integrated systems for specimen collection
- An extensive line of safety-engineered blood collection products and systems
- Plated media
- Automated blood culturing systems
- Molecular testing systems for sexually transmitted diseases and HAIs
- Microorganism identification and drug susceptibility systems
- Liquid-based cytology systems for cervical cancer screening
- Rapid diagnostic assays
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Markets Served
- Hospitals, laboratories and clinics
- Reference laboratories
- Blood banks
- Healthcare workers
- Patients
- Physicians’ office practices
- Industrial microbiology laboratories
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BD Biosciences
BD Biosciences is one of the world's leading businesses bringing innovative tools to life scientists, clinical researchers and clinicians. Its customers are involved in basic research, drug and vaccine discovery and development, biopharmaceutical production, clinical trials, diagnostic testing and disease management.
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Products/Services
- Fluorescence activated cell sorters and analyzers
- Cell imaging systems
- Monoclonal antibodies and kits for performing cell analysis
- Reagent systems for life sciences research
- Tools to aid in drug discovery and growth of living cells and tissue
- Cell culture media supplements for biopharmaceutical manufacturing
- Diagnostic assays
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Markets Served
- Research and clinical laboratories
- Academic and government institutions
- Pharmaceutical and biotech companies
- Hospitals
- Blood banks
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