Contact: Patricia A.  Spinella
Investor Relations
(201) 847-5453
Email: patricia_spinella@bd.com

Colleen T.  White
Corporate Communications
(201) 847-5369
Email: colleen_white@bd.com

Franklin Lakes, NJ (June 09, 2005) --

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX), a global medical technology company, announced today that it would present at the Goldman Sachs Twenty-Sixth Annual Global Healthcare Conference on Thursday, June 16, 2005 at 10:40 a.m. (ET).

The live webcast of BD’s presentation can be accessed from the BD corporate website at www.bd.com/investors and will be available for replay through Thursday, June 23, 2005.

BD is a medical technology company that serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry and the general public.BD manufactures and sells a broad range of medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products.For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, BD reported total revenues of $4.935 billion.