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• Fighting Aids Abroad ; Becton Dickinson's Volunteer Helpers Witness Africa's Pain

When Deirdre Hinds-Gravesande traveled to Zambia and saw the devastation of the AIDS crisis there, it changed her life forever. The social issue we've all been reading about was now staring me in the face," said Hinds-Gravesande, who was part of a team of 10 employees of Franklin Lakes-based medical equipment maker Becton Dickinson.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• June 16, 2005

• Research and Markets: The Top 10 World's Leading Diagnostics Companies: Becton Dickinson.

DUBLIN -- Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/1a92c0/the_top_10_worlds) has announced the addition of the "The Top 10 Wor...

• Business Wire
• July 23, 2010

• Becton, Dickinson & Co.'S Stock Soars; Diagnostic Segment in Sparks

Becton, Dickinson & Co., a maker of medical supplies and diagnostic tools, rose to a record in New York trading Wednesday after the Food and Drug Admi...

• The Daily Record (Baltimore)
• January 06, 2008

• Becton Dickinson Utilizing Optiant's PowerChain(TM) Suite to Drive High Customer Satisfaction Levels and Set Supply Strategy for Low Volume SKUs.

Global Leader in Medical Technology and Device Manufacturing Achieves End-to-End Supply Chain Visibility and Improves Inventory Mix with Inventory Opt...

• Business Wire
• November 28, 2006

• Industry Leading Companies Choose Bloom Electrons(Sm) for Immediate Cost Savings and Carbon Reduction Benefits ; Walmart, Staples, Coca-Cola, Caltech, Kaiser Permanente and Bd Among Others, Sign Up for Bloom Electrons Service

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Bloom Energy(R) today announced that several industry leading customers have signed up for Bloom Electrons(SM), a service that brings clean, affordable and reliable energy to a broad range of customers. The service allows customers to purchase the electricity provided by the Bloom Box without incurring any other costs. The immediate financial and environmental benefits of the Bloom Electrons service has generated tremendous customer interest with more than 20MWs of power (200 systems) already secured to provide electricity to new and repeat customers such as The Coca-Cola Company, Staples Inc., Walmart and new customers California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Kaiser Permanente, and BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company). Dedicated to red...

• U.S. Newswire
• January 20, 2011

• BDX Myth Buster No. 004: Becton Dickinson's Technology Gap.

Business Editors &Health/Medical Writers BIOWIRE2K LITTLE ELM, Texas--(BW HealthWire)--Feb. 7, 2000 In the fourth article in its BDX Myth Buster...

• Business Wire
• February 07, 2000

• On the Front Lines Battling Disease ; Health Veteran Leads Bd's Global Services

In Krista Thompson's first job out of college, as a hospital lab technician, she used Becton Dickinson and Co.'s blood-collection tubes to draw blood from patients. In her current job as vice president and general manager of global health for BD in Franklin Lakes, she is working to make sure villages in Africa and around the developing world have the testing equipment and technology they need to combat HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and other infectious diseases. Thompson is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Health Advisory Board and has worked on collaborations between BD and international health organizations. This past week, she oversaw BD's participation in World Aids Day on Tuesday with a campaign for BD workers with the theme "I am fighting HIV/AIDS by doing my job.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• January 10, 2010

• Becton Revenue Down, but Earnings On a Roll

FRANKLIN LAKES -- Becton Dickinson and Co.'s revenue declined slightly in its first quarter, but earnings rose, and the medical device company Monday maintained its earnings guidance for the rest of the year. The company reported revenue of $1.8 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 31, down 1.4 percent from the same period a year earlier, when revenue was boosted by fears of the H1N1 flu, as well as by federal spending meant to stimulate the economy. Earnings per share rose 8 percent, from $1.25 a share to $1.35 a share, in large part because of federal tax benefits, including the extension of a research tax credit.

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• February 08, 2011

• Bd and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego Announce Innovative Pilot Project to Reduce Environmental Impact of Sharps Disposal ; 'Cradle to Cradle' Approach Addresses Every Stage of a Product's Lifecycle

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. and SAN DIEGO, Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, and Rady Children's Hospital-San Diego today announced that they have implemented an innovative pilot program at the Hospital that is designed to safely divert a significant percentage of BD sharps waste from landfills and utilize the recycled materials. Single-use, disposable medical devices such as needles and syringes provide clear clinical and public health benefits, including protecting patients and healthcare workers from the spread of infections. However, disposal of these devices may create unintended environmental concerns, and unnecessary costs. BD is committed to seeking innovative sustainability solutions to address th...

• U.S. Newswire
• January 24, 2011

• Doing Good Is Part of Job Description ; Kinnelon Resident Helps Bring Medical Aid to Third World

Gary Cohen of Kinnelon describes the perfect job as being able to do good while doing well. Over the past 25 years, he's done well for himself at Becton Dickinson and Co., rising through a succession of promotions to executive vice president, while doing good for others through his involvement in Becton Dickinson's programs to bring immunizations, medical technology, and education to Africa and other parts of the Third World. Cohen, 49, sits on a number of boards dedicated to addressing Third World health issues, and he has served as national chairman of the U.S. Fund for UNICEF's childhood AIDS initiative. He has addressed the U.N. General Assembly and the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, on global health issues. During the course of his visits to Africa, he has financially ...

• The Record, Bergen County, NJ
• December 28, 2008