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BD Medical’s Consulting services are primarily targeted at hospitals, healthcare systems and networks of healthcare providers.citation needed Quality of care, cost efficiency, healthcare worker and patient safety and experience Medical Essentials forms the foundation of health care delivery, producing billions of devices each year that ensure safe medication administration and support accurate diagnostics. 1913 BD merged with Oscar O.R. Schwidetzky’s surgical import company, bringing his Asepto™ bulb syringe along with helping to develop the American-made ACE® bandage. “Jack” Howe joins BD and becomes integral to developing sterility control procedures and khelaghor refining the process for manufacturing disposable syringes and needles. 1962 BD launched the first mass production of syringes and needles.

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD; also Becton Dickinson or Becton) is an American multinational medical technology company that manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems, and reagents. With a focus on quality, reliability, and continuous innovation, the Medical Essentials segment is driving better outcomes across the care continuum. 1906 BD opened the first syringe and needle factory in the United States. 1925 BD acquired the Yale™ Luer-Lok™ — the first simple, secure method for attaching and removing a needle from a syringe. 1954 Production of the first disposable syringes to be used in the Salk Polio vaccine trial takes place.

• Bard, Inc. and its parent company BD were fined $60 million USD for failing to adequately inform patients about health risks related to their transvaginal mesh devices.
• The company supports those on the frontlines of healthcare by developing transformative technologies, services and solutions that optimize clinical operations and improve care for patients.
• At BD, your ideas, curiosity and purpose can makea global impact

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BD can help you improve surgical outcomes and lower costs Surgical efficiency, patient safety and outcomes, procedural cost management BD can help you identify potential “at-risk” patients, empower clinical intervention, and advance health system insights BD can help you optimize clinical effectiveness to help drive improvement in patient outcomes Through continuous innovation and strategic leadership, we empower biopharma partners to launch faster, grow reliably, and deliver better outcomes. 1898 BD acquired its first patent for an all-glass syringe.

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The company’s line of plastic conical screwtop test tubes, known as ‘Falcon tubes’, is popular and the term is sometimes used as a generic term for such tubes. In certain places, BD Medical also offers consulting and analytics related services. In 2024, BD announced it would acquire Edwards Lifesciences’ critical care unit for $4.2 billion. In July 2021, BD announced it would acquire surgical scaffold maker Tepha, after having acquired Velano Vascular earlier the same month.

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Sign up to get the latest company news, events, and future opportunities straight to your inbox. At BD, your ideas, curiosity and purpose can makea global impact In December 2025, BD was sued by Tela Bio Inc., makers of a ovine forestomach matrix hernia mesh, who alleged that BD engaged in anticompetitive practices to push Tela out of the market for surgical meshes while raising prices for providers and patients. Food and Drug Administration and worldwide health agencies to coordinate recall activities. The approximately 2.8 million BD Q-Syte and 2.9 million BD Nexiva units containing 5 million BD Q-Syte devices that were recalled were distributed in the United States, Asia, Canada, Europe, Mexico, the Middle East, South Africa, and South America.