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Fortune 500 - Spot Number 388
Company Information
Name: Becton, Dickinson and Company
Industry: Medical Equipment & Supplies
Description: 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, 2002, BD reported total revenues of $4.033 billion.
Financial Summary: BDX manufactures and sells a broad line of supplies, devices and systems used by health care professionals, medical research institutions and the general public. For the 9 months ended 6/30/05, revenues rose 10% to $4.04B. Net income from cont. ops. applic. to Com. rose 43% to $570.7M. Revenues reflect higher sales of safety engineered products and the favorable impact of currency translation. Earnings also reflect increased gross profit margin.
Business Summary: Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) is a medical technology company engaged principally in the manufacture and sale of a broad range of medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products used by healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry and the general public. BD's operations consist of three worldwide business segments: BD Medical, BD Diagnostics and BD Biosciences. In July 2004, BD acquired Atto Bioscience, Inc. (Atto), a privately held company specializing in optical instrumentation, software and reagents for real-time analysis of interactions taking place in living cells. In September 2004, the Company decided to sell the Clontech unit of the BD Biosciences segment (Clontech).
Misc Details
Symbol: BDX
City: Franklin Lakes
State: NJ
ZIP Code: 07417
Address: 1 Becton Drive
Phone: 201-847-6800
Fax: 201-847-6475
Website: http://www.bd.com
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