FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J. (Sept. 15, 2020) – BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today issued the following statement:

BD is aware that a small number of nursing homes in the U.S. are reporting multiple false positive results from tests for SARS-CoV-2 on the BD Veritor™ Plus system. These reports do not reflect the results of BD clinical studies conducted using the BD Veritor™ Plus system, where the sampling data showed 98% to 100% specificity (negative percent agreement). Following our standard quality management system processes, upon learning of these reports, BD immediately contacted the sites, and we are actively investigating the situation to obtain additional details. Our quality investigation is ongoing, however, as of Sept. 15, there have been no issues found with the BD Veritor™ Plus instruments or tests.

BD takes its responsibility very seriously under our agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide more than 11,000 nursing homes with high-quality and reliable tests to support their efforts to protect residents and staff from COVID-19. BD is providing a robust array of training tools to support the use of BD Veritor™ Plus system and to ensure successful implementation of the nursing home initiative.

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Troy Kirkpatrick 
BD Public Relations
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Kristen Stewart
BD Investor Relations
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