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At BD, our mission of Advancing the World of Health™ means more than developing innovative medical technologies, it’s about making sure those innovations are accessible to the people who need...

September marks Gynecologic Cancer Awareness Month, a time to elevate conversations about the cancers that affect millions of women worldwide. Among them, cervical cancer stands out for a powerful...

At BD, patient safety is the north star of our work to advance the world of health. As we recognize World Patient Safety Day and reflect on this year’s theme of ensuring safe care for every...

BD, Direct Relief and NACHC award four U.S. Community Health Centers for Innovation in Care With support from the BD Helping Build Healthy Communities Innovations in Care Award, four U.S....

Imagine you’re a new doctor starting residency. You’ve graduated out of the medical school setting, where you’d learned and practiced skills with mannequins, cadavers or animal tissues, and...

Medical and biological engineering bridges the gap between healthcare and technology, enabling the very innovations central to advancing the world of health™. At BD, medical and biological...

Since its inception in 2000, the Howe Awards have celebrated creative excellence in technology, honoring those who blend science, technology, engineering, and our core values to make a profound...

For more than 125 years, BD has championed partnerships that help drive the greatest health impact and improve patient outcomes for all. We actively strive to advance health access by...

In recognition of International Volunteer Day, today we celebrate associates who live and embody BD’s Purpose of advancing the world of health through volunteerism – whether they are giving...

By Kalvin Yu and Diane Flayhart As we recognize World AMR Awareness Week, we reflect on how the globe has recognized and reacted to public health crises and how these crises have impacted...

By Kevin Nelson, BD Chief Procurement Officer BD recently hosted our first-ever Supplier Climate Action summit, designed to help support key suppliers as they set science-based greenhouse gas...

At BD, every decision we make and action we take is driven by our Purpose of advancing the world of health. For the last 125+ years, we’ve been working to help make the world a healthier, more...

Blood collection is a vital procedure in clinical diagnostics and research, as it provides valuable information about the health status and biomarkers of patients and participants. However, blood...

By Maureen Mazurek, Chief Sustainability and EHS Officer Climate change is considered one of the greatest threats to human health1. From water scarcity and contamination to reduction in crop...

Celebrating 5 Years of Excellence

Care is becoming more personalized. Innovation cycles are growing shorter and shorter. Healthcare companies are increasingly looking for ways to eliminate waste and complexity. These are only a...

More than 340,000 women lose their lives to cervical cancer each year, yet the global community has the capabilities to eliminate this cancer within our lifetime. While significant access barriers...

Key insights from the 2023 Howe Lifetime Achievement Award winners Each year, we’re proud to recognize individuals whose achievements in technology and innovation significantly contribute to...

Authored by Caitlin Asjes, Senior Director of BD Global Public Health For more than 125 years, BD has been creating new technologies that improve the quality of life for billions of patients...

How much talent and innovation are unrealized due to lack of opportunity? As one research paper examining inventorship put it, “there are many ‘lost Einsteins’—individuals who would have...

It’s World Quality Week, a time to celebrate our commitment to quality products and services and raise awareness of the importance of the quality profession.

Imagine you or your loved one having the ability to receive care from the comfort of home. As healthcare trends continue to shift, the “hospital-at-home" vision is becoming a reality. In a...

Denise Russell Fleming, Chief Information Officer and Executive Vice President of Technology & Global Services for BD As disciplines, cybersecurity and information technology (IT) are built on the...

Diverse representation has long been a core value of BD. We believe that having associates of all genders, backgrounds, skills, and perspectives drive infinite possibilities to advancing the world...

“Your child may have cancer.” These are words that no parent or caregiver wants to hear. In Mexico, cancer is the most common cause of death due to disease in patients aged 5 to 14 years oldi....

One of the most prominent issues today for pharmacies is staff burnout. This trend was accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, as pharmacists were being asked to do more and respond to critical...

“Cervical cancer is not only a health concern, but also a barrier to women’s ability to pursue an education, advance their economic opportunities and support the well-being of their...

On World Patient Safety Day (September 17), the World Health Organization is bringing awareness to the role of the patient with this year’s theme, “Engaging Patients for Patient Safety.” BD...

September marks Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) Awareness Month. PAD is the narrowing of the arteries that carry blood away from the heart to other parts of the body. The most common type is...

“Generational impact, transformational and life-changing” – these are some of the words used to describe BD’s Volunteer Service Trip program. BD’s Volunteer Service Trip, which is...

At BD, cybersecurity is one way we honor our commitment to doing what is right.

By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of North America Medical Affairs The National Healthcare Safety Network (NHSN) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the most broadly...

BD CSO Joe Smith challenges the status quo of vascular access today

By Shana Neal, EVP & Chief People Officer In our recently released Fiscal Year 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, we detail the progress we’ve made toward our 2030+ ESG...

BD Earns Top Score and Recognition as Best Place to Work for Disability Inclusion

BD took center stage opening the first day of Device Talks Boston, with Chairman, President and CEO Tom Polen sharing perspective on BD’s progress, the shared Purpose that unites our 75,000+...

By: Adrienne Brott, SVP, Quality, Interventional Segment & Central Inspire Quality is our multi-year journey towards best-in-class healthcare quality. For BD, this means a full redesign,...

Aruna Ayer, PhD, Sr. Director of Single-Cell Multiomics Over the past decades, scientists have been interested in unraveling the complexity of cells, the building blocks of life. The human body is...

Ben Redgell, Social Media Manager and Co-Leader, OPEN ARG At BD, we firmly believe that to deliver on our Purpose we must foster an environment centered around inclusion and diversity for our...

By: Fenan Solomon, Director, Market Access & Payment Policy, BD Integrated Diagnostics Solutions April marks National Bacterial Vaginosis (BV) Month. BV is the most common infectious cause of...

Being a part of initiative driven by like-minded partners allows BD to move toward reducing its environmental footprint in collaboration with value chain partners

By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of Medical Affairs for North America Clinical studies have reported that hospital onset bacteremia (HOB) and false-positive blood cultures can have...

Gunther Lenz, Vice President of Software R&D, BD When people think of the life sciences, they traditionally think of the instruments, assays and reagents found in hospitals and labs. But there’s...

Tom Polen on HLTH Matters Podcast

By Joe Smith, SVP and Chief Scientific Officer “Nobody cares how much you know, until they know how much you care” – I first heard this early in my training as a physician-scientist and have...

Both companies are working to help reduce environmental impact of the BD syringe portfolio in health care facilities By Chee Lum, vice president and general manager of Injection Systems at BD Over...

For more than a decade, BD, PEPFAR and the CDC worked to help strengthen laboratory systems and fight HIV and TB in sub-Saharan Africa and India through the Labs for Life partnership. The Labs for...

BD has been named Best in KLAS for 2023 in the categories for automated dispensing cabinets and IV workflow management. For the fourth year in a row, BD Pyxis™ MedStation™ ES earned the top...

By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of U.S. Medical Affairs and Vikas Gupta, Pharm.D., Director of Medical Affairs In our ninth weekly snapshot of viral infections across the U.S, we present...

Sometimes innovation means delivering transformative new-to-world technology to healthcare providers and patients. Innovation can also mean enhancing the products and solutions our customers...

Rob Suárez, HCISPP, Chief Information Security Officer for BD The health care industry continues to face escalating cybersecurity threats1. To protect our customers and patients, BD is on a...

How is BD advancing the world of health? From rethinking healthcare settings to implementing robotics and automation in hospitals, pharmacies and labs, we are leading the way in the future of...

By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of U.S. Medical Affairs and Vikas Gupta, Pharm.D., Director of Medical Affairs In our eighth weekly snapshot of viral infections across the U.S, we present...

By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of U.S. Medical Affairs and Vikas Gupta, Pharm.D., Director of Medical Affairs In our seventh weekly snapshot of viral infections across the U.S, we present...

By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of U.S. Medical Affairs and Vikas Gupta, Pharm.D., Director of Medical Affairs In our sixth weekly snapshot of viral infections across the U.S, we present...

While the healthcare industry continues to face issues with burnout and increased turnover rates among clinicians, BD Chairman, CEO and President Tom Polen believes technology can play a major...

By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of U.S. Medical Affairs and Vikas Gupta, Pharm.D., Director of Medical Affairs Our fifth weekly snapshot of viral infections across the U.S. presents data...

At BD, representation matters. We recognize that diverse people and perspectives fuel new innovations; unearth unlimited possibilities; and advance the technologies that allow us to achieve our...

By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of U.S. Medical Affairs and Vikas Gupta, Pharm.D., Director of Medical Affairs BD Infectious Disease Insights launched weekly snapshots of viral infections...

By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of U.S. Medical Affairs and Vikas Gupta, Pharm.D., Director of Medical Affairs In August, we provided data showing that the COVID-19 pandemic has undone...

By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of U.S. Medical Affairs and Vikas Gupta, Pharm.D., Director of Medical Affairs This is our third weekly snapshot of viral infections across the U.S. At the...

Key insights and takeaways from the 2022 Howe Lifetime Achievement Award winners

By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of U.S. Medical Affairs and Vikas Gupta, Pharm.D., Director of Medical Affairs This is our second weekly snapshot of viral infections of the U.S. As we...

Collaboration with Decode Health aims to accelerate innovation for disease testing, clinical trials, chronic care management and more By Brooke Story, Worldwide President, Integrated Diagnostic...

World Quality Day is a time to reflect on our role in developing safe, effective products and solutions that advance global health outcomes. We looked back at our 125-year history to note how...

BD, in partnership with ThoughtSpot (a modern analytics cloud company), was selected as a winner of the 15th Annual Ventana Research Digital Leadership Awards in the Analytics category. The awards...

At BD, we understand the importance of honoring veterans and the military community for their sacrifice and service to our nation. For us, that honor translates into action - creating policies and...

By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of U.S. Medical Affairs and Vikas Gupta, Pharm.D., Director of Medical Affairs As temperatures drop across the U.S. and we prepare for winter, medical...

Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility Rob Suárez, HCISPP, Chief Information Security Officer for BD At BD, we are trying to change the way society and industry view cybersecurity. While...

Innovation is the heart of BD. Each year, we invest more than a billion dollars in innovation, knowing that behind every advance we make, there’s a patient who could get a more accurate result,...

BD in Sandy, UT was recognized as a 2022 Green Business honoree by Utah Business and Rocky Mountain Power for making significant strides toward Utah’s environmental sustainability. The local...

By Nicole Thompson, Vice President, Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Engagement Associate Resource Groups (ARGs) are integral to how we continue to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging at...

By Brooke Kellerhouse, Director, Marketing, Pyxis ES - Global Marketing Management BD is passionately committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment where our associates can be their...

Imagine being a cancer patient and receiving your life-saving treatments from the safety, comfort and convenience of your own home. Imagine having your diagnostic tests done in your local pharmacy...

Data shows that pandemic has undone progress on antimicrobial resistance; Underscores need for continued investment and attention By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of U.S. Medical Affairs...

Authored by guest blogger Dr. Sonak Pastakia, PharmD, MPH, PhD, BCPS, FCCP; Professor, Purdue University College of Pharmacy and Center for Health Equity and Innovation With the growing awareness...

By Joseph Mann, MSN, FNP-C Urgent care centers provide a niche service that doesn’t exist in the hospital, and patients have taken note and adjusted accordingly. During the pandemic, visiting a...

By Scott Kerr, PhD, Senior Product Manager, Research Instruments Science and collaboration are at the heart of our purpose-driven innovation at BD. As we celebrate the 125th anniversary of BD,...

By Sam Khichi, EVP, Corporate Development, Public Policy, Regulatory Affairs and General Counsel, and Dr. Bill Sigmund, EVP and Chief Medical Officer. Sam and Bill are also executive sponsors of BD’

The goal of cervical cancer screening is simple but critical: To detect pre-cancer before it develops into cancer. Adding HPV at-home self-sampling to any cervical cancer prevention effort is...

At BD, we are fostering a culture where employees are encouraged and empowered to contribute to the health of communities where we live and work by giving back. Service to others has been a core...

Growing levels of resistance and regional variations underscore need for enhanced surveillance, revised guidelines.

By Ash Miranda I’m Ash Miranda, an instructor in BD’s Customer Education department and based in San Jose, California. I am also a member of our Out and Proud Employee Network (OPEN) Associate...

Eric Diebold, WW VP of R&D, BD Biosciences Innovation is the engine that drives the life sciences. And since the 1970s when BD first pioneered flow cytometry—which remains one of the most...

Flow cytometry is an essential technique at the heart of the life sciences, enabling researchers to identify and analyze cells to better understand human health, disease and treatment. Since...

By Arun Nair, PhD, Director, Specimen Management R&D, BD

You remember old tube TVs. Adjusting those rabbit ear antennas to remove static, banging the side of the box to make the “snow” fade. While we accepted this technology at the time, in...

Recent data show that inadequate antimicrobial treatment is more common among COVID-19 positive patients – leading to prolonged hospital stays. By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of U.S....

By Beth McCombs, EVP and CTO

Sepsis, severe sepsis and renal insufficiency/failure rate as top three conditions associated with COVID-19 hospital mortality complications By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President of U.S. Medical...

By Jennifer Farrington, Senior Director of BD Social Investing and Vice President of the BD Foundation and Sarah Hill, Director of BD Sustainability Did you know that today, 2.1 billion people...

At BD, we’re fortunate to work alongside some of the best and brightest in med tech. We’re thrilled that two of our outstanding associates will be recognized for their leadership in the...

By Ellen Rafferty, Senior Manager, Social Investing

By Kalvin Yu, MD, FIDSA, Vice President, U.S. Medical Affairs, BD, and Tony Ezell, President, North America & Chief Marketing Officer, BD As we grapple with the challenges of the ongoing COVID-19...

By Alexander Alonso, Country General Manager, Benelux I recently had the rare privilege of being invited by one of BD’s philanthropic partners, Mercy Ships, to board the world’s largest...

We’re committed to creating better outcomes for patients and providers around the world. It’s a commitment that we take very seriously and one that requires a meaningful investment in the...

By Jennifer Farrington, Senior Director of Social Investing and Vice President of the BD Foundation International Women’s Day (IWD) 2022 challenges each of us to #BreakTheBias by imagining, and...

A hero is someone who demonstrates courage and isn’t afraid to go above and beyond when challenging circumstances arise. A hero is also someone who selflessly puts the needs of others before...