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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...