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2 unusual facts about Becton Dickinson


BioLegend

BioLegend was created by demands from researchers who felt disenfranchised after the acquisition of PharMingen by BD Biosciences, feeling that it lacked the collaborative and customer-centric focus that many had come to know.

Needle remover

So Becton Dickinson (BD) has recently come out with a variation on this safety: instead of a hinge, the device slides over the needle and fully covers the tip of the needle, so accidental needle-sticks do not occur (Becton, Dickinson, and Company, 2004, BD SafetyGlide).



see also

Isère

Other companies include STMicroelectronics France, Schneider Electric SA, Caterpillar France SAS, Hewlett Packard, Becton Dickinson France SAS, Soitec, Siemens, Teisseire.

Needle remover

The BD Uniject is a prefilled vaccine syringe that uses a plastic bulb instead of a plunger and has a disc valve to prevent reuse (Becton, Dickinson, and Company, 2005).