The major products in this segment are hypodermic syringes and needles for injection, insulin syringes and pen needles and blood glucose monitoring systems for diabetes care, infusion therapy devices, prefillable drug delivery systems and surgical blades and scalpels. This segment also includes specialty blades and cannulas for ophthalmic surgery procedures, anesthesia needles, critical care systems, elastic support products and thermometers.

BD Diagnostics

The major products in this segment are clinical and industrial microbiology products, sample collection products, specimen management systems, molecular diagnostic instruments and other diagnostic systems, including immunodiagnostic test kits. This segment also includes consulting services.

BD Biosciences

This segment provides integrated systems, products and services for a variety of applications in life sciences. The major products are flow cytometry systems for cell analysis, monoclonal antibodies for biomedical research, molecular biology products for the study of genes and their functions, cell growth and screening products, and labware products.

INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS

BD's products are manufactured and sold worldwide. The principal markets for BD's products outside the United States are Europe, Japan, Asia Pacific, Canada and Latin America. The principal products sold by BD outside of the United States are hypodermic needles and syringes, insulin syringes and pen needles, diagnostic systems, VACUTAINER'r' brand blood collection products, HYPAK'r' brand prefillable syringe systems, and infusion therapy products. BD has manufacturing operations outside the United States in Brazil, China, France, Germany, India, Ireland, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Pakistan, Singapore, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.