Purpose:
Helping all people live healthy lives, and in so doing, become one of the best performing companies in our industry.

Strategy:
To add increased value through technological innovation and have a greater impact on patient outcomes.

BD is toolmaker to the worldwide
healthcare industry. Our tools are
at work in every setting imaginable –
from the most sophisticated research
laboratories to remote villages with
only the most basic healthcare. But
our real work is producing solutions…
and the best solution of all is helping
all people live healthy lives.

About the cover: Brandy Offord and her infant daughter, Akyra, are both benefiting from healthcare solutions from BD. One day after she was born at Emanuel Hospital in Portland, Oregon, Akyra underwent surgery for an intestinal obstruction. She remained in neonatal intensive care for three and one- half weeks, but went home with a clean bill of health shortly before this picture was taken. A BD Insyte- N Autoguard shielded IV catheter, specifically designed for neonates and others with tiny or fragile veins, was used to provide Akyra with infusion therapy.