Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) is planning to close a Minnesota plant that makes its Lutonix drug-coated balloon next year, as the company looks to consolidate its peripheral intervention business. The decision means layoffs for 53 of the New Hope, Minn., site’s 85 workers; the remaining 32 employees will either move to roles at BD’s Tempe, Ariz., location […]
BD Georgia sterilization plant leaked 54 lbs. of ethylene oxide in September
A weeklong valve leak at a Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) medtech sterilization plant in Covington, Ga., released 54 lbs. of ethylene oxide into the air, according to a City of Covington incident report obtained by a local TV station. The plant began experiencing intermittent elevated levels of EO indoors Sept. 15, but inspections and systems checks failed to locate the […]
A ‘rolling effect’ on medtech sterilization plants?
The types of regulatory hurdles that contributed to the permanent closure this week of the Sterigenics medtech sterilization plant in Willowbrook, Ill., have created a “rolling effect” on ethylene oxide (EO) plants around the country, according to an industry official. The state of Illinois temporarily shut down the Willowbrook plant in February over emissions of EO, a […]
Becton Dickinson, Zoll win DoD contracts
Both and Zoll Medical, an Asahi Kasei (TYO:3407) subsidiary, and Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) picked up contracts from the U.S. Defense Dept. within the last week. On September 20, Zoll was awarded a maximum of more than $8.4 million for its dual-aeromedical certified defibrillators and accessories. The one-year base contract has four one-year options and is slated for a […]
Becton Dickinson to promote COO Polen to replace Forlenza as CEO
Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) today revealed a succession plan that will see longtime insider and COO Thomas Polen take over from CEO Vincent Forlenza early next year. Forlenza, who was named CEO in July 2011, is slated to stay on as chairman after he leaves the corner office Jan. 28, 2020, after 39 years with the Franklin […]
The 20 largest medical device companies in the world
Consolidations continue to transform the roster of largest medical device companies in the world — as evidenced by the latest Big 100 list at our sister site Medical Design & Outsourcing. Overall, Big 100 companies saw $397.5 billion in sales during their most recent fiscal years, up 3.5% from the previous year. As companies continue to […]
BD drug-dispensing cabinets vulnerable to cyberattack
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said yesterday that certain Becton Dickinson Pyxis medication-dispensing cabinets are vulnerable to unauthorized users within a local hospital network. The Franklin Lakes, N.J.-based company said it reported the vulnerability to federal officials. The weakness would have allowed someone with the expired credentials to access patient data and medications. The […]
Whistleblowers accuse Fla. VA hospital of ignoring Alaris recall
Staff members at a Florida U.S. Veterans Affairs Dept. hospital reportedly said leadership ignored the recall of the Alaris infusion pump made by Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX). Leaders at the James Haley Veterans’ Hospital in Tampa dismissed repeated warnings about BD’s device over multiple weeks, even after a patient’s life was endangered, the Military Times reported. […]
BD to spend $8m to cut EO emissions in Georgia
Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) said this week it will spend $8 million to upgrade emissions controls at two medical device sterilization plants it operates in Georgia. The plants in Covington and Madison, Ga., both southeast of Atlanta, use ethylene oxide (EO) to sterilize medical devices. The federal Environmental Protection Agency recognizes EO as a carcinogen and lowered […]
Vyaire recall hits Medline’s Centurion Medical
Medline Industries recalled Centurion Medical’s primary warmer pack because it contains Vyaire Medical‘s recalled enFlow disposable cartridge that potentially exposes patients to unsafe aluminum levels. Nearly three million enFlow disposable cartridges were recalled in March. The product is designed to warm blood, blood products and intravenous solutions before IV administration, but the potential for aluminum […]
BD sues Stryker over PureWick catheter patents
Becton Dickinson (NYSE:BDX) this week levied a lawsuit against Stryker (NYSE:SYK), alleging infringement of patents covering its PureWick female external catheter. The lawsuit, filed August 12 in the U.S. District Court for Delaware, accused Stryker’s Sage Products subsidiary of violating two patents covering the PureWick device with Sage’s competing PrimaFit device, which Stryker acquired along with […]
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