Becton Dickinson Gets Orders for Additional 177 Million Injection Devices
July 21 2020 - 7:54AM
Dow Jones News
By Colin Kellaher
Becton Dickinson & Co. on Tuesday said it received
additional pandemic-related orders for needles and syringes from
the U.S. and Canada totaling 177 million injection devices.
The Franklin Lakes, N.J., medical-technology company said the
U.S. has ordered another 140 million devices, bringing total U.S.
orders to 190 million.
The company said the new Canadian order for 37 million devices
brings total Canadian orders to 75 million.
Becton Dickinson said it has now received total orders of 330
million needles and syringes from the U.S., Canada and the U.K.,
with a majority of the orders slated for delivery by the end of the
year in anticipation of a coronavirus vaccine being approved in
late 2020 or early 2021.
Write to Colin Kellaher at colin.kellaher@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 21, 2020 07:39 ET (11:39 GMT)
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