BD To Present at Goldman Sachs Healthcare Conference

Business Wire, June 7, 2001

Business Editors

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2001

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE:BDX) announced today it will participate in the 22nd Annual Goldman Sachs Healthcare Conference to be held at the Ritz-Carlton Laguna Niguel Hotel in Dana Point, California. The BD presentation will be made on June 14, 2001, at 9:00 a.m. (Pacific Time).

The link to the live audio webcast of the presentation and slide materials can be accessed through the BD website, www.bd.com. The BD presentation can be accessed for replay on the BD website until 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, June 20, 2001.

BD is a medical technology company that manufactures and sells a broad range of supplies, devices and systems for use by healthcare professionals, medical research institutions, industry and the general public.