(RTTNews.com) - Becton, Dickinson and Company ( BDX ) will host a conference call at 8:00 AM ET on May 2, 2013, to discuss its Q2 13 earnings results.

Last year CytoVas became the first company to get funding as part of the American Heart Association's accelerator program, an initiative designed to speed up the investigation and development of products for cardiovascular disease patients.

PHILADELPHIA, April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- CytoVas, LLC and BD Biosciences, a division of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company), announced today they have formed a strategic alliance to jointly develop a new blood-based diagnostic test to ...

These stocks are DENTSPLY International Inc. (NASDAQ:XRAY), CareFusion Corporation (NYSE:CFN), C.R. Bard, Inc. (NYSE:BCR), Becton, Dickinson and Co. (NYSE:BDX), and Baxter International Inc. (NYSE:BAX). All of these stocks are in the medical ...

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The company carries a Zacks Rank #4 (Sell). Medical/Dental Supplies companies worth a look are Luxottica Group SpA ( LUX ), Conmed ( CNMD ) and Becton, Dickinson and Company ( BDX ). The former carries a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), while the ...

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Becton, Dickinson & Co., is engaged in manufacturing and sale of medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products used by healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry and the general public.

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