Press Release

FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a global medical technology company, announced today that it will present at the 17th Annual Piper Jaffray Health Care Conference in New York City on Thursday, January 27, 2005 at 11:00 am (ET).

The live webcast of BD's presentation can be accessed from the BD corporate website at http://www.bd.com/investors and will be available for replay through Thursday, February 3, 2005.

BD is a medical technology company that serves healthcare institutions, life science researchers, clinical laboratories, industry and the general public. BD manufactures and sells a broad range of medical supplies, devices, laboratory equipment and diagnostic products. For the fiscal year ended September 30, 2004, BD reported total revenues of $4.935 billion.

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