Exhibit 21

SUBSIDIARIES OF BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY


Exhibit 21 to Form 10-K filed November 21, 2007      
       
       
 
State of Jurisdiction
Percentage of Voting
Name of Subsidiary
of Incorporation
Securities Owned
       
Atto BioScience, Inc. Delaware 100 %
AutoCyte Australia Pty Ltd Australia 100 % (1)
AutoCyte NC, LLC North Carolina 100 % (1)
B-D (Cambridge U.K.) Ltd. United Kingdom 100 % (1)
BD Biosciences, Systems and Reagents Inc. California 100 %
BD Holding S. de R.L. de C.V. Mexico 100 % (1)
BD Matrex Holdings, Inc. Delaware 100 %
BD Norge AS Norway 100 % (1)
BD Ophthalmic Systems Limited United Kingdom 100 % (1)
BD Rapid Diagnostic (Suzhou) Co., Ltd. China 100 % (1)
BDX INO LLC Delaware 100 %
Becton Dickinson A/S Denmark 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson AcuteCare Holdings, Inc. Delaware 100 %
Becton Dickinson AcuteCare, Inc. Massachusetts 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Advanced Pen Injection Systems GmbH Switzerland 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Argentina S.R.L. Argentina 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Asia Limited Hong Kong 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Asia Pacific Limited British Virgin Islands 100 %
Becton Dickinson Austria GmbH Austria 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Benelux N.V. Belgium 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Canada Inc. Canada 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Caribe Ltd. Cayman Islands 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Catheter Systems Singapore Pte Ltd. Singapore 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Colombia Ltda. Colombia 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Critical Care Systems Pte Ltd. Singapore 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Czechia s.r.o. Czech Republic 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson del Uruguay S.A. Uruguay 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Distribution Center N.V. Belgium 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson East Africa Ltd. Kenya 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Finance B.V. Netherlands 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Foreign Sales Corporation Barbados 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Guatemala S.A. Guatemala 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Hellas S.A. Greece 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Holdings GmbH Germany 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Hungary Kft. Hungary 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson India Private Limited India 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy AB Sweden 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy B.V. Netherlands 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy Holdings AB Sweden 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy Holdings Inc. Delaware 100 %
Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy Systems Inc., S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100 % (1)


SUBSIDIARIES OF BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY


       
Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy UK United Kingdom 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy Systems Inc. Delaware 100 %
Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy Holdings UK Limited United Kingdom 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Insulin Syringe, Ltd. Cayman Islands 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Ithalat Ihracat Limited Sirketi Turkey 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Korea Holding, Inc. Delaware 100 %
Becton Dickinson Korea Ltd. Korea 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Malaysia, Inc. Oregon 100 %
Becton Dickinson (Mauritius) Limited Mauritius 100 %
Becton Dickinson Medical (S) Pte Ltd. Singapore 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Medical Devices Co. Shanghai Ltd. P.R.C. 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Medical Devices Co. Ltd., Suzhou P.R.C. 100 %
Becton Dickinson Medical Products Pte. Ltd. Singapore 100 %
Becton Dickinson Ltd. New Zealand 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson O.Y. Finland 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Overseas Services Ltd. Nevada 100 %
Becton Dickinson Pen Limited Ireland 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Penel Limited Cayman Islands 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Philippines, Inc. Philippines 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Polska Sp.z.o.o. Poland 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Pty. Ltd. Australia 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson (Pty) Ltd. South Africa 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Sdn. Bhd. Malaysia 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Service (Pvt.) Ltd. Pakistan 100 %
Becton Dickinson Sample Collection GmbH Switzerland 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Slovakia s.r.o. Slovakia 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson (Thailand) Limited Thailand 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Venezuela, C.A. Venezuela 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson Venture LLC Delaware 100 %
BD Ventures LLC New Jersey 100 %
Becton Dickinson Vostok LLC Russia 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson, S.A. Spain 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson (Royston) Limited United Kingdom 100 % (1)
Becton, Dickinson A.G. Switzerland 100 % (1)
Becton, Dickinson Aktiebolag Sweden 100 % (1)
Becton, Dickinson and Company, Ltd. Ireland 100 % (1)
Becton, Dickinson B.V. Netherlands 100 % (1)
Becton, Dickinson de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson France S.A.S. France 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson GmbH Germany 100 % (1)
Becton, Dickinson Industrias Cirurgicas, Ltda. Brazil 100 % (1)
Becton, Dickinson Italia S.p.A. Italy 100 % (1)
B-D U.K. Holdings Limited United Kingdom 100 % (1)
Becton Dickinson U.K. Limited United Kingdom 100 % (1)
Bedins Vermont Indemnity Company Vermont 100 %
Benex Ltd. Ireland 100 % (1)
BioVenture Centre Pte. Ltd. Singapore 92 %


SUBSIDIARIES OF BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY


       
BTP Immunization Systems, LLC New Jersey 100 %
Cell Analysis Systems, Inc. Illinois 100 % (1)
Clontech Laboratories UK Limited United Kingdom 100 % (1)
Corporativo BD de Mexico, S. de R.L. de C.V. Mexico 100 %(1)
Critical Device Corporation California 100 %
D.L.D., Ltd. Bermuda 100 % (1)
Dantor S.A. Uruguay 100 % (1)
Difco Laboratories Incorporated Michigan 100 %
Difco Laboratories Limited United Kingdom 100 % (1)
Discovery Labware, Inc. Delaware 100 %
Distribuidora BD, S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100 % (1)
EPV S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100 % (1)
Franklin Lakes Enterprises, L.L.C. New Jersey 100 %
GeneOhm Sciences, Inc. Delaware 100 %
GeneOhm Sciences Canada Inc. Canada 100 % (1)
GeneOhm Sciences Europe, N.V. Belgium 100 % (1)
Healthcare Holdings in Sweden AB Sweden 100 % (1)
IBD Holdings LLC Delaware 50 %(1)
Johnston Laboratories, Inc. Maryland 100 % (1)
Luther Medical Products, Inc. California 100 % (1)
Staged Diabetes Management LLC New Jersey 50 % (1)
Matrex Salud, de R.L. de C.V. Mexico 50 % (1)
Med-Safe Systems, Inc. California 100 %
Nippon Becton Dickinson Company, Ltd. Japan 100 % (1)
PharMingen California 100 %
Phase Medical, Inc. California 100 % (1)
Plasso Technology Limited United Kingdom 100 % (1)
PreAnalytiX GmbH Switzerland 50 % (1)
Promedicor de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100 % (1)
Saf-T-Med Inc. Delaware 100 %
TriPath Imaging Delaware 100 %
TriPath Imaging Europe bvba Belgium 100 % (1)
TriPath Oncology, Inc. Delaware 100 % (1)

(1) owned by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Becton, Dickinson and Company