Exhibit 21 There is no parent company of the Company. (2) Subsidiaries
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Name of Subsidiary State of Jurisdiction of Incorporation - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- B-D (Cambridge, U.K.) Ltd. United Kingdom 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BD Holding S. de R.L. de C.V. Mexico 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BDX INO LLC Delaware 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson AcuteCare Holdings, Inc. Delaware 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson AcuteCare, Inc. Massachusetts 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Advanced Pen Injection Systems GmbH Switzerland 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Aguettant S.A.S. France 95% (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 California Inc. California 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Canada Inc. Canada 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Caribe, Ltd. Cayman Islands 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Catheter Systems Singapore Pte Ltd. Singapore 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Cellular Imaging Systems B.V. Netherlands 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 Foreign Sales Corporation Barbados 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Guatemala S.A. Guatemala 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Hellas S.A. Greece 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Hungary Kft. Hungary 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson India 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 GmbH Germany 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) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy UK Ltd. 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 Malaysia, Inc. Oregon 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson (Mauritius) Limited Mauritius 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Medical (S) Pte Ltd. Singapore 100% - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Medical Devices Co. Ltd., Suzhou P.R.C. 99% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Medical Products Pte. Ltd. Singapore 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Medizintechnik GmbH & Co. KG Germany 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Penel Limited Cayman Islands 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Philippines, Inc. Philippines 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Polska Ltd. 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 Sample Collection GmbH Switzerland 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Service (Pvt.) Ltd. Pakistan 51% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Verwaltungs GmbH Germany 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson West Africa S.A.R.L. The Ivory Coast 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Worldwide, Inc. Delaware 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton, Dickinson B.V. Netherlands 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton, Dickinson de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson France, S.A. France 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton, Dickinson Einmalprodukte GmbH Austria 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bedins Ltd. Bermuda 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Benex Ltd. Ireland 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Biometric Imaging, Inc. California 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Boin Medica Co., Ltd. Korea 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clontech Biotech International, Inc. U.S. Virgin Islands 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clontech Laboratories, Inc. Delaware ` - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clontech Laboratories UK Limited United Kingdom 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clontech Laboratories GmbH Germany 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clontech Laboratories AG Switzerland 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Critical Device Corporation California 100%(1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Discovery Labware, Inc. Delaware 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- D.L.D., Ltd. Bermuda 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dantor S.A. Uruguay 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Difco Laboratories GmbH Germany 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Difco Laboratories Incorporated Michigan 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Difco Laboratories Limited United Kingdom 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Distribuidora Boinpar Ltda. Brazil 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EPV S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Franklin Lakes Enterprises, L.L.C. New Jersey 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Healthcare Holdings in Sweden AB Sweden 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IBD Holdings LLC Delaware 50%(1) - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2 - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnston Laboratories, Inc. Maryland 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Life Science Support & Service Company, Ltd. Japan 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Luther Medical Products, Inc. California 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MDI Instruments, Inc. Delaware 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Staged Diabetes Management LLC New Jersey 50% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Med-Safe Systems, Inc. California 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nippon Becton Dickinson Company, Ltd. Japan 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PharMingen SPC California 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PharMingen California 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phase Medical, Inc. California 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PreAnalytiX GmbH Switzerland 50% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Promedicor de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. Mexico 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saf-T-Med Inc. Delaware 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tru-Fit Marketing Corporation Massachusetts 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visitec Limited United Kingdom 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) owned indirectly by Becton, Dickinson and Company through one or more subsidiaries.
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