Exhibit 21
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBSIDIARIES OF BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY --------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Switzerland 100% (1) Systems GmbH - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100% Islands - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Catheter Systems Singapore 100% (1) Singapore Pte Ltd. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Cellular Imaging Systems Netherlands 100% (1) B.V. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Colombia Ltda. Colombia 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Critical Care Systems Singapore 100% (1) Pte Ltd. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 A/S Denmark 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy B.V. Netherlands 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy GmbH Germany 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy Sweden 100% (1) Holdings AB - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy Delaware 100% Holdings Inc. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy Systems Mexico 100% (1) Inc., S.A. de C.V. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy UK Ltd. United Kingdom 100% (1) - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy Systems Delaware 100% Inc. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Infusion Therapy United Kingdom 100% (1) Holdings UK Limited - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Insulin Syringe, Ltd. Cayman Islands 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Ithalat Ihracat Limited Turkey 100% (1) Sirketi - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Korea, Inc. Korea 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. P.R.C. 99% Ltd., Suzhou - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Medical Products Pte. Singapore 100% Ltd. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Medizintechnik GmbH & Germany 100% (1) Co. KG - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Becton Dickinson Monoclonal Center, Inc. Delaware 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% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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% (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% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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, Brazil 100% (1) Ltda. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cascade Medical Leasing, Inc. Oregon 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clontech Biotech International, Inc. U.S. Virgin Islands 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clontech Laboratories, Inc. Delaware 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clontech Laboratories Japan, Ltd. Japan 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Collaborative Biomedical Products, 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% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Glentech, Inc. Kentucky 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Healthcare Holdings in Sweden AB Sweden 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IBD Holdings LLC Delaware 50% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Johnston Laboratories, Inc. Maryland 100% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Life Science Support & Service Company, Japan 100% (1) Ltd. - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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% - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ShinDong Bang Medical Co. Ltd Korea 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tru-Fit Marketing Corporation Massachusetts 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visitec Limited United Kingdom 100% (1) - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) owned indirectly through a wholly-owned subsidiary or subsidiaries of Becton, Dickinson and Company - -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------