Exhibit 21
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SUBSIDIARIES OF BECTON, DICKINSON AND COMPANY
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Name of Subsidiary State of Jurisdiction Percentage of Voting
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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% (1)
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 B.V. Netherlands 100%
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 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 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 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 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, 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. 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 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 51% (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%
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, 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)
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, KK 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 Incorporated Wisconsin 100% (1)
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 Ltd. Japan 100% (1)
Luther Medical Products, Inc. California 100% (1)
MDI Instruments, Inc. Delaware 100%
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%
Staged Diabetes Management L.L.C. New Jersey 50%
Tru-Fit Marketing Corporation Massachusetts 100% (1)
Visitec Limited United Kingdom 100% (1)
(1) owned by a wholly-owned subsidiary of Becton, Dickinson and Company