Becton, Dickinson and Company

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Corient Private Wealth LP lessened its position in shares of Becton, Dickinson and Company (NYSE: BDX) by 9.4% in the undefined quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 70,198 shares of the medical instruments supplier's stock after selling 7,308 shares during the period.

BD expands U.S. pharmacy automation with Vmax 160 at Fairview to handle complex specialty and refrigerated medications.

First-of-its-kind U.S. deployment of BD Vmax 160 expands pharmacy automation beyond traditional dispensing, helping health systems manage growing demand for specialty therapies, refrigerated medications, and increasingly complex fulfilment needs FRANKLIN LAKES, N.J., Sept. 14, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), a leading global medical technology company, today announced that Fairview Health Services has become the first health system in the United States to deploy the BD Vmax 160, a next generation pharmacy automation robot designed to help health systems manage the increasing complexity of specialty therapies and refrigerated medicines in high-volume, centralized outpatient pharmacy operations.