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BD Partners with Healthians to Increase Access to Cervical Cancer Screening in India
12 Nov 2024
BD and Healthians aim to provide women with increased access to HPV testing through self-collection of samples in the privacy of their homes.
BD India’s concerted commitment towards creating awareness about Venous diseases
12 Nov 2024
Through the Venous Summit, BD brings a focus on Venous ailments and helps establish a uniform quality care protocol to enable better patient care.
BD India Launches Ultratouch™ Blood Collection Device
12 Nov 2024
BD Vacutainer® UltraTouch™ is built with advanced technology that will enable a better patient experience owing to single prick success and reduced pain during blood collection.
BD Named a Best Employer for Excellence in Employee Well-Being
12 Nov 2024
BD today announced that it will receive the Business Group on Health "Best Employers: Excellence in Health & Well-being Award" for its commitment to advancing employee well-being through com
BD India’s concerted commitment towards creating awareness on Cervical Cancer
12 Nov 2024
To create awareness and enable knowledge-sharing around cervical cancer screening, especially the benefits of early screening with liquid-based cytology and human papillomavirus (HPV) DNA testing, BD
BD India Installs First Spectral Cell Sorter With High-Speed Cell Imaging | BD
12 Nov 2024
BD FACSDiscover™ S8 Cell Sorter will enable scientists in India to gain new and more accurate insights on cell populations and characteristics in a streamlined experimental workflow.
Vulnerability disclosures help protect patients and build trust
12 Nov 2024
At BD, cybersecurity is one way we honor our commitment to doing what is right. We recognize that patients receive medical care at some of the most critical and vulnerable moments in their lives.
BD India’s Pledge for Safety initiative launched with a ‘Safety Flame’ march from Ruby Hall Clinic
12 Nov 2024
To enhance awareness around the importance of safety protocols, practices, and technologies to deliver optimum Patient and clinical outcomes as well as enable knowledge-sharing of best practices aroun
BD-Sehgal Path Lab CoE
12 Nov 2024
BD Life Sciences-Biosciences, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson, and Company), in collaboration with Sehgal Path Lab recently launched its Center of Excellence (CoE) in Flow Cytometry for clinical research in Mumbai.
Giving HOPE
12 Nov 2024
Aligned with the Government of India’s Skill Development Mission to strengthen existing skills and make the youth self-reliant, Becton Dickinson (BD) India, in partnership with the HOPE Foundation is
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Company story – Quaker Oats
By Kiron Kasbekar | 08 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats is a company whose products I remember from my childhood days. Years before a foreign exchange crisis caused the Indian government to impose curbs on consumer product imports, we used to see a host of foreign brands in the Indian market. Including Quaker Oats, which I remember eating when I was a child, and which has been available for the past two decades or more.
How Quaker Oats grabbed customers’ attention
By Kiron Kasbekar | 07 Mar 2024
Quaker Oats, the American food products giant that was created in 1901 through the merger of many older oat millers, and was acquired by a bigger foods giant, Pepsi, in 2001, has been an innovative company. One example of its innovativeness shows in its packaging – the cereal box it launched in 1915.
Company story – Cunard Line
By Kiron Kasbekar | 12 Jan 2024
The Cunard Line started its life in Glasgow in 1839 as the British and North American Royal Mail Steam-Packet Company when Samuel Cunard was awarded the first British transatlantic steamship mail contract.
Samuel Slater – textile tycoon or traitor?
By Kiron Kasbekar | 26 Dec 2023
Samuel Slater is a name that holds significant importance in the annals of American industrial history. Often referred to as the ‘Father of the American Factory System’, Slater's contributions played a pivotal role in shaping the nation’s industrial landscape.
Underwood Typewriter Company – an icon of the past
By Kiron Kasbekar | 21 Dec 2023
You’ve probably never heard of Underwood typewriters. For the company folded up in 1963 – 60 years ago. You may not even have seen and handled a typewriter, unless someone in your family owned one.
The rise and fall of Chrysler
By Kiron Kasbekar | 16 Dec 2023
A century ago, the American automobile industry was more crowded than a vegetable market on a Sunday morning, with such a wide variety of stuff on sale that buyers were spoilt for choice. Buyers could pick and choose, bargain, pay up and drive out with the newly purchased vehicle.
TRW – the tide turned
By Kiron Kasbekar | 13 Dec 2023
There used to be an American company called Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc. This company, which was a global supplier of automotive systems, modules, and components to car and truck manufacturers, started small, as most companies do. Then, as the automotive industry grew bigger, so did TRW.
The rise and fall of Nokia
By Aniket Gupta | 07 Dec 2023
My interest is stories about dominant companies that failed all of a sudden. These companies were once etched into people’s minds but have since become a symbol of nostalgia. One such company, which was the biggest in its industry before it failed catastrophically, is Nokia.
Yahoo!: The first king of the internet
By Aniket Gupta | 01 Dec 2023
The year is 1994. You go to the internet to search for a particular website, but there is no Google that could be used to search your desired website. What do you do? The answer is that you use Yahoo.
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