U.S. President Trump said Becton Dickinson (BD), one of the world’s largest medical device makers, has agreed to invest $3 billion to relocate production lines for critical medical products relied on by U.S. patients and hospitals back to the United

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U.S. President Trump said Becton Dickinson (BD), one of the world’s largest medical device makers, has agreed to invest $3 billion to relocate production lines for critical medical products relied on by U.S. patients and hospitals back to the United States, with the largest expansion to be sited in Nebraska.

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