Becton, Dickinson and Company Announces Board Appointments to Diabetes Care Business

• David F. Melcher and Claire Pomeroy, MD, MBA, both current BD board members, will join the board of directors of the company formed in connection with the previously announced separation of BD’s Diabetes Care business into an independent, publicly-traded company (“NewCo”). Their appointments to the NewCo board of directors will be effective upon completion of the spinoff, which is expected to occur in the first half of 2022 and is subject to the satisfaction of customary conditions, including final approval from the BD board of directors and the effectiveness of a Form 10 registration statement that will be filed with the SEC.
  • David F. Melcher will be the non-executive chair of the board of directors.
  • Claire Pomeroy, MD, MBA, will be a director of the company formed in connection with the previously announced separation of the Diabetes Care business into an independent, publicly-traded company (“NewCo”).
  • Additional appointments to the NewCo board of directors and executive team are expected to be announced prior to that date.
    
    

Becton, Dickinson and Company, also known as BD, is an American multinational medical technology company that manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems, and reagents. BD also provides consulting and analytics services in certain geographies.