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In the BD Diagnostics segment, worldwide revenues for the quarter were $553 million, representing an increase of 13 percent from the prior year's quarter. Sales of safety-engineered devices, TriPath products and infectious disease testing systems contributed to revenue growth. For the nine-month period ended June 30, 2008, the BD Diagnostics segment reported 14 percent revenue growth.

In the BD Biosciences segment, worldwide revenues for the quarter were $298 million, representing an increase of 16 percent from the prior year's quarter. Demand for clinical and research instruments and reagents were the primary growth drivers. For the nine-month period ended June 30, 2008, the BD Biosciences segment reported 16 percent revenue growth.

Geographic Results

Third quarter revenues in the U.S. were $798 million, representing an increase of 4 percent over the prior year period. Revenues outside the U.S. were $1.069 billion, representing an increase of 24 percent over the prior year period, with approximately 13 percentage points of the increase resulting from the favorable impact of foreign currency translation.

For the nine-month period ended June 30, 2008, revenues in the U.S. were $2.372 billion, representing an increase of 6 percent over the prior year period. Revenues outside of the U.S. were $2.948 billion, representing an increase of 20 percent over the prior year period, with approximately 11 percentage points of the increase resulting from the favorable impact from foreign currency translation.

Fiscal 2008 Outlook for Full Year

The Company raised its guidance for full fiscal year 2008 diluted earnings per share from continuing operations to approximately 16 percent from approximately 13 to 14 percent over adjusted diluted earnings per share from continuing operations of $3.84 for the full fiscal year 2007. Reported diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for the full fiscal year 2007 were
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