# BD receives $24M U.S. government investment to scale up COVID-19 test manufacturing

BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) announced a $24 million investment from the U.S. Department of Defense and HHS to scale up U.S. manufacturing of the BD Veritor SARS-CoV-2 test, increasing production capacity by 50% to over 12 million test kits per month by February 2021.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2020-07-30
- Where: United States
- Value: $24.0M
- Starts operating: Feb 2021
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 12 million test kits per month
- Products: BD Veritor SARS-CoV-2 test kits
- Sectors: [Medical Devices](https://endata.com/sectors/medical-devices.md)

## Companies

- [BD](https://endata.com/companies/20051.md)
- [Becton Dickinson & Co](https://endata.com/companies/20401.md)
- [U.S. Department of Defense](https://endata.com/companies/4836.md) (investor)
- [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services](https://endata.com/companies/46441.md) (investor)
- [U.S. Department of Health and Human Services](https://endata.com/companies/46441.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [news.bd.com](https://news.bd.com/2020-07-30-BD-Announces-24-Million-U-S-Government-Investment-to-Support-Scale-Up-of-U-S-Manufacturing-of-COVID-19-Diagnostic-Tests), 2020-07-30: "BD Announces $24 Million U.S. Government Investment to Support Scale Up of U.S. Manufacturing of COVID-19 Diagnostic Tests"
- [hhmglobal.com](https://www.hhmglobal.com/industry-updates/press-releases/bd-announces-24-million-u-s-government-investment-to-support-scale-up-of-u-s-manufacturing-of-covid-19-diagnosic-tests), 2020-08-03: "BD announced a $24 million investment from the U.S. Department of Defense in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to support the scale up of U.S. manufacturing capabilities for BD Veritor Solution for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2."

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