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      "quote": "biologics had reached 50% of the total farm systems business unit revenue. You know, today we shared that it's now reached 55, about 55% of our revenue.",
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      "quote": "A lot of our ramp in margins on the back half of the year is driven by the execution of our BDX excellence",
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      "quote": "The trends around automation and labor shortages certainly are not changing anywhere, particularly Europe, right?",
      "why": "BDX sees labor shortages as a persistent driver for automation, creating an opening for SaaS solutions that improve operational efficiency and reduce manual labor.",
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      "quote": "commercial performance through BD excellence.",
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      "why": "The company has recently finished a sales hiring push, indicating a potential need for sales enablement, training, or productivity tools for the newly expanded team.",
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      "why": "Persistent high commodity costs are forcing the company to find efficiencies and adjust pricing, creating urgency for cost-cutting automation and pricing optimization software.",
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      "quote": "our commercial team has been partnering with with customers there to get at that combination of both new novel GLP1s that are coming to market but also biosimilars,",
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      "quote": "we have a top priority on buying back shares as we view that as a top form of value creation for our shareholders.",
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      "quote": "results were partially offset by focused pressure in Alaris, vaccines in China.",
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