 Becton Dickinson Co. said Wednesday that it will receive 42 million from the U.S. government to build out manufacturing capacity for vaccine injection devices, to be used during the coronavirus pandemic. The Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority awarded the funding as part of Operation Warp Speed, a Trump administration program aimed at having 300 million doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in January. BD, which says it is the largest manufacturer of injection devices in the world, said the total cost of the capital project is 70 million. BDs stock is down 7.5 since the start of the year, while the SP; 500 has declined 2.6. 