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Becton, Dickinson and Co. has launched an ecommerce initiative to automate the purchase of indirect goods and enable real-time interaction with suppliers. The company will use Commerce One Inc.'s e-marketplace system.

Roche Diagnostics has begun to Offer diagnostic supplies and equipment through medibuy. Roche will offer its entire in vitro diagnostic product offerings through the medibuy marketplace. Customers will have access to pre-negotiated contract pricing and real-time product availability information.

Watchitwork provides buyers of medical instrumentation an on-line service that displays interactive presentations of a product's moving parts. The user-controlled program allows the viewer to see exactly how a product functions, controlling its movements through a graphical user interface. Each product can also be accompanied by streaming video, references and literature searches.