I started a job at BD the week after Severance first dropped. The parallels are uncanny and I think Lumon is a hybrid history between BD and Purdue Pharma.

BD was a family affair for the first two generations, with the sons of Becton and Dickinson serving as co-CEO at one point.

There was a blood drawing scene and they used BD consumables. I would have fucking loved to see it being Lumon branded.