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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000014272-04-000014.txt : 20040105
<SEC-HEADER>0000014272-04-000014.hdr.sgml : 20040105
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20040105160416
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000014272-04-000014
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20031231
FILED AS OF DATE:		20040105

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			SULLIVAN LOUIS W
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001193522

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-01136
		FILM NUMBER:		04504983

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
		STREET 2:		720 WESTVIEW DRIVE, S.W.
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30310

	FORMER NAME:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	SULLIVAN LOUIS
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20020927

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000014272
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS [2834]
		IRS NUMBER:				220790350
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		345 PARK AVE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10154
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2125464000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		345 PARK AVE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10154

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BRISTOL MYERS CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19891012
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<ownershipDocument>
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    <documentType>4</documentType>
	<periodOfReport>2003-12-31</periodOfReport>
	<notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>
    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000014272</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>(BMY)</issuerTradingSymbol>
	</issuer>
	<reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001193522</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>SULLIVAN LOUIS W</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>720 WESTVIEW DRIVE, S.W.</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>ATLANTA</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30310</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
            <reportingOwnerRelationship>
			<isDirector>1</isDirector>
			<isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
			<isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
			<isOther>0</isOther>
		</reportingOwnerRelationship>
	</reportingOwner>
	<derivativeTable>
		<derivativeTransaction>
			<securityTitle>
				<value>Deferred Share Units</value>
			</securityTitle>
			<conversionOrExercisePrice>
				<value>0.00</value>
			</conversionOrExercisePrice>
			<transactionDate>
				<value>2003-12-31</value>
			</transactionDate>
			<deemedExecutionDate>
			</deemedExecutionDate>
			<transactionCoding>
				<transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
				<transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
				<equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
			</transactionCoding>
			<transactionAmounts>
				<transactionShares>
					<value>204.54</value>
					<footnoteId id="F1"/>
				</transactionShares>
				<transactionPricePerShare>
					<value>0</value>
				</transactionPricePerShare>
				<transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
					<value>A</value>
				</transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
			</transactionAmounts>
			<exerciseDate>
				<value>1988-08-08</value>
				<footnoteId id="F2"/>
			</exerciseDate>
			<expirationDate>
				<value>1988-08-08</value>
				<footnoteId id="F2"/>
			</expirationDate>
			<underlyingSecurity>
				<underlyingSecurityTitle>
					<value>Common Stock, $0.10 par value</value>
				</underlyingSecurityTitle>
				<underlyingSecurityShares>
					<value>204.54</value>
				</underlyingSecurityShares>
			</underlyingSecurity>
			<postTransactionAmounts>
				<sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
					<value>13118.63</value>
				</sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
			</postTransactionAmounts>
			<ownershipNature>
				<directOrIndirectOwnership>
					<value>D</value>
				</directOrIndirectOwnership>
				<natureOfOwnership>
					<value/>
				</natureOfOwnership>
			</ownershipNature>
		</derivativeTransaction>
	</derivativeTable>
	<footnotes>
		<footnote id="F1">Includes deferred compensation and dividends reinvested under the 1987 Deferred Compensation Plan for Non-Employee Directors.</footnote>
		<footnote id="F2">Deferred share units are settled in cash either on a specified date in the future or following the cessation of the reporting person's service as a director.</footnote>
	</footnotes>
	<remarks>
	</remarks>
	<ownerSignature>
		<signatureName>By: /s/ Sandra Leung, Attorney-in-Fact</signatureName>
		<signatureDate>2004-01-05</signatureDate>
	</ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>

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