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Aug 26, 2012Newly Revised European Society of Cardiology Guidelines Include LAA Closure Devices
European regulators have approved an expanded indication for the Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) WATCHMAN® Left Atrial Appendage (LAA)...
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Jul 27, 2012First European Implants of INGENIO™ MRI Pacemaker with New Image Ready™ Technology Performed This Week
PARIS (July 27, 2012) -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) has received CE Mark approval for use of its INGENIO™ and ADVANTIO™ pacemakers in patients in need of a magnetic resonance...
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Jul 26, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) generated sales of $1.828 billion and adjusted earnings per share of $0.17 for the second quarter ended June...
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Jul 18, 2012Studies Show Innovative Devices Deliver Significant Pain Relief and Reduce Lead Migration in Patients with Chronic Pain
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) has presented results of two studies evaluating the Infinion™ 16 Percutaneous Lead, the world's first and...
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Jul 12, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) will webcast its second-quarter 2012 financial results conference call on Thursday, July 26, at 8:00 a.m....
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Jul 2, 2012Milestone Marks Next Step Toward FDA Submission for Stroke Reduction Device for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) has completed enrollment in the PREVAIL confirmatory study, designed to gain U.S. Food and Drug...
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Jun 26, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) welcomes final passage today by the United States Senate of "The Food and Drug Administration Safety and...
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Jun 14, 2012
Natick, MA (June 14, 2012) –Warren Wang has been appointed Vice President and Managing Director of Boston Scientific Corporation’s (NYSE:BSX) operations in China. Mr. Wang is responsible for...
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Jun 14, 2012Boston Scientific Announces First Patient Active with LATITUDE™ NXT Remote Patient Management SystemNext-generation wireless remote patient management system enabled for INGENIO(TM) family of pacemakers is now in use in Europe
NATICK, Mass. and PARIS (June 14, 2012) – Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) has initiated use of the LATITUDE NXT Remote Patient Management System with patients in Europe. Dr. Roberto...
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Jun 8, 2012Adds First and Only Commercially Available Subcutaneous ICD Technology that Offers New Life-Saving Therapy Option to Patients at Risk of Sudden Cardiac Arrest
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) has closed its acquisition of Cameron Health, Inc. of San Clemente, California, and, as a result, added to its...
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Jun 7, 2012Medical Device Tax Would Stifle Innovation
Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) applauds the passage today by the House of Representatives of HR 436, the "Protect Medical Innovation Act." This bill...
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Jun 6, 2012Event to be webcast live and will include detailed review of Bronchial Thermoplasty opportunity
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) will hold a review of its Endoscopy business, including its Bronchial Thermoplasty opportunity, on Monday,...
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Jun 4, 2012PROMUS Element Plus Stent System Offers Physicians the Broadest Array of Everolimus Drug-eluting Stent lengths and diameters in the U.S.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has provided Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) regulatory approval of 32 mm and 38 mm lengths for...
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May 31, 2012Devices Projected to Have Nearly Twice the Longevity of Comparable Products
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved revised product labeling for the Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) INCEPTA™,...
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May 29, 2012Indication Provides New Therapeutic Option for Extraction of Difficult-to-Manage Biliary Stones
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has cleared an expanded use indication for the CRE™...
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May 18, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces that seven abstracts and additional clinical data analyses will be presented at Digestive Disease Week®
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May 18, 2012Two-year Clinical Data Demonstrate Low Adverse Event Rates, Including No Myocardial Infarction or Stent Thrombosis, for the Boston Scientific 2.25 mm PROMUS Element Platinum Chromium Stent
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces two-year results from the PLATINUM Small Vessel study, demonstrating excellent safety and...
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May 17, 2012New Self-Expanding Nitinol Stent Offers Balance of Flexibility and Radial Strength for Enhanced Performance in Iliac Stenting Procedures
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval and market launch of the Epic™ Vascular Self-Expanding...
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May 15, 2012Follow-up Data from EVOLVE Trial Presented at EuroPCR; Trial is Evaluating Next-Generation Everolimus-Eluting Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent with Ultra-Thin Bioabsorbable Abluminal Polymer
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces that the SYNERGY™ Everolimus-Eluting Bioabsorbable Polymer-Coated Platinum Chromium Coronary...
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May 15, 2012Results of REPRISE I Study Suggest Device Minimizes Aortic Regurgitation
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces results from the REPRISE I feasibility trial, which evaluated the acute safety of the Lotus™...
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May 14, 2012Innovative Stent Designed to Treat Peripheral Vascular Lesions for Stenoses in Arteries above the Knee
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces CE Mark and European market launch of the Innova™ Self-Expanding Bare-Metal Stent System, which...
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May 14, 2012Collaboration expected to improve access to imaging data used to treat patients
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) and Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE: PHG, AEX: PHI) announced a collaboration enabling Philips to...
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May 11, 2012Results Presented at Heart Rhythm Society from ASA Plavix Study Evaluating Boston Scientific Left Atrial Appendage Closure Device
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces results from the ASA Plavix (ASAP) Study, which studied the WATCHMAN® Left Atrial...
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May 10, 2012Clinical Presentations to Include 12-month Outcomes Data from EVOLVE Trial and Results of the REPRISE I Trial
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces its schedule of major events and sponsored clinical research at the annual EuroPCR Scientific...
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May 7, 2012Advanced Pacemaker Platform Designed to Treat Chronotropic Incompetence, which Affects up to 42 Percent of Pacemaker Patients
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and market launch of its INGENIO™ and ADVANTIO™...
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May 3, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces its schedule of major events and sponsored research at Heart Rhythm 2012, the Heart Rhythm Society's...
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Apr 26, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) is scheduled to participate in the 2012 Deutsche Bank Healthcare Conference on May 8 in Boston. Hank...
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Apr 24, 2012Next-generation balloon catheter offers enhanced deliverability and expanded options for treating coronary artery lesions
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces CE Mark and European market launch of the Emerge™ PTCA[1] Dilatation Catheter. The Emerge...
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Apr 23, 2012REPRISE I Trial Results to be Presented at EuroPCR 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces that it has completed enrollment in the REPRISE I clinical trial, which is designed to evaluate...
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Apr 19, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2012, as well as sales and earnings per...
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Apr 11, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces the U.S. market launch of its Z Flex-270™ Steerable Sheath. The device is intended for use in...
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Apr 10, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces it will webcast its first-quarter 2012 financial results conference call on Thursday, April 19, at...
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Apr 10, 2012Advanced devices designed to treat chronotropic incompetence, which affects up to 42 percent of pacemaker patients
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces CE Mark approval and European market launch of its INGENIO™ and ADVANTIO™ pacemakers and...
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Apr 2, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces the launch of its BackStop® Gel, a new technology designed to prevent stone migration during...
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Mar 27, 2012CTAF report supports safety, efficacy and positive health outcomes of bronchial thermoplasty for treatment of patients with severe asthma
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces the first published technology assessment in support of the safety, efficacy and long-term...
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Mar 26, 2012HORIZONS II AMI trial to enroll up to 10,000 patients worldwide, making it the largest randomized trial to study coronary stents in heart attack patients
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces its support of the HORIZONS II AMI clinical trial, which is designed to evaluate the...
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Mar 25, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces two-year follow-up data from the pivotal PLATINUM Workhorse trial comparing the...
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Mar 25, 2012Quantitative Coronary Angiographic outcomes from PERSEUS and PLATINUM clinical trials presented at ACC 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces results from a quantitative coronary angiographic (QCA) analysis of the incidence of...
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Mar 22, 2012Company's WallFlex Biliary Stents now available with a Transhepatic delivery system for use by interventional radiologists in treating obstructions within the biliary tract
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces the U.S. and international launch of the WallFlex® Biliary Transhepatic Stent System. This...
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Mar 20, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) releases its schedule of product-related clinical research at the 61th Annual Scientific Session of the...
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Mar 19, 2012Priority Health and HealthPartners issue new medical policies to cover catheter-based procedure shown to provide long-lasting control of severe asthma
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) welcomes a milestone in private insurance reimbursement coverage for bronchial thermoplasty (BT) performed...
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Mar 15, 2012Radiofrequency ablation catheter designed to treat a variety of arrhythmias
Natick, MA (March 15, 2012) -- Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced Health Canada approval of the Blazer™ Open-Irrigated Catheter, the Company’s latest radiofrequency...
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Mar 8, 2012Company gains first and only commercially available subcutaneous ICD technology to offer lifesaving therapy to patients at risk of sudden cardiac arrest
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces the exercise of its option to acquire Cameron Health, Inc., a privately held company based in San...
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Mar 8, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) and Lumenis, the market leader in holmium laser technology, announced the signing of a five-year contract...
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Mar 1, 2012Next-generation coronary stent employs innovative alloy designed to improve acute performance
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces the launch of the PROMUS Element™ Everolimus-Eluting Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent System in...
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Feb 23, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces the first implants of a TELIGEN® implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) in China. The...
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Feb 22, 2012ION™ and TAXUS® Liberte® Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent Systems now approved for treating patients with acute myocardial infarction in the U.S.
Boston Scientific Corporation's (NYSE: BSX) ION™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Platinum Chromium Coronary Stent System and TAXUS® Liberte® Paclitaxel-Eluting...
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Feb 22, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) is scheduled to participate in the 2012 RBC Capital Markets' Global Healthcare Conference on February 29 in...
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Feb 13, 2012
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces that Moody's Investors Service has upgraded the Company's corporate credit rating to an investment...
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Feb 8, 2012TruePath™ CTO Device designed to facilitate crossing of chronic total occlusions
Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) announces the U.S. launch of the TruePath™ CTO Device, designed to facilitate the crossing of chronic total...