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Boston Scientific Launches Platinum Chromium TAXUS(R) Element(TM) Stent System

Jim Marino — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 09:08:28 +0000

Boston Scientific Corporation has announced the market launch and first implants of its TAXUS® Element™ Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System in the European Union and other CE Mark countries. The TAXUS Element Stent System is the Company’s third-generation drug-eluting stent (DES) technology and incorporates a platinum chromium alloy with an innovative stent design and an advanced catheter delivery system. It received CE Mark approval last month, which included an indication for the treatment of diabetic patients.

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Boston Scientific Announces European Approval and Launch of Platinum Chromium PROMUS(R) Element(TM) Stent System

Jim Marino — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:04:09 +0000

Boston Scientific Corporation has announced that it has received CE Mark for its PROMUS® Element(TM) Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System, the Company’s third-generation drug-eluting stent (DES) technology. The PROMUS Element system incorporates a unique platinum chromium alloy with an innovative stent design and an advanced catheter delivery system. The Company will begin marketing the PROMUS Element system immediately in the European Union and other CE Mark countries.

FDA approves Cordis Cypher drug-eluting stent

Jim Marino — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 06:16:24 +0000

The Johnson & Johnson subsidiary, Cordis, wins a nod from the FDA for its 2.25mm Cypher drug-eluting stent for treating blockages in small blood vessels. The company said data from the RESEARCH and T-SEARCH studies indicated that patients treated with the small Cypher model had a 65% lower incidence of death or heart attack than patients treated with the 2.25mm Boston Scientific device.

Boston receives FDA approval for Taxus Liberte

Jim Marino — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 18:20:41 +0000

Boston Scientific has received the FDA approval to market its Taxus Liberte long paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent system, a next-generation drug-eluting stent designed for long lesions. At 38mm, Taxus Liberte long stent is the longest available drug-eluting stent (DES). This provides doctors with an option that can potentially reduce the number of stents used in more complex cases, simplifying procedures and reducing costs. The company plans to launch the product in the US in August.

MIV Therapeutics provides VESTASYNC I trial’s update

Jim Marino — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:41:24 +0000

MIV Therapeutics, developer of advanced drug-delivery systems for cardiovascular stents and next-generation coatings, has released updates on the progress of the VESTASYNC I trial. MIV’s VESTAsync™, a polymer-free drug-eluting stent, going through an year long clinical has ensured prevention of major adverse cardiac events in patients who have not taken anti-platelet medication ( plavix). The company has accumulated nine-month intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) and Quantitative Coronary Angiography (QCA) for all the fifteen people who have been enrolled in the VESTASYNC I trial.