NATICK, Mass., Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation today announced the schedule of the Company's major events and press announcements at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation's (CRF) nineteenth annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, which runs from October 20 to 25 in Washington, D.C.
Boston Scientific will be announcing a wide range of safety and efficacy data on its market-leading TAXUS(R) Express2(TM) and TAXUS(R) Liberte(R) Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent Systems, including final five-year results from the TAXUS IV clinical trial, which studies the TAXUS Express(TM) Stent, and nine- month data on small vessels and long lesions from the ATLAS trial, which studies the TAXUS Liberte Stent. In addition, the Company will present long- term data from the TAXUS V de novo clinical trial and the TAXUS ARRIVE registry.
"The extensive data to be presented at TCT will continue to reinforce the safety, efficacy and deliverability of the TAXUS Stent Systems," said Paul LaViolette, Chief Operating Officer of Boston Scientific. "We are pleased to be able to complement our market-leading TAXUS Stents with the addition of our PROMUS(TM) Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System in international markets, and the industry's deepest drug-eluting stent (DES) pipeline, which includes our third-generation TAXUS(R) Element(TM) Stent -- currently in clinical trials."
PROMUS is a private-labeled XIENCE(TM) V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System manufactured by Abbott and distributed by Boston Scientific Corporation outside the United States. It is currently pending approval by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and is not commercially available in the United States.
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The Company will also release additional safety and efficacy data from its comprehensive DES clinical trial program, which will be presented at TCT as e- posters. Details can be found on the official TCT program.
Boston Scientific will present its latest innovations and live case broadcasts at booth 3021 in the Exhibition Hall. Key product demonstrations will include drug-eluting stents, carotid artery stenting and peripheral interventions. In addition, Boston Scientific will introduce enhancements to the iLab(R) Ultrasound Imaging System that give physicians the ability to preview device sizing decisions, colorize plaque and blood flow, and overlay color to enrich viewing the IVUS image.
TAXUS Liberte is an investigational device and not available for sale in the United States. TAXUS Element is currently in clinical trials and is not available for sale. The Carotid WALLSTENT is an investigational device in the United States and is limited by U.S. law to investigational use. The safety and effectiveness of the FilterWire EZ Embolic Protection System for use in carotid arteries has not been established in the U.S. and is currently investigational. XIENCE is a trademark of the Abbott Laboratories group of companies.
Boston Scientific is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices whose products are used in a broad range of interventional medical specialties. For more information, please visit: http://www.bostonscientific.com .
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