REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Jan. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cardica, Inc. today announced that it will release financial results for its fiscal second quarter ended December 31, 2008, on Thursday, January 29, 2009, after the markets close. Cardica’s management will host a conference call at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time to discuss the financial results and provide an update on the company’s business.
Conference Call Details
To access the live conference call on January 29, 2009, at 4:30 p.m. Eastern Time via phone, please dial 800-322-5044 from the United States and Canada or 617-614-4927 internationally. The conference ID is 16291196. Please dial in approximately 10 minutes prior to the start of the call. A telephone replay will be available beginning approximately one hour after the call through February 5, 2009, and may be accessed by dialing 888-286-8010 from the United States and Canada or 617-801-6888 internationally. The replay passcode is 32762148.
To access the live and subsequently archived webcast of the conference call, go to the Investor Relations section of Cardica’s website at http://www.cardica.com. Please connect to the website at least 15 minutes prior to the call to allow for any necessary software downloads.
The webcast is also being distributed through the Thomson StreetEvents Network. Individual investors can listen to the call at http://www.earnings.com, Thomson’s individual investor portal, powered by StreetEvents. Institutional investors can access the call via Thomson StreetEvents (http://www.streetevents.com), a password-protected event management site.
About Cardica
Cardica is a leading provider of automated anastomosis systems for coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. By replacing hand-sewn sutures with easy-to-use automated systems, Cardica’s products provide cardiovascular surgeons with rapid, reliable and consistently reproducible anastomoses, or connections of blood vessels, often considered the most critical aspect of the CABG procedure. Cardica’s C-Port(R) Distal Anastomosis Systems are marketed in the United States and Europe and its PAS-Port(R) Proximal Anastomosis System is marketed in the United States, Europe and Japan. Cardica also is developing additional devices with Cook Medical to facilitate vascular closure and other surgical procedures.
CONTACT: Bob Newell, Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
of Cardica, Inc., +1-650-331-7133, investors@cardica.com; or Daryl
Messinger of WeissComm Partners, Inc., +1-415-999-2361,
dmessinger@wcpglobal.com, for Cardica, Inc.
Web site: http://www.cardica.com/
