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Boston Scientific wins FDA OK for stent.

December 6, 2005   Categories: Blogroll  Posted by admin

Federal regulators have approved Boston Scientific’s new Liberte heart stent, the company said Thursday.

Boston Scientific hopes sales of Liberte, a bare-metal stent that is not coated with drugs, will supplement Taxus Express2, the drug-coated stent credited with driving the medical device maker’s 62 percent sales growth last year.

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