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Enrollment Completed for TAXUS PERSEUS Clinical Trial. On October 8, 2008, we announced that BSC had completed enrollment in the PERSEUS clinical trial, designed to evaluate the third-generation TAXUS Element paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent. The PERSEUS clinical program has enrolled nearly 1,500 patients at 100 U.S. and international centers since July 2007, and will compare the TAXUS Element Stent to the prior-generation TAXUS Express2 Stent marketed in the United States since 2004.
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This press release contains the condensed financial statements derived from the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008 and 2007. Full audited consolidated financial statements and Management's Discussion and Analysis for the year ended December 31, 2008, will be filed on Form 10-K on or before March 16, 2009.
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