Safety Profile of TAXUS(R) Liberte(TM) Stent System Highlighted in World's Largest Sten... (atients comprised 72.4 percent of the po...)

Safety Profile of TAXUS(R) Liberte(TM) Stent System Highlighted in World's Largest Stent Registry

Date:9/2/2007

atients comprised 72.4 percent of the population (5,157 patients) and included patients with acute MI, small vessels, long lesions, in-stent restenosis, and bifurcations, representing lesions not studied in the TAXUS IV and TAXUS ATLAS pivotal randomized controlled trials. Despite the higher complexity, patients in this group demonstrated an overall TAXUS Liberte stent related cardiac event rate of 4.6 percent and a stent thrombosis rate of 1.0 percent.

CAUTION: The TAXUS Liberte stent is an investigational device and is not for sale in the United States.

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.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking statements may be identified by words like "anticipate," "expect," "project," "believe," "plan," "estimate," "intend" and similar words. These forward- looking statements are based on our beliefs, assumptions and estimates using information available to us at the time and are not intended to be guarantees of future events or performance. These forward-looking statements include, among other things, statements regarding clinical trials, product performance, competitive offerings, procedural volume, overall market size and our market position. If our underlying assumptions turn out to be incorrect, or if certain risks or uncertainties materialize, actual results could vary materially from the expectations and projections expressed or implied by our forward-looking statements. These factors, in some cases, have affected and in the future (together with other factors) could affect our ability to implemen
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