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• Boston Scientific Corp. Q3 2008 Earnings Conference Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-22

  Question-and-Answer Session[Operator Instructions]. And our first question is from the line of Bob Hopkins with Banc of America. Please go ahead. Robert Hopkins - Banc of America Hi. Thank you and good morning. Two quick questions, first, a very quick one on guidance, and then one on gross margins....

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• Earnings Preview: Boston Scientific

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-10-21

  Boston Scientific Corporation BSX is scheduled to report Q3 earnings before market open Wednesday, Oct. 22, with a conference call scheduled for 8:00 am ET. Guidance Analysts are expecting a profit of 11c on revenue of $1.97B. The consensus range for EPS is 8c to 12c, with a revenue range...

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• Healthcare Roundup: Anthem Blue Cross Sued, Hospitals Slow Expansions, GM Cuts Healthcare, and More

  BNET - 2008-10-15

  Anthem Blue Cross sued for rescission-settlement efforts -- Los Angeles  City Attorney Rocky Delgadillo sued the health-insurance company, a unit of WellPoint, charging that it illegally sought to reach settlements with policyholders by offering them $1,000 in exchange for dropping all legal claims. Anthem and several other health plans recently...

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• Abbott, Boston Scientific: Rising Stent Stars

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-09-18

  Mike Huckman submits: Veteran medical device analyst Mike Weinstein at JPMorgan is out with a pretty remarkable research note about the fast-changing market for drug-coated stents. Not too long ago, some had written off the potential for significant growth to resume in sales of the little wire mesh tubes...

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• Paulson & Co. Shows New Stakes in BofA and Cheniere Energy, Among Others

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-14

  Lon Juricic submits: John Paulson's Paulson & Co. released its 13F for the quarter ended June 30, 2008. Paulson is best know for making an estimated $3-$4 billion by betting against the US housing market. Below are his long positions. Many look like merger-arb trades, but there are...

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• Medical Devices Are Solid Long-Term

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-13

  Zacks.com submits: One sector that has kept a promising longer-term outlook is medical devices and supplies. We recently met with Zacks senior analyst Christopher Titus, CFA regarding his outlook on the group, and which companies he would recommend. How has earnings season gone so far? Any...

  Tags: Healthcare, AngioDynamics Inc., ArthroCare Corp., C. R. Bard Inc., Becton, Dickinson and Co., Boston Scientific Corp., Hanger Orthopedic Group Inc.

• IHI: Medical Devices Make a Momentum Comeback

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-13

  Don Dion submits: In the last few months of tough stock-market sledding, one of the tried-and-true axioms of investing has come to the forefront: The health care sector is a good place to hide during bear markets. Over the last three months (through Aug. 8), seven funds...

  Tags: Healthcare, Boston Scientific Corp., Intuitive Surgical Inc., Medtronic Inc., St. Jude Medical Inc., Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., Varian Medical Systems Inc., Waters Corp., Zimmer Holdings Inc.

• Board and Executive Compensation in S&P 500

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-08-06

  Richard Shaw QVM Group submits: Executive compensation and board largess with high paid executives is a hot topic recently.  That spurred us to look comprehensively at some factual comparative data on the total cost of boards of directors and top executive teams among the S&P 500 companies (proxy SPY...

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• Boston Scientific Corp. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2008-07-22

  Question-and-Answer SessionOkay, certainly. [Operator Instructions]. Our first question comes from the line of Larry Keusch of Goldman Sachs. Please go ahead. Lawrence Keusch - Goldman Sachs Yeah, hi, good morning. Jim, I guess two questions for you and... on PROMUS and TAXUS for the next quarter. Looks like based...

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• Saints Capital to Acquire Interests in Fifty-Four Companies From Boston Scientific Corporation

  - 2008-06-19

  Saints Capital, a leading secondary direct investment firm, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire interests in fifty-four companies from Boston Scientific Corporation, (NYSE: BSX), a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer of medical devices.

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• Fitch Revises Boston Scientific's Outlook to Stable; Affirms 'BB+' IDR

  - 2008-06-04

  CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings has affirmed the Issuer Default Rating IDR and outstanding debt ratings on Boston Scientific Corp (NYSE: BSX) as follows.

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• Medtronic Awarded $250 Million Damages in Patent Case against Boston Scientific

  - 2008-05-27

  Federal jury in Marshall, Texas, finds that Boston Scientific Corporation infringed three patents owned by Medtronic

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• Boston Scientific's SpyGlass® Direct Visualization System to Be Prominently Featured at Digestive Disease Week®

  - 2008-05-16

  Results of international, multi-center registry presented at conference

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• Boston Scientific Announces Program to Analyze Latitude® Patient Monitoring Data

  - 2008-05-15

  ALTITUDE clinical science initiative will provide insights to ICD and CRT-D device therapy

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• Boston Scientific Announces Sponsorship of World Diabetes Day Campaign

  - 2008-05-13

  Company supports efforts of International Diabetes Federation to promote worldwide diabetes care and prevention

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• SPIRIT III Results Reaffirm Strong Performance of Boston Scientific PROMUS™ and TAXUS® Express® Stents

  - 2008-05-13

  NATICK, Mass. and BARCELONA, Spain, May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation today welcomed two-year results from the SPIRIT III clinical trial, which continue to reaffirm the proven long-term safety and efficacy of the market-leading TAXUSR Express2TM Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System and reinforce the growing body of positive...

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• Boston Scientific Announces FDA Approval for New Devices to Treat Heart Failure and Sudden Cardiac Death

  - 2008-05-13

  COGNISTM CRT-D and TELIGENTM ICD represent entirely new platforms

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• Boston Scientific Announces FDA Approval of New Family of Advanced Pacemakers

  - 2008-05-08

  NATICK, Mass., May 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation today announced U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA approval of its ALTRUATM family of pacemakers. ALTRUA is Boston Scientific's most advanced pacemaker and delivers enhanced therapies while maintaining its small size and battery longevity. It is the...

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• Boston Scientific Announces European Approval and Market Launch of New Family of Advanced Pacemakers

  - 2008-05-07

  NATICK, Mass., May 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Boston Scientific Corporation today announced CE Mark approval and market launch of its ALTRUATM family of pacemakers. ALTRUA is Boston Scientific's most advanced pacemaker and delivers enhanced therapies while maintaining its small size and battery longevity. It is the first...

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• Bovie Medical Corporation Acquires Technology, Patents and Assets from Boston Scientific for RF Resection Device

  - 2008-05-01

  NEW GROWTH OPPORTUNITY EMERGES

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