Taxus Express
March 5, 2004 by admin · Leave a Comment
On March 4, 2004, Boston Scientific announced that Taxus Express, its paclitaxel-eluting stent system for the treatment of coronary artery disease, had received FDA approval. The company indicated that it planned to launch Taxus Express in the United States immediately. Cordis Corporation’s Cypher™ stent (see Week and the newly approved Taxus stent are currently the [...]
CYPHER Sirolimus-eluting Stent
February 20, 2004 by admin · Leave a Comment
On February 18, 2004, Cordis Corporation announced completion of patient enrollment in the first randomized head-to-head coronary stent trial comparing its new CYPHER sirolimus-eluting coronary stent with the Taxus Express (2) paclitaxel-eluting coronary stent. This trial is expressly designed to compare performance differences between the two drug-eluting stents, particularly in high-risk patient group subsets such [...]