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Angiotech Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced that its corporate partner, Boston Scientific Corporation has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its TAXUS Liberte Atom Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stent System, a highly deliverable, next-generation drug-eluting stent specifically designed for treating small coronary vessels. It was approved for use in vessels as small as 2.25 mm in diameter and joins the TAXUS Express Atom Stent as the only drug-eluting stents approved for small vessel use in the U.S. The Company plans to begin a full U.S. launch of TAXUS Liberte Atom next month.

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