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WIPO Panel Rules Boston Scientific Liberte(R) and TAXUS(R) Liberte(R) Stents Do Not Infringe Medinol Patents

Tuesday, May 6, 2008 General News
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NATICK, Mass., May 5 Boston ScientificCorporation (NYSE: BSX) announced today that a World Intellectual PropertyOrganization (WIPO) arbitration panel has issued its ruling in an arbitrationbetween the Company and Medinol, Ltd. Medinol, which had requested thearbitration pursuant to the 2005 settlement agreement between the companies,alleged that the Liberte(R) and TAXUS(R) Liberte(R) stents infringed variousU.S. and European patents held by Medinol. The arbitrators ruled that theBoston Scientific stents do not infringe any of the Medinol patents.
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Under the terms of the settlement agreement, Medinol has a right to appealto another WIPO panel.

Boston Scientific is a worldwide developer, manufacturer and marketer ofmedical devices whose products are used in a broad range of interventionalmedical specialties. For more information, please visit:http://www.bostonscientific.com.
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Factors that may cause such differences include, among other things:future economic, competitive, reimbursement and regulatory conditions; newproduct introductions; demographic trends; intellectual property; litigation;financial market conditions; and, future business decisions made by us and ourcompetitors. All of these factors are difficult or impossible to predictaccurately and many of them are beyond our control. For a further list anddescription of these and other important risks and uncertainties that mayaffect our future operations, see Part I, Item 1A - Risk Factors in our mostrecent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and ExchangeCommission, which we may update in Part II, Item 1A - Risk Factors inQuarterly Reports on Form 10-Q we have filed or will file thereafter. Wedisclaim any intention or obligation to publicly update or revise anyforward-looking statements to reflect any change in our expectations or inevents, conditions, or circumstances on which those expectations may be based,or that may affect the likelihood that actual results will differ from thosecontained in the forward-looking statements. This cautionary statement isapplicable to all forward-looking statements contained in this document.CONTACT: Paul Donovan 508-650-8541 (office) 508-667-5165 (mobile) Media Relations Boston Scientific Corporation Larry Neumann 508-650-8696 (office) Investor Relations Boston Scientific Corporation

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