Edwards Lifesciences pays $180m to bury the hatchet with Boston Scientific

Boston Scientific (NYSE:BSX) and Edwards Lifesciences (NYSE:EW) said today that they’re burying the hatchet, settling their worldwide patent war over cardiac valve and implant technology, with Edwards paying $180 million to end the dispute.

“All pending cases or appeals in courts and patent offices between the two companies will be dismissed, and the parties will not litigate patent disputes related to current portfolios of transcatheter aortic valves, certain mitral valve repair devices, and left atrial appendage closure devices. Any injunctions currently in place will be lifted,” the companies said today in a brief prepared statement.

The companies said the settlement does not include any royalty arrangement and kept the rest of the deal’s details confidential.

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