The CardiAQ and FORTIS valve systems are not approved for sale in any country.

About Edwards Lifesciences


Edwards Lifesciences is the global leader in the science of heart valves and hemodynamic monitoring. Driven by a passion to help patients, the company partners with clinicians to develop innovative technologies in the areas of structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, enabling them to save and enhance lives. Additional company information can be found at www.edwards.com.

About CardiAQ Valve Technologies

Privately held CardiAQ, headquartered in Irvine, Calif., has developed a proprietary transcatheter mitral valve (TMV) implant that can be delivered through multiple delivery systems. Through its unique anchoring mechanism that engages and utilizes the patient's native mitral valve anatomy, physicians will be able to implant a new mitral valve within a beating heart without circulatory support, thus avoiding open-heart surgery. OrbiMed led the series B financing and is CardiAQ's largest shareholder. Other venture investors include Broadview, Advent and Versant.

This news release includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements by Michael Mussallem, Rob Michiels and J. Brent Ratz regarding the timing and status of the transaction, and the timing, impact and success of clinical development of mitral valve replacement technologies. Forward-looking statements are based on estimates and assumptions made by management of the company and are believed to be reasonable, though they are inherently uncertain and difficult to predict. Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made and we do not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the date of the statement.

Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements based on a number of factors including but not limited to unexpected impediments or delays in closing the transaction, unexpected outcomes after more expanded clinical experience with the devices, unexpected changes or delays related to product supply, potentials for unexpected regulatory or quality developments, competitive dynamics, global economic conditions and customer acceptance. These factors are detailed in the company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2014.

Edwards, Edwards Lifesciences, the stylized E logo, Edwards FORTIS and FORTIS are trademarks of Edwards Lifesciences Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

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