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MEDTRONIC SHARES UP ON STENT DATA

September 6, 2005

Medtronic Inc. shares rose nearly 2 percent on Tuesday on growing evidence the company's newly launched Endeavor drug-coated stent will be a viable competitor in Europe, analysts said. Longer-term study data presented at a weekend cardiology meeting in Sweden confirmed the product's favorable safety record, a key selling point for the device, a tiny wire-mesh tube that disperses a drug to keep cleared arteries open, analysts said.

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