Edwards Lifesciences to hold annual shareholder meeting

Edwards Lifesciences will host its annual meeting for shareholders on May 12.

People who are unable to attend in-person in Irvine, Calif., can watch a live webcast of the meeting starting at 1:00 p.m. ET on May 12. They can also access an archived version of the meeting on Edwards’ website.

On April 26, Edwards announced its revenue increased 18.1 percent and its earnings per share increased 17.9 percent during the first quarter of 2016 compared with the same period last year.

The FDA approved Edwards’ Sapien 3 transcatheter aortic valve replacement system in June 2015 to treat high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis.

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Executive Editor

Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.

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