SUGAR LAND--(MARKET WIRE)--Oct 20, 2008 -- Reported by Annette Kreuger, Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- St. Jude Medical Incorporated (STJ - News) (St. Paul, Minnesota) has received final approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin producing pacemakers and cardiac leads at a new plant in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. Operating under the company's St. Jude Medical Puerto Rico B.V. division, the site was purchased in 2007 from Guidant, following that company's purchase by Boston Scientific Corporation (NYSE:BSX - News) (Natick, Massachusetts).

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