Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP Issues Corrected Notice to Clarify Case Caption in Securities Class Action Suit Filed Against HeartWare International, Inc. and Certain of Its Senior Executives

NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Jan 25, 2016) - Bernstein Litowitz Berger & Grossmann LLP ("BLB&G") issues this corrected notice to clarify the case caption in the securities class action lawsuit it filed on behalf of the St. Paul Teachers' Retirement Fund Association against HeartWare International, Inc. ("HeartWare" or the "Company") (NASDAQ: HTWR) and certain of its senior executives (collectively, "Defendants") in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The action asserts claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act") on behalf of investors in HeartWare common stock between June 10, 2014 and January 11, 2016, inclusive (the "Class Period"). A copy of the Complaint filed in the action, captioned St. Paul Teachers' Retirement Fund Association v. HeartWare International, Inc., No. 16-cv-520 (S.D.N.Y.), is available on BLB&G's website at www.blbglaw.com. A previous notice issued by BLB&G on January 22, 2016 provided an incorrect docket number in the caption for the action, which should be "16-cv-520" instead of "15-cv-520." 

HeartWare is a medical device company that develops and manufactures miniaturized implantable heart pumps. The Complaint alleges that during the Class Period, HeartWare and certain of its senior executives violated provisions of the Exchange Act by making numerous false and misleading statements and omissions of material fact, including in press releases and in statements during conferences and conference calls with analysts and investors. Specifically, the Complaint alleges that after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ("FDA") issued a Warning Letter identifying numerous manufacturing and other regulatory failures at the Company's sole manufacturing facility, Defendants falsely assured investors that the Company had addressed those problems, and that they therefore posed no risk to the clinical trials or timely approval of MVAD, a pump that HeartWare is presently developing.

The truth concerning the Company's failure to remediate the regulatory failures identified by the FDA and its impact on the viability of MVAD was revealed through a series of disclosures. On September 1, 2015, HeartWare announced a highly dilutive acquisition of Valtech Cardio, Ltd., a manufacturer of medical devices used to treat heart disease. The Complaint alleges that this disclosure revealed significant obstacles to the timely approval of MVAD. On September 9, 2015, HeartWare disclosed that it was halting enrollment in the MVAD trial because of a manufacturing problem with the device. On October 12, 2015, HeartWare disclosed that patients in the MVAD trial had suffered adverse events, and that the trial would be further delayed. And on January 11, 2016, the Company revealed that problems with MVAD had resulted in serious adverse events in nearly half of the patients so far implanted with the device, and that the trial would be delayed indefinitely. In response to each of these disclosures, the price of HeartWare's common stock declined significantly. In total, HeartWare's common stock fell 72% from its Class Period high to close at $26.50 per share on January 12, 2016.