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Edwards Lifesciences

Irvine, CA, United States MedTech 15,000 employees Founded 1958 EW edwards.com ↗
4 Products & services
41 Clinical trials
1 Site
15,000 Employees

About Edwards Lifesciences

Edwards Lifesciences, headquartered in Irvine, California, is the global leader in structural heart disease and critical care monitoring, best known for transcatheter heart valves.

Sector
MedTech
Headquarters
Irvine, CA, United States
Founded
1958
Employees
15,000
Facilities
1 site

Milestones

Milestones as listed on edwards.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

1958
Miles 'Lowell' Edwards sets out to build an artificial heart
The company traces its roots to this effort.
Source: edwards.com

Leadership Team

Leadership as listed on edwards.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

Bernard J. Zovighian

Chief Executive Officer
Source: edwards.com

Donald E. Bobo, Jr.

Corporate Vice President, Strategy & Corporate Development
Source: edwards.com

Todd J. Brinton, M.D.

Chief Scientific Officer, Corporate Vice President, Advanced Innovation & Technology
Source: edwards.com

Annette Brüls

Corporate Vice President, EMEACLA Regions
Source: edwards.com

Daveen Chopra

Corporate Vice President, TMTT, Surgical & IHFM
Source: edwards.com

Sarah Huoh

Corporate Vice President, Public Affairs
Source: edwards.com

Products & Services

Products and services as listed on edwards.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

All Structural heart Tissue technology
Structural heart

Transcatheter Heart

Transcatheter heart valve technologies delivered without open-heart surgery.

Source: edwards.com
Structural heart

Transcatheter Mitral and Tricuspid Technologies

Catheter-based therapies for mitral and tricuspid valve disease.

Source: edwards.com
Structural heart

Surgical Heart

Surgical heart valve products and related solutions.

Source: edwards.com
Tissue technology

Advanced Tissue

Advanced tissue technology used in heart valve products.

Source: edwards.com

Sites in Ireland

Limerick (National Technology Park, Plassey)

Manufacturing

Recently opened manufacturing plant in the National Technology Park, Plassey.

Source: edwards.com

Sites as listed on edwards.com, checked 26 Sep 2026. Details can change; the linked page is the authoritative source.

Pipeline & Regulatory Record

What public registers list for Edwards Lifesciences: clinical trials it sponsors, FDA device clearances, Irish licences, recent approvals and supply shortages. Rebuilt daily, last on 6 Oct 2026.

41Trials as lead sponsor
15Recruiting now
0With a site in Ireland
0FDA device clearances

Clinical trials 41 in our ClinicalTrials.gov registers

StudyPhaseStatus
Autus Valve Pivotal Study
NCT05006404 · Congenital Heart Disease
Not applicableActive, closed
ALT-FLOW II Trial of the Edwards APTURE Transcatheter Shunt System
NCT05686317 · Heart Failure
Not applicableActive, closed
TRISCEND JAPAN Study
NCT05760989 · Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation, Heart Valve Diseases
Not applicableActive, closed
TVMR With the Innovalve System Trial - Pilot Study in Italy
NCT05010746 · Mitral Valve Regurgitation (Degenerative or Functional)
Not applicableActive, closed
Real-world Clinical Outcomes of the MITRIS RESILIA Mitral Valve
NCT05526560 · Mitral Stenosis, Mitral Valve Insufficiency
ObservationalActive, closed
INSPIRIS China PMCF Study
NCT05404880 · Aortic Valve Replacement
ObservationalActive, closed
ALTERRA Post-Approval Study
NCT05378386 · Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency, Complex Congenital Heart Defect
ObservationalActive, closed
China S3 PMS: SAPIEN 3 China Post Market Registry Study
NCT05168826 · Aortic Stenosis, Severe
ObservationalActive, closed
COMPASSION S3 Post-Approval Study
NCT04860765 · Complex Congenital Heart Defect, Dysfunctional RVOT Conduit
ObservationalActive, closed
TRISCEND II Pivotal Trial
NCT04482062 · Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation, Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency
Not applicableActive, closed

Showing 10 of 41, trials with Irish sites first. The full lists are on the sponsor pages below.

All trials by sponsor name 1 registry name

Group (Edwards Lifesciences): founded 1958, headquarters Irvine, website EdwardsLifesciences.com. Wikidata Q16966841 · Wikipedia. From Wikidata (CC0), matched by the group's SEC filer number.

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Financials & Irish Entities

From the annual reports Edwards Lifesciences Corporation files with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (10-K, US GAAP), in USD as reported. Latest financial year: to Dec 2025.

$6.1bnRevenue
$1.1bnR&D expense
17.8%R&D as % of revenue
$1.1bnNet income (17.7% margin)
Revenue and R&D expense, USD bn$0.0bn$2.0bn$4.0bn$6.0bn$8.0bnDec 2021Dec 2022Dec 2023Dec 2024Dec 2025Dec 2021: $5.2bn (Revenue)Dec 2022: $4.5bn (Revenue)Dec 2023: $5.0bn (Revenue)Dec 2024: $5.4bn (Revenue)Dec 2025: $6.1bn (Revenue)RevenueDec 2021: $0.9bn (R&D expense)Dec 2022: $0.8bn (R&D expense)Dec 2023: $1.0bn (R&D expense)Dec 2024: $1.1bn (R&D expense)Dec 2025: $1.1bn (R&D expense)R&D expense
RevenueR&D expense
Year toRevenueR&DR&D %Net incomeFiling
Dec 2025$6.07bn$1.08bn17.8%$1.07bn10-K 2026
Dec 2024$5.44bn$1.05bn19.4%$4.17bn10-K 2026
Dec 2023$5.01bn$963m19.2%$1.40bn10-K 2026
Dec 2022$4.46bn$844m18.9%$1.52bn10-K 2025
Dec 2021$5.23bn$903m17.3%$1.50bn10-K 2024

Each year is taken from the most recent annual report that includes it, so earlier years reflect any later restatement. Source: SEC EDGAR (XBRL financial data). Compare companies on the pharma company financials register.

Companies registered in Ireland 2 active in the CRO register

CompanyCRO no.RegisteredLast accounts
Edwards Lifesciences Limited
External company
9058191999—
Edwards Lifesciences Ireland, Limited
LTD - Private Company Limited by Shares
6169262017Dec 2024

From the Companies Registration Office (CRO Open Data, CC BY 4.0). A company is listed when GLEIF's legal entity register links it to Edwards Lifesciences Corporation as its ultimate parent, or when we checked its name and registered address by hand. Branches of foreign companies appear as "External company". Spot a missing or wrong entry? Tell us.

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