Town of Miami Lakes announced that global medical device company, HeartWare, which has one of its two operating and manufacturing facilities based in Miami Lakes, will be presented with a prestigious award from the Beacon Council for leadership and growth in the Life Sciences and Healthcare Industry.
The Beacon Council annually honors companies and individuals who have made outstanding contributions to Miami-Dade County’s economy in the areas of job creation, business expansion, corporate citizenship and leadership.
HeartWare will be presented with its award at the 13th annual Beacon Awards on April 2 at the University of Miami Student Activities Center in Coral Gables.
HeartWare is dedicated to delivering safe, high-performing and transformative therapies that enable patients with heart failure to get back to life. The company’s innovative technologies are creative advances in the miniaturizations of Ventricular Assist Devices (VADs) leading to less invasive surgial procedure and increasing the patient population who may be suitable for VAD therapy.