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LifeWatch AG

EQS-Adhoc: LifeWatch AG: FDA clearance for its Mobile Cardiac Telemetry 1-Lead Patch

EQS Group-Ad-hoc: LifeWatch AG / Key word(s): Regulatory Approval
LifeWatch AG: FDA clearance for its Mobile Cardiac Telemetry 1-Lead Patch

18.01.2016 / 07:00
Release of an ad hoc announcement pursuant to Art. 53 KR.
The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement.

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LifeWatch receives FDA clearance for its Mobile Cardiac Telemetry 1-Lead Patch

Zug/Switzerland, January 18, 2016 - LifeWatch AG (SIX Swiss Exchange: LIFE), a
leading developer and provider of medical solutions and remote diagnostic
monitoring services to the digital health market, is pleased to announce that it
has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) 510k clearance for its
internally-developed LifeWatch Mobile Cardiac Telemetry (MCT) Patch, a 1-lead
ECG system.

The LifeWatch MCT 1-Lead Patch is the newest addition to LifeWatch's cardiac
diagnostic monitoring offering, and continues to build on LifeWatch's commitment
to becoming a truly global provider of remote diagnostic monitoring devices and
services.

This latest clearance, when combined with the recently obtained CE mark, enables
LifeWatch to provide patients in many parts of the globe with a new diagnostic
monitoring patch alternative. The MCT 1-Lead Patch is capable of watching every
heartbeat for adverse cardiac events and transmitting significant findings, in
near real time, to a clinical service center for immediate follow-up. The MCT
1-Lead Patch technology is an easy to use, discrete and lightweight alternative
to traditional recording and transmitting devices. It is significantly more
comfortable for the patient and should therefore lead to an increase in the
diagnostic yield as a result of improved patient compliance.

Dr. Stephan Rietiker, CEO of LifeWatch, stated: "I am very excited about this
milestone which will now allow us to introduce our patch technology to a broader
market. The FDA clearance represents yet another significant achievement for
LifeWatch and further strengthens our position as an innovational leader in
digital health."


For further questions:

LifeWatch AG
c/o Dynamics Group, Philippe Blangey / Doris Rudischhauser
Phone: +41 43 268 32 35 / +41 79 410 81 88
E-mail:  investor-relations@lifewatch.com


About LifeWatch AG:
LifeWatch AG, headquartered in Zug and listed on SIX Swiss Exchange (LIFE),
Switzerland, is a leading healthcare technology and solution company,
specializing in advanced digital health systems and wireless remote diagnostic
patient monitoring services. LifeWatch's services provide physicians with
critical information to determine appropriate treatment and thereby improve
patient outcomes. LifeWatch AG has operative subsidiaries in the United States,
in Switzerland and in Israel, and is the parent company of LifeWatch Services
Inc., and LifeWatch Technologies, Ltd. LifeWatch Services, Inc. is a leading
U.S.-based provider of cardiac monitoring services and home sleep testing of
Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA). LifeWatch Technologies Ltd., based in Israel, is
a leading developer and manufacturer of telemedicine products. For additional
information, please visitwww.lifewatch.com.

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future events or otherwise.

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ISSUER AND ITS MANAGEMENT AS WELL AS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS OF THE ISSUER.

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Language: English

Company:  LifeWatch AG

          Baarerstrasse 139

          6300  Zug

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Phone:    +41 41 728 67 78

Internet: www.lifewatch.com

ISIN:     CH0012815459

Valor:    811189

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Frankfurt ; SIX


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