AGM Statement

Aortech International PLC
13 July 2000

                          AGM Statement
                               
At  the  Annual  General Meeting of Aortech  International  held
today the Chairman Gordon Wright said:

'As you will have seen from our Annual Report, the year to 31st
March  saw  major strategic and corporate developments  in  the
Aortech  Group,  which included the extension  of  our  present
range    of   cardio   vascular   products,   and   significant
technological and regulatory advances in our new  products  and
projects.

I can report that the product development and the trials of the
new  tri-leaf polymer valve are proceeding according  to  plan,
and  we  continue on course to commence patient trials  in  the
latter  half of next year.  Our plans for the commercialisation
of the TruCOMMS cardiac output monitor are on course, including
the marketing of the system in the USA.

Our  acquisition  of ElastoMedic in Australia  is  working  out
extremely well, and there is increasing interest in the  Elast-
Eon material which featured in a number of papers presented  to
World's major bio-materials conference in Hawaii in May.

As  you  all  know, we had a successful fund raising  and  Open
Offer  of  new  shares in February, which  was  not  only  well
supported   by   existing  shareholders  -  both  institutional
investors  and  individuals - but gave us  the  opportunity  to
welcome a number of major new investors to Aortech.

I   believe   that  the  potential  of  these   world   leading
technologies: the Elast-Eon material, the new Tri-leaflet heart
valve,  and  the cardiac monitoring system together will  ensure
AorTech's  ongoing strength in the global medical  devices  and
materials sectors in future years.'

All resolutions proposed at the AGM were duly passed.

                                                 13th July 2000
Enquiries:

AorTech International plc          Tel: [phone]
Eddie McDaid, Managing Director

College Hill                       Tel: [phone]
Michael Padley