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A bunch of good news lately,

Given Imaging Receives FDA Clearance of New Advanced Software
Monday December 5, 4:06 pm ET
- RAPID 4 for PillCam(TM) SB and ESO Facilitates More Efficient Reading and Improved Diagnostic Confidence -

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And today,

Superiority of Given Imaging's PillCam(TM) SB in Detecting Diseases of the Small Bowel Confirmed in Study Published in ENDOSCOPY
Tuesday December 6, 4:01 pm ET

YOQNEAM, Israel, Dec. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Given Imaging Ltd. (Nasdaq: GIVN - News) today announced that a pooled analysis published in ENDOSCOPY (2005: 37:960 -965) concluded that capsule endoscopy is the best method for detecting small bowel disease non-invasively. Using a master database of 24 prospective studies comparing PillCam SB with another diagnostic modality (push enteroscopy, colonoscopy, or small-bowel series), the analysis determined that PillCam SB identified pathology in 70% of the exams, double the yield of the comparative methods (p =530). When individual pathologies were counted, 90% of the pathologies capsule endoscopy detected could not be identified by any other method. The lead author of the study was Blair Lewis, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine and Gastroenterology, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, NY. ENDOSCOPY is the official publication of the European Society of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.

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