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DewDiligence

02/22/06 12:26 AM

#24368 RE: Biowatch #24366

Re: Obesity surgery

>The coverage will be limited to three of the most commonly performed procedures: Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, gastric banding and biliopancreatic diversion with a duodenal switch, Phurrough said.<

Gastric banding, under the LapBand trademark, is the bailiwick of IMDC, the breast-implant company that is being acquired by AGN. It’s purported to be the safest of the various surgery options and is reversible in most cases.