PillCam® COLON Oral Presentation: 639c Title: "PillCam COLON Capsule Endoscopy Compared to Colonoscopy in Detection of Colon Polyps and Cancers. Interim Analysis of a Prospective Multi-Center Trial" Date/Time: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 (11:00am-11:15am) Location: 151AB (Washington Convention Center) PillCam® ESO Oral Presentation: 559 (ASGE Topic Forum) Title: "Esophageal Capsule Endoscopy (PillCam ESO) is Comparable to Traditional Endoscopy for Detection of Esophageal Varices - An International Multi-Center Trial" Date/Time: Monday, May 21, 2007 (5:00pm-5:12pm) Location: 145 (Washington Convention Center) Poster: W1381 Title: "Wireless Esophageal Capsule Endoscopy (ECE): Screening for Esophagitis and Barrett's Esophagus (BE) in GERD and Dyspepsia" Wednesday, May 23, 2007 (8:00am-5:00pm) Location: Hall E (Washington Convention Center) PillCam® SB Poster: W1417 Title: "Unexplained Iron Deficiency Anemia: Is it Worthwhile to Perform Capsule Endoscopy" Date/Time: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 (8:00am-5:00pm) Location: Hall E (Washington Convention Center) Poster: S1478 Title; "Variation in Diagnostic Yield of Back-to-Back Capsule Endoscopy in Obscure GI Bleeding: Final Results" Date/Time: Sunday, May 20, 2007 (8:00am-5:00pm) Location: Hall E (Washington Convention Center) Poster: S1400 Title: "Validation of a New PillCam SB2 Video Capsule Versus the Standard PillCam SB for Detection of Small Bowel Disease" Date/Time: Sunday, May 20, 2007 (8:00am-5:00pm) Location: Hall E (Washington Convention Center) Agile™ Patency Capsule Poster: W1265 Title: "Agile Patency System Eliminates Risk of Capsule Retention in Patients with Known Intestinal Strictures Who Undergo Capsule Endoscopy (CE)" Date/Time: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 (8:00am-5:00pm) Location: Hall E (Washington Convention Center)About Digestive Disease Week DDW is the largest international gathering of physicians, researchers and academics in the fields of gastroenterology, hepatology, endoscopy and gastrointestinal surgery. Jointly sponsored by the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases, the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute, the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Society for Surgery of the Alimentary Tract, DDW takes place May 19-24, 2007, at the Washington Convention Center, Washington, DC. The meeting showcases approximately 5,000 abstracts and hundreds of lectures on the latest advances in GI research, medicine and technology. For more information, visit www.ddw.org. About Given Imaging Ltd. Given Imaging is redefining gastrointestinal diagnosis by developing, producing and marketing innovative, patient-friendly products for detecting gastrointestinal disorders. The company's technology platform is the PillCam® Platform, featuring the PillCam video capsule, a disposable, miniature video camera contained in a capsule, which is ingested by the patient, a sensor array, data recorder and RAPID® software. Given Imaging has three commercially available capsules: the PillCam SB video capsule to visualize the entire small intestine which is currently marketed in the United States and in more than 60 other countries; the PillCam ESO video capsule to visualize the esophagus; and the Agile™ patency capsule to determine the free passage of the PillCam capsule in the GI tract. The PillCam COLON video capsule to visualize the colon has been cleared for marketing in the European Union, and multi-center clinical trials are underway in Europe and the U.S. A capsule to visualize the stomach is under development. More than 500,000 patients worldwide have benefited from the PillCam capsule endoscopy procedure. Given Imaging's headquarters, manufacturing and R&D facilities are located in Yoqneam, Israel; it has direct sales and marketing operations in the United States, Germany and France, and local offices in Japan, Spain and Australia. For more information, visit http://www.givenimaging.com. This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, projections about our business and our future revenues, expenses and profitability. Forward-looking statements may be, but are not necessarily, identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "anticipates," "estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans," "believes," and words and terms of similar substance. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause the actual events, results, performance, circumstances or achievements of the Company to be materially different from any future events, results, performance, circumstances or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause actual events, results, performance, circumstances or achievements to differ from such forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, the following: (1) satisfactory results of clinical trials with PillCam COLON (2) our ability to receive regulatory clearance or approval to market our products or changes in regulatory environment, (3) our success in implementing our sales, marketing and manufacturing plans, (4) protection and validity of patents and other intellectual property rights, (5) the impact of currency exchange rates, (6) the effect of competition by other companies, (7) the outcome of future litigation, including patent litigation with Olympus Corporation, (8) the reimbursement policies for our product from healthcare payors, (9) quarterly variations in operating results, (10) the possibility of armed conflict or civil or military unrest in Israel, and (11) other risks and factors disclosed in our filings with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, including, but not limited to, risks and factors identified under such headings as "Risk Factors," "Cautionary Language Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" and "Operating Results and Financial Review and Prospects" in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2006. 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