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Given Imaging to Present at the Susquehanna Financial Group Second Annual SIGnificant Options in Healthcare Conference
| Source: Given Imaging
YOQNEAM, ISRAEL--(Marketwire - February 27, 2008) - Given Imaging (NASDAQ : GIVN ) today
announced that Yuval Yanai, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the
Susquehanna Financial Group Second Annual SIGnificant Options in Healthcare
Conference taking place March 4-5, 2008 in New York City. Mr. Yanai's
presentation is scheduled for Wednesday, March 5 at 10:30 am ET.
To access a live webcast of this presentation, visit www.givenimaging.com
and click 'About Given Imaging.' The webcast will be available in the
Investor Relations section. A replay will be available for two weeks at
the above-referenced website.
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 a number of 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; the Agile™ patency capsule to
determine the free passage of the PillCam capsule in the GI tract and the
PillCam COLON video capsule to visualize the colon that has been cleared
for marketing in the European Union. More than 650,000 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 operating subsidiary companies in the United
States, Germany, France, Japan and Australia. Given Imaging's largest
shareholders include Elron Electronic Industries (NASDAQ & TASE: ELRN). For
more information, visit http://www.givenimaging.com.