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Given Imaging to Present at the JMP Securities Seventh Annual Research Conference
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YOQNEAM, ISRAEL--(Marketwire - May 15, 2008) - Given Imaging (NASDAQ : GIVN ) today
announced that Yuval Yanai, Chief Financial Officer, will present at the
JMP Securities Seventh Annual Research Conference taking place May 19-21,
2008 in San Francisco, CA. Mr. Yanai's presentation is scheduled for
Monday, May 19 at 9:30 am PT, 12:30 pm 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. PillCam COLON has received a CE Mark,
but is not cleared for marketing or available for commercial distribution
in the USA. More than 700,000 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, Australia and Singapore. Given Imaging's largest shareholders
include Elron Electronic Industries (NASDAQ & TASE: ELRN). For more
information, visit http://www.givenimaging.com.