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Given Imaging to Host First Quarter 2008 Financial Results Conference Calls
| Source: Given Imaging
YOQNEAM, ISRAEL--(Marketwire - April 22, 2008) - Given Imaging (NASDAQ : GIVN ), the global
leader in capsule endoscopy, today announced that the company will host
conference calls on Wednesday, May 14 to discuss first quarter 2008
financial results. The company plans to release results following the
close of trading on Tuesday, May 13.
The company will host a conference call for English speakers on Wednesday,
May 14 at 9:00am ET. To participate in this teleconference, please dial
1-800-289-0544 fifteen minutes before the conference is scheduled to begin.
Callers outside of the U.S. should dial 913-312-1402. The call will also be
webcast live at www.givenimaging.com. A replay of the call will be
available for two weeks on the company's website, or until May 28, 2008 by
dialing 888-203-1112. Callers outside of the U.S. should dial
719-457-0820. The replay participant code is 4237742.
The company will host a separate conference call in Hebrew on May 14 at
7:00am ET. To access this call, please dial +972-3-9180650 fifteen minutes
before the conference is scheduled to begin. A replay of the call will be
available until May 16 by dialing +972-3-9255939.
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 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, Australia and Singapore. Given Imaging's largest shareholders
include Elron Electronic Industries (NASDAQ & TASE: ELRN). 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) our ability to obtain
reimbursement for our product from government and commercial 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, 2007. You are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press
release. Except for the Company's ongoing obligations to disclose material
information under the applicable securities laws, it undertakes no
obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking
statements, to report events or to report the occurrence of unanticipated
events.