YOQNEAM, ISRAEL, and CHICAGO, IL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 31, 2007 -- Given Imaging Ltd. (NASDAQ: GIVN) and INSCOPE, a division of Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc., a Johnson & Johnson company, today announced results of an international multi-center trial demonstrating that esophageal capsule endoscopy with PillCam® ESO is comparable to upper endoscopy (EGD) for detecting esophageal varices (EV). The data were reported in an oral presentation (Abstract #559) at the Digestive Disease Week® (DDW) 2007 conference, which took place in Washington, D.C. last week.
