Given Imaging (Nasdaq: GIVN; TASE: GIVN) has won additional approvals from health authorities in Florida and Spain for its PillCam capsules.
The company announced yesterday that First Coast Service Options, Inc., the administrator of Florida and Connecticut Medicare, has updated its capsule endoscopy guidelines and has pronounced Given Imaging’s PillCam ESO medically reasonable and necessary as a diagnostic tool for patients who are unable to undergo conventional endoscopy or are diagnosed with portal hypertension and require immediate evaluation of esophageal varices.
Additionally, Given Imaging that said that Spain's National Health Service has included capsule endoscopy for the small bowel in its portfolio of health services. Effective immediately, individuals with symptoms of persistent obscure gastrointestinal bleeding of presumed small bowel origin following negative upper and lower endoscopies may undergo the PillCam SB procedure at hospitals and clinics that offer it.
Commenting on the approval by First Coast Service Options in Florida, Given Imaging senior VP global marketing Mark Gilreath said, “We applaud First Coast Service for their commitment to delivering the best care to their patients and are pleased that they recognized the value that PillCam ESO holds for helping those patients who cannot undergo conventional endoscopy or are at risk for varices.”
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes.co.il - on November 1, 2006
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