Tag: Given Imaging
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FDA Approves PillCam Video Camera
Remember when the Given Imaging PillCam was still just a dream? We wrote about the PillCam 6 years ago. Well it like it is closer than ever to becoming a medical option for colonoscopies in the near future. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the PillCam Colon for colonoscopy procedures. No more…
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Tough Pill To Swallow, Alternative Much, Much, Much Worse
“Not actual size” The FDA has ruled that the PillCam Colon (I am not making that name up) by Given Imaging is “not substantially equivalent” (NSE) for use in the US. Homi (I am not making that name up either) Shamir the president and Chief Executive Officer of Given Imaging, stated that the company was…