Given Imaging Acquires Assets of SmartPill Corporation

Given Imaging Ltd.

, a world leader in specialty GI products and pioneer of capsule endoscopy, today announced that it has acquired from The SmartPill Corporation, a U.S. based-company, the assets related to the SmartPill(R) GI Monitoring System for $6 million. The SmartPill(R) is an ingestible capsule that uses sensor technology to measure pH, pressure and temperature in the GI tract. The SmartPill System measures gastric emptying and total GI (stomach, small bowel and colon) transit times and is used to evaluate motility disorders like gastroparesis and constipation.