Wednesday, April 11, 2007

UPDATE 2-Fujifilm unit, Given Imaging tie up in endoscopes

(Reuters) - Fujifilm's Fujinon Corp. and Given have agreed to jointly market and develop new models of endoscopes -- cameras attached to long fibrescopes used to examine internal organs.

Fujinon also got non-exclusive distribution rights for Given's capsule-shaped endoscope systems. The move could help Fujinon increase its share of the global market where it is No. 2 after Olympus, which controls 70 percent. Given is the world's biggest maker of capsule-type devices, which can be swallowed by patients and are less painful than conventional models.


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