Stuart A. Randle, chief executive officer of GI Dynamics commented, We are seeing the clear need and desire for a non-surgical approach to treating type 2 diabetes while simultaneously addressing weight problems, especially in patients with consistently difficult to manage blood sugar levels. Our growing clinical experience with EndoBarrier suggests that this product and our platform are uniquely suited to meet these challenges and provide a completely new way of addressing the twin epidemics of type 2 diabetes and obesity.

GI Dynamics is defining a new class of metabolic treatment options that fit between pharmaceutical regimens and surgery, called non-surgical therapeutics. Non-surgical therapeutics are designed to eliminate or reduce the risks and side effects associated with pharmaceutical regimens as well as surgical options. This new class of treatment can be performed easily and quickly without any incisions, thus reducing patient anxiety and recuperative time. Unlike traditional pharmaceutical approaches, non-surgical therapeutics remove the burden of dose regimen compliance from the patient. Additionally, non-surgical therapeutics hold the potential to improve the patient ™s overall health, by providing the control necessary to institute lifestyle and nutritional improvements to maintain therapeutic effect, while being easily removed once the desired effect has been attained and lifestyle changes implemented. Clinical trials involving more than 250 patients have demonstrated the dramatic weight loss and diabetes improvement achieved with the EndoBarrier Gastrointestinal Liner.

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