Today's Top 20 Gastroenterology and Endoscopy Stories
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Apollo Endosurgery sells Lap-Band to ReShape Lifesciences for $17M — 4 insights
Apollo Endosurgery sold its Lap-Band gastric banding device to ReShape Lifesciences for $17 million and acquired ReShape's intragastric balloon device, MassDevice reports. - 12/19/18 -
Dr. Rita Ritsema joins Bryn Mawr Medical Specialists Association — 3 insights
Rita Ritsema, MD, will now see patients out of the Havertown, Pa.-based location of Bryn Mawr Medical Specialists Association, the Daily Times reports. - 12/18/18 -
Motus GI launches follow-up public offering to raise additional funds — 3 insights
Motus GI Holdings will offer a follow-up to its initial public offering, including a proposed offering of 5,000,000 additional shares. - 12/18/18 -
GI leader to know: Dr. Vivek Kaul of the University of Rochester Medical Center
Vivek Kaul, MD, is the gastroenterology division chief at the University of Rochester (N.Y.) Medical Center. - 12/17/18 -
4 new GI-driven ASCs and facilities opened in November & December 2018
Here are four GI-driven ASCs and facilities that were opened or announced in November and December 2018: - 12/17/18 -
GI PE activity booming — Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates partners with Frazier Healthcare Partners
Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates closed a deal with Frazier Healthcare Partners and formed gastroenterology management company United Digestive Dec. 17. - 12/17/18 -
Dr. Jonathan Braun joins Cedars-Sinai IBD institute: 3 things to know
Los Angeles-based Cedars-Sinai Inflammatory Bowel and Immunobiology Research Institute tapped Jonathan Braun, MD, PhD, to serve as director of enterprise operations. - 12/14/18 -
Check-Cap receives conditional approval of IDE application to initiate C-Scan pilot study: 4 notes
The FDA granted conditional approval of medical diagnostic company Check-Cap's investigational device exemption application to begin a pilot study of the company's C-Scan system. - 12/14/18 -
Marie Claire ranks gastroenterology as a top 30 career for women
Marie Claire named 30 Best Careers for Women, and gastroenterologist is among them. - 12/14/18 -
Texas-based gastroenterologist founds IPA
Gastroenterologist Satish Iduru, MD, aims to create a network of independent physicians to help independent physicians achieve savings in business expenses with his new organization, Doctors IPA, according to the Daily Telescope. - 12/14/18 -
5 must-read articles for GI physicians this week: December 6-12
Here are the top GI stories for the week of Dec. 6 through 12: - 12/13/18 -
ASGE chooses Barbara Connell as new CEO: 3 details
The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy appointed Barbara Connell as its CEO effective Jan. 1, 2019. - 12/13/18 -
Dr. Nicholas Inverso joins Evangelical Community Hospital — 3 insights
Nicholas Inverso, MD, will practice out of Evangelical Community Hospital's Lewisburg, Pa.-based practice, effective Jan. 14, 2019, NorthcentralPA.com reports. - 12/13/18 -
Takeda, Bausch Health & more: 3 GI company key notes
Here are three updates on GI companies from the past week: - 12/12/18 -
GI leader to know: Dr. Larry Miller of Northwell Health
Larry Miller, MD, is the gatreoenterology chief at the Hempstead, N.Y.-based Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell. - 12/12/18 -
Cumberland Gastroenterology patient's family awarded $1.6M in wrongful death lawsuit — 6 details
The family of a woman who died after a procedure at Somerset, Ky.-based Cumberland Gastroenterology was awarded more than $1.6 million in a jury verdict delivered Nov. 29, The Daily Independent reports. - 12/12/18 -
Olympus to pay $85M for failing to report adverse events related to duodenoscopes — 6 insights
Olympus Medical Systems Co., and former Olympus executive Hisao Yabe both pled guilty to failing to report adverse events related to infections connected to Olympus' duodenoscopes. - 12/12/18 -
Bausch Health acquiring certain Synergy Pharmaceuticals assets — 4 insights
Bausch Health plans to boost its gastroenterology arm by acquiring select assets of Synergy Pharmaceuticals. - 12/12/18 -
FDA finds higher than expected contamination rates after duodenoscope reprocessing: Best practices for avoiding fines
The FDA found higher than expected contamination rates after duodenoscope reprocessing, to the extent that up to 3 percent of scopes were considered "reprocessing failures." - 12/11/18 -
'Thinking outside the box' — 3 GI leaders on how their Sherman Prizes will advance Crohn's, IBD research
The Bruce and Cynthia Sherman Charitable Foundation awarded Sherman Prizes to David G. Binion, MD, Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD, and Amy L. Lightner, MD. - 12/11/18