Gastro Health goes west & more: 8 GI industry key notes

Here are eight updates from gastroenterology companies and practices from the past week:

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Miami-based Gastro Health acquired Seattle-based Puget Sound Gastroenterology, its first acquisition away from its southeastern market base.

Guilford-based Connecticut Gastroenterology Consultants will open a medical office building with an endoscopy center in Old Saybrook, Conn., Oct. 2.

The Bruce and Cynthia Sherman Charitable Foundation named its 2019 Sherman Prize honorees, recognizing individuals working to overcome Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis.

A team of gastroenterologists plan to develop a medical office building in Missoula, Mont., to meet growing demand in the area.

The FDA expanded its approval for Exact Sciences’ Cologuard to include the 45- to 49-year-old age range.

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and the Association for Bariatric Endoscopy released recommendations and guidance around endoscopic bariatric therapies.

WuXi Diagnostics is opening its first research and diagnostics testing facility in Rochester, Minn., through a partnership with Rochester-based Mayo Clinic.

Gastroenterology Ltd. will be a tenant in an under-development medical office building in Virginia Beach, Va.

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