FDA has approved Stivarga (regorafenib) to treat patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, according to a news release.
GI & Endoscopy
Given Imaging has announced it has acquired the assets related to the SmartPill GI monitoring system for $6 million, according to a news release.
FDA has announced it has expanded the approved use of Humira (adalimumab), manufactured by Abbott Laboratories, to include treatment of moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis in adults, according to a news release.
Minimally invasive and robotic surgeon Jonas Mansson, MD, has joined the medical staff of The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, N.J., according to a news release.
Gastroenterologist Matthew S. Miller, MD, is expanding his services to Bourbon County, Ky., according to a news release.
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Gastroenterologist Rachna Arora, MD, has joined the department of gastroenterology at Dreyer Medical Clinic in Illinois, according to a Dreyer news report.
At the 19th Annual Ambulatory Surgery Centers Conference in Chicago, Larry Cohen, MD, and Jordan Fowler, CEO of Frontier Healthcare Management Services, will give a presentation titled "Key Business and Clinical Issues for Endoscopy Centers."
Colorectal Surgeons at Loyola University Health System in Proviso, Ill., say fecal incontinence is a highly underreported and stigmatized condition, according to a news release.
The U.S. Multisociety Task Force — comprised of representatives of the American College of Gastroenterology, the American Gastroenterological Association and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy — has issued new colonoscopy surveillance guidelines, according to a news release.
Physicians Endoscopy, the leading GI ASC development and management company in the ASC industry, has acquired a minority interest in the Digestive Health Associates Endoscopy Center in Stoneham, Mass.