GI & Endoscopy

Gastroenterologist Roger Coron, MD, has joined the medical staff of Sound Shore Medical Center of Westchester in New Rochelle, N.Y., according to a Talk of the Sound report.

Gastroenterologist Joseph Kirsner, MD, has died, according to a UChicago News report.

Paul R. Tourigny, MD, a gastroenterologist at CarolinaEast Internal Medicine in Pollocksville, N.C., is researching and working to develop drug therapies to treat and possibly cure hepatitis C, according to a Sun Journal report.

West Side GI, which is expected to rank among New York's largest ambulatory surgery centers based on patient volume, launched earlier this month in Manhattan.

Gastroenterologist Max Schneider, MD, has retired at the age of 90, according to an Orange County Register report.

FDA has announced it has approved the first genetic test that can help some colorectal cancer patients and their doctors determine if the drug Erbitux (cetuximab) would be an effective treatment based on the absence of a gene mutation, according…

Gastroenterologist Imad Idriss, MD, was recently recognized for his service to the community at the annual board meeting of Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, N.M., according to a Las Cruces Sun-News report.

Ferring Pharmaceuticals has acquired the rights to develop and commercialize elobixibat from Albireo, according to a news release.

Bayer HealthCare and Onyx Pharmaceuticals have announced that FDA has granted priority review designation to Bayer's new drug application for the oral multi-kinase inhibitor regorafenib, according to a news release.

The Colon Cancer Alliance has issued a statement that calls the Supreme Court's ruling on the Affordable Care Act a "move in the right direction for making the Colon Cancer Alliance's vision a reality."