Given Imaging's fourth quarter 2011 net income was up 76 percent to $5.6 million, compared to $3.2 in the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a news release.
GI & Endoscopy
The Colon Cancer Alliance expressed support for the FDA's draft guidance on an improved approval process for biosimilars with a "reference product" already on the market, according to a news release.
Here are five mistakes to avoid when dealing with supplies and equipment specifically for a GI-driven ASC, such as detergents for scopes, disinfectants and pre-owned equipment.
The Central Illinois Endoscopy Center received a 95 percent overall patient satisfaction score for January from a survey done by Press Ganey Associates, an independent patient satisfaction survey company, according to a news release.
Apollo Endosurgery, a developer of advanced therapeutic endoscopy devices, raised $47.6 million in a round of financing, according to a news release.
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U.S. Endoscopy, an endoscopy device design and manufacturing company, announced the full market release of the Torrent irrigation tubing system, according to a news release.
U.S. Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.) is scheduled to visit Berks Center for Digestive Health in Wyomissing, Pa., on Feb. 10, according to a news release from Physicians Endoscopy, which owns BCDH with local physicians.
The American Gastroenterological Association has appointed John I. Allen, MD, MBA, AGAF, to the position of vice president, according to an AGA report.
Obi Chukwuocha, MD, has joined Bariatric Solutions, located at Wise Regional Medical Center in Decatur, Texas, according to a news release.
Two Los Angeles-area surgery centers have announced they will cease all Lap-Band surgeries following a pending lawsuit and warning letters from the FDA, according to a Los Angeles Daily News report.