GI & Endoscopy

Here are three key areas within gastroenterology where leaders such as U.S. Digestive Health CEO Jerry Tillinger believe opportunity is ripe:

From a partnership with the VA to a new endoscope debut, here are eight endoscopy updates Becker's has reported on in the last 30 days. 

Ronald Kleinman, MD, physician-in-chief at Boston-based Mass General for Children, has received the American Academy of Pediatrics Murray Davidson Award for his contributions to pediatric gastroenterological care. 

Columbia, Md.-based single-use endoscopy developer Ambu has opened a 323,000-square-foot manufacturing plant in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, to ramp up supply production. 

Gastroenterology-focused software company Iterative Scopes is bringing its AI Recruitment technology to One GI.

UroViu, a single-use endoscopy platform developer, has signed a contract with Fidelis Sustainability Distribution, a veteran-owned medical technology company that partners with the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency's Medical Equipment electronic catalog. 

The American Gastroenterological Association has released a statement regarding the controversial study in The New England Journal of Medicine saying its conclusions are not necessarily applicable to colorectal cancer screening in the U.S.

Healthcare real estate firm Flagship Healthcare Properties has acquired the Gastroenterology of Southern Indiana medical building in New Albany, the largest gastroenterology health center in the region, the News and Tribune reported Oct. 11. 

More than half of gastroenterologists under 40 have student debt, according to Medscape's "Young Physician Compensation Report 2022."

Biotechnology company Abivax has enrolled its first patient in a phase 3 trial of Obefazimod, a treatment for severe ulcerative colitis, according to an Oct. 11 press release sent to Becker's.