GI & Endoscopy

The FDA granted Check-Cap's C-Scan an investigational device exemption March 15 that will allow the test to launch a clinical study in the U.S.

A blood-based colorectal cancer test was found to be the most cost-effective alternative colorectal cancer test for people who didn't want a colonoscopy or fecal immunochemical test, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Dallas-based GI Alliance is the biggest private equity-backed gastroenterology platform in the U.S.

Seattle-based Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is taking over a space vacated by Seattle-based Swedish Health and will open a specialty clinic to provide primary, specialty, internal medicine, laboratory and limited radiology services, West Seattle Blog reported March 12.

CRH Medical ended 2020 almost losing its largest client, but has since recovered and started 2021 with a boom.

The National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable named the winners of its 2021 80 Percent in Every Community National Achievement Awards.

Newsweek released its "World's Best Specialized Hospitals 2021" list, ranking the best hospitals in the world.

CRH Medical formed a joint venture with a Florida gastroenterology anesthesia practice in Largo, Fla.

Here are the most-read GI articles during the week of March 8-12:

Here are gastroenterologists leading major hospitals' GI departments: