GI & Endoscopy

Digestive Disease Week 2020 has been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Here are seven updates from gastroenterology companies and practices from the past week:

Lakewood Ranch-based Florida Research Institute hired Andrew Ringel, MD, a gastroenterologist with more than 25 years of experience, to assist with the institute's clinical trial efforts.

A study published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology highlighted findings around the novel coronavirus.

Italian pharmaceutical company Menarini Group is changing half of its plant to produce disinfectant gel it will donate to hospitals and healthcare organizations.

  WVU Medicine in Morgantown, W.Va., is postponing elective and nonemergent surgeries and gastroenterology procedures from March 18 to May 15, according to local CBS affiliate WDTV.

  Five must-read articles for gastroenterologists this week:

The Bruce and Cynthia Sherman Charitable Foundation opened up nominations for the 2020 Sherman Prize, which recognizes individuals who have worked to improve outcomes for patients living with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis. 

Bradenton-based Florida Digestive Health Specialists is building a 30,000-square-foot medical office building near its corporate headquarters, Business Observer reports.

The American College of Gastroenterology, American Gastroenterological Association, American Association for Study of Liver Diseases and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy outlined everything they knew about COVID-19 in a joint statement.