GI & Endoscopy

Hepion Pharmaceuticals named Stephen Harrison, MD, consultant medical director.

Gastroenterology-focused group purchasing organization Gastrologix partnered with Henry Schein to offer its independent practice members access to discounted medical devices, pharmaceuticals and other accessories.

Dothan, Ala.-based Digestive Health Specialists of the Southeast is seeking permission to build a new surgery center and office complex in Dothan, the Dothan Eagle reports.

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

  Stefano Guandalini, MD, is a professor emeritus of pediatrics at University of Chicago Medicine.

  Here are five of the most read gastroenterology articles on Becker's ASC Review this week:

Innovate Biopharmaceuticals is merging with RDD Pharma to create a gastroenterology company focused on specialty, rare and orphan diseases.

Houston gastroenterologist Yolanda Hamilton, MD, was found guilty of participating in a $16 million Medicare fraud scheme, according to a Department of Justice release.

Motus GI has started to commercially distribute its Pure-Vu system to U.S. hospitals.

Daniel Raines, MD, is the chief and program director for the section of gastroenterology at the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans.