GI & Endoscopy

Exact Sciences opened its 169,000-square-foot clinical laboratory and warehouse in Madison, Wis., June 26.

Here are three updates from gastroenterology companies from the past week:

Benjamin Levy, MD, is the head of GI education at Chicago-based Mount Sinai Hospital.

Chattanooga, Tenn.-based Erlanger Health System is expanding to meet patient demand, according to the Times Free Press.

A study published in The Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology found that two-sample fecal immunochemical tests did not significantly improve detection rates over one-sample FIT.

AbbVie is acquiring competitor Allergan for $63 billion in a deal that will reverberate through the pharmacy industry.

Engineers from the University of Leeds in England developed the Sonopill, a robotic capsule device that works similar to capsule endoscopy, The New Daily reports.

A study published in Gut found that biologic therapies were ineffective in treating inflammatory bowel disease.

The journals of the American Gastroenterology Association selected new editorial fellows for this year.

Daniel Podolsky, MD, is president of Dallas-based University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, a position he's held since 2008.