GI & Endoscopy

Regional GI, Main Line Gastroenterology Associates and Digestive Disease Associates will merge in a $130 million deal with private equity firm Amulet Capital, PE Hub reports.

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

Fujifilm is building a $36 million "smart" manufacturing facility in Tochigi, Japan, to double its endoscope production capability.

EndoGastric Solutions closed a $45 million series I round to fuel commercialization efforts around its TIF 2.0 procedure.

Increasing early-onset colorectal cancer rates are befuddling researchers around the world, Medscape reports.

Bradley Barth, MD, is the clinical director of pediatric gastroenterology at Dallas-based UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Here are 10 statistics on gastroenterologists' finances from industry sources:

Adam Slivka, MD, PhD, is the associate chief of clinical affairs at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine's division of gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition.

Naugatuck, Conn.-based Saint Mary's Hospital plans to open a multispecialty office to complement its recently opened urgent care facility, Citizen's News reports.

Here are three GI physicians featured in the news recently: