GI & Endoscopy

Optical biopsy firm Mauna Kea Technologies reported drastic year-over-year sales growth in the fourth quarter of 2018, after transitioning to a pay-per-use business model.

Wolters Kluwer will handle publishing duties for The American College of Gastroenterology's three academic journals.

Corporate Knights included Takeda as one of the 2019 Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations in the World, noting it was in the top 1.3 percent of corporate sustainability performers in the world.

A study published in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy compared direct screening colonoscopy to fecal immunochemical-positive colonoscopy to justify differential targets in the Asia-Pacific region.

The FDA awarded DNA testing company 23andMe clearance to include risk reports associated with hereditary colorectal cancer in its testing suite.

Brian P. Bosworth, MD, is the chief of medicine at New York City-based NYU Langone Health's Tisch Hospital.

The American Gastroenterological Association expanded its editorial fellowship program to its entire journal portfolio.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-based Lutheran Health Physicians added gastroenterology Douglas Weissman, MD, The Journal Gazette reports.

The American Gastroenterological Association released a guideline in Gastroenterology on the medical management of opioid-induced constipation to address treatment options for the up to 12 million Americans suffering from chronic pain.

Richard Jamison, MD, began his tenure as Portland-based The Oregon Clinic's new president, after Craig Fausel, MD, retired.