Bausch Health plans to boost its gastroenterology arm by acquiring select assets of Synergy Pharmaceuticals.
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The FDA found higher than expected contamination rates after duodenoscope reprocessing, to the extent that up to 3 percent of scopes were considered "reprocessing failures."
The Bruce and Cynthia Sherman Charitable Foundation awarded Sherman Prizes to David G. Binion, MD, Jean-Frederic Colombel, MD, and Amy L. Lightner, MD.
Four internists filed a class-action lawsuit alleging the American Board of Internal Medicine was performing monopolistic actions related to ABIM's maintenance of certification exams, Medscape reports.
New York City-based Columbia University Irving Medical Center and NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Irving Medical Center named Anil Rustgi, MD, director of the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center, pending trustee approval.
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Two New Orleans-area health providers found great success raising their colorectal cancer screening rates, The Times-Picayune reports.
Research published in JAMA Network Open detailed how patients over 50 felt about forgoing colonoscopies.
Richard Curtis, MD, is Newton, Mass.-based Newton-Wellesley Hospital's gastroenterology division chief.
The American Gastroenterological Association partnered with telemedicine company SupportedPatient to provide integrated care models to community-based practices.
The R. Robert and Sally D. Funderburg Charitable Trust and The Funderburg Foundation donated $1 million to the AGA Research Foundation to permanently fund a gastric cancer-focused research award.