Olympus Medical Systems Co., and former Olympus executive Hisao Yabe both pled guilty to failing to report adverse events related to infections connected to Olympus' duodenoscopes.
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Bausch Health plans to boost its gastroenterology arm by acquiring select assets of Synergy Pharmaceuticals.
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.
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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.
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.