GI & Endoscopy

The World Health Organization released new cancer tracking numbers, finding colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the world and the second deadliest, CNN reports.

Donald J. Martin, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Overland Park, Kan.-based Gastrointestinal Associates.

Here are seven updates on GI companies from the past week:

Steven Brown, MD, will receive the Humanitarian of the Year award from the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation's Connecticut chapter at the group's "Bottoms Up" event, Nov. 2 in Hartford, Conn, we-ha.com reports.

The American Gastroenterological Association received National Institutes of Health funding to support its AGA Forward Program.

Takeda will close its U.S. headquarters in Deerfield, Ill., and move the work to Boston, the Chicago Tribune reports.

Luxembourg City, Luxembourg-based University of Luxembourg researchers discovered the mechanism they believe is responsible for the spread of colon cancer cells and metastasis development.

Provation launched an advanced software feature for automating physician adenoma detection rate calculation and reporting.

Salix Pharmaceuticals launched Plenvu, a one-liter prescription bowel preparation solution.

M. Aamir Ali, MD, and Kristin Attiogbe, CRNP, joined Rockville, Md.-based Capital Digestive Care.