Lawyers representing Charleston, W. Va., gastroenterologist Steven Matulis, MD, and his alleged victims gave opening statements during trial Oct. 1, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reports.
GI & Endoscopy
Dova Pharmaceuticals entered into a co-promotion agreement with Bausch Health subsidiary Salix Pharmaceuticals, the Triangle Business Journal reports.
CMS is testing cost measures for screening and surveillance colonoscopy that could potentially be used to fulfill a cost performance category in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System.
Douglas Morgan, MD, will lead the University of Alabama at Birmingham's gastroenterology and hepatology division, effective Oct. 1.
The Gastro-Intestinal Research Foundation is expanding its staff and board in an aggressive attempt to grow.
Salina S. Lee is a gastroenterologist at Chicago-based Rush University Medical Center.
Fujifilm Medical Systems U.S.A. opened an endoscopy repair center in Wayne, N.J.
Dayton, Ohio-based Digestive Specialists plans to open a 28,000-square-foot office in Sugarcreek Township, Ohio, Oct. 4, the Dayton Business Journal reports.
Cantel Medical released its fourth quarter 2018 financial results.
New guidelines from the British Society of Gastroenterology and Healthcare Infection Society recommended physicians use fecal-microbiota transplant as a second-line treatment for recurrent or refractory Clostridium difficile infection only, Medscape reports.
