GI & Endoscopy

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

Results from the first live, physician-supported implementation of Medial EarlySign's machine learning-based cancer detecting solution were published in the Journal of Oncology.

Only about 40 percent of patients who undergo minimally invasive esophagectomy for esophageal cancer reach full occupational recovery one year postoperatively, MedPage Today reports.

Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., underwent surgery for an intestinal infection related to diverticulitis at Mayo Clinic in Phoenix, azcentral.com reports. He is in stable condition. 

Solana Beach, Calif.-based Evoke Pharma is a pharmaceutical company focused on developing drugs for the treatment of gastrointestinal disease.

Alan Diamond, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Silver Spring-based Endoscopic Surgical Centre of Maryland.

Allergan reached a settlement in the whistleblower suit brought against its former Lap-Band product business, according to the DOJ.

Pentax Medical USA, based in Montvale, N.J., is the American division of Tokyo, Japan-based endoscopic imaging company Pentax Medical.

Paul Yeaton, MD, is a gastroenterologist and the section chief of gastroenterology at Roanoke, Va.-based Carilion Clinic.

The American Gastroenterological Association named Michael Kaczanowski, MD, a fellow, Patch reports.