GI & Endoscopy

UMass Memorial Health Alliance-Clinton (Mass.) Hospital revealed plans to close its endoscopy services last week, giving less than three weeks' notice before the closure, according to a statement from the Massachusetts Nurses Association.

Israeli company RedHill Biopharma Ltd. released final results from the Phase II clinical study with Bekinda 12 milligrams for treatment of diarrhea-predominant irritable bowel syndrome.

Daryl Hutchinson, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Arizona Digestive Health in Surprise.

Here are four gastroenterology-focused ASCs or facilities that were announced or opened in December 2017.

Results from TiGenix's phase III Admire-CD trial for Cx601, a perianal fistulas treatment for Crohn's disease patients, were published in Gastroenterology. 

Medical diagnostic company Check-Cap received a CE mark for C-Scan, an ingestible capsule for preparation-free colorectal cancer screening.

Here are the five most popular gastroenterology and endoscopy stories for the week of Jan. 8 to Jan. 12, 2018.

Kent Katz, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Casper-based Wyoming Medical Center.

Here are four gastroenterologists making headlines this past week.

GMed, a Modernizing Medicine  company, named gastroenterologist Arnold Levy, MD, one of its gastroenterology EMR strategic advisors.