GI & Endoscopy

A study, presented at the World Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG2017, found a lack of weekend endoscopy services is possibly related to a significant increase in non-variceal upper gastrointestinal hemorrhaging, Medpage Today reports.

Lutherville, Md.-based Green Spring Station Endoscopy is a freestanding endoscopy center serving the Baltimore area.

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

Dalton, Ga.-based Hamilton Health Care System awarded nine employees Heart of Hamilton Awards, including three endoscopy nurses, the Dalton Daily Citizen reports.

D Magazine honored 17 physicians from Dallas-based Texas Digestive Disease Consultants in its Best Doctor 2017 issue.

Richard Cline, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Maryville, Tenn.-based Blount Gastroenterology Associates.

Here is how five major, publicly traded gastroenterology companies fared in the stock market for the week of Oct. 9 to Oct. 13, 2017.

Colon Cancer Alliance CEO Michael Sapienza released a statement on President Donald Trump's executive order, which ended the ACA's payer subsidies.

Takeda presented promising data on its ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease drug Entyvio at the World Congress of Gastroenterology at ACG2017, Oct. 13 to Oct. 18 in Orlando, Fla.

Plecanatide reduced abdominal pain and increased stool frequency in U.S.-based adults with irritable bowel syndrome with constipation.