GI & Endoscopy

Here are five practices with gastroenterology services making news:

Eisai submitted applications to the FDA and European Medicine Agency for its liver cancer drug lenvatinib mesylate.

Takeda and BioSurfaces entered into a joint research program aimed at developing new medical devices for gastrointestinal diseases.

Business development company Newstrike Resources named gastroenterologist Chris Andrews, MD, and seven others to its advisory board.

Alton, Ill.-based OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony's Health Center added Saikiran Raghavapuram, MD, to its staff.

Endoscopy procedures dominate the practice of most gastroenterologists in U.S. The common types, upper endoscopy and colonoscopy, are mostly performed in ambulatory care centers and offices. ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangio Pancreatography) is different. It is substantially more dangerous, and is…

Tupelo, Miss.-based Digestive Health Specialists is a gastroenterology practice with two offices in Mississippi.

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

Washington state jurors ordered Olympus Corp. to pay Seattle-based Virginia Mason Medical Center $6.6 million after a patient contracted an infection because of an improperly cleaned Olympus duodenoscope, Kaiser Health News reports.

Florence, S.C.-based McLeod Regional Medical Center added gastroenterologist Veeral M. Oza, MD, to its staff, SC Now reports.