GI & Endoscopy

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

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office issued Synthetic Biologics a Notice of Allowance for the active agent SYN-010.

Akash Patel, MD, of Ontario, Canada-based St. Catharines General Hospital, is closing his practice and moving to Mississauga, Ontario, St. Catharines Standard reports.

The FDA cleared Custom Ultrasonics to resume manufacturing, packing and distributing its System 83 Plus washer and disinfector, Mass Device reports.

U.S. News & World Report released its top pediatric gastroenterology hospital rankings.

Fight Colorectal Cancer launched its Biomarked campaign focusing on increasing awareness of genetic biomarkers.

Greenville, S.C.-based Gastroenterology Associates is the largest gastroenterology practice in South Carolina.

Steven Condron, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Sioux Falls, S.D.-based Avera Medical Group Gastroenterology.

The emergence of Trulance, an alternative to Ironwood's and Allergan's Linzess, is worrying market analysts about Ironwood's future prospects, Seeking Alpha reports.

The Health Resources and Services Administration used 2015 Uniform Data System data to compile colorectal cancer screen rates at U.S. federally qualified health centers across the country.