GI & Endoscopy

Bristol-Myers Squibb reported second quarter fiscal year 2017 revenues of $5.1 billion on July 27.

Midatech Pharma completed the preclinical program for its wholly-owned, advanced liver cancer candidate MTD119.

The Nevada Supreme Court overturned a second-degree murder conviction against the late Dipak Desai, MD, who was imprisoned for his role in a 2007 hepatitis C outbreak in Las Vegas, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reports.

Peoria-based Illinois Gastroenterology Institute is the largest gastroenterology practice in central Illinois.

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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…