Kfar Malal, Israel-based Medial EarlySign integrated its machine learning tools into Tel Aviv, Israel-based Maccabi Healthcare Services EHRs, creating a predictive care engine. The engine identifies pre-symptomatic patients at high risk for colorectal cancer.
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Christos Karalis, MD, joined DuBois, Pa.-based Penn Highlands Healthcare's staff.
After years of decreases, colorectal cancer is re-emerging at alarming rates in the millennial generation.
Dublin, Ireland-based Allergan plans to invest $44 million into its Irish operations this year, the Irish Times reports.
Mark Kocab, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Sun City Center, Fla.-based Suncoast GI Associates.
New Hope, Pa.-based Motus GI Holdings closed a $30 million private placement.
Colorectal cancer nonprofit Fight Colorectal Cancer and Marlborough, Mass.-based Exact Sciences Corp. are expected to ring the Nasdaq market closing bell on March 1, 2017, Nasdaq reports.
Laval, Canada-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals reported a 12.9 percent fall in its fourth quarter revenue, Reuters reports.
The American Gastroenterology Association released obesity guidelines to put gastroenterologists front and center for multidisciplinary care teams on Feb. 27, 2017.
Various gastroenterology-focused companies made the news this past week.
