GI & Endoscopy

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.

Asif Qadri, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Athens (Ga.) Digestive Healthcare Associates.

Amsterdam, Netherlands-based Royal Philips' ElastiQ Imaging received FDA 510(k) clearance.

A study published in Surgical Endoscopy found endoscopic radiofrequency use — Stretta Therapy — significantly reduces gastroesophageal reflux disease.

A study in Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics says inflammatory bowel disease incidence rates are rising worldwide.