GI & Endoscopy

Senior Vice President and General Manager of Bridgewater, N.J.-based Salix Pharmaceuticals Mark McKenna is dedicated to revolutionizing gastroenterology and preventing GI diseases.

Mark Lowe, MD, is a gastroenterologist and the vice chair of clinical affairs and strategic planning at Washington University School of Medicine at St. Louis.

Laval, Canada-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals saw its share price drop 23 percent in March 2017, The Motley Fool reports.

Osaka, Japan-based Takeda and Somerville, Mass.-based Finch Therapeutics entered into a global collaboration agreement to develop FIN-524, a synthetic microbiome therapy for inflammatory bowel disease.

Westport, Conn.-based Lumendi added five regional sales managers to its staff.

Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis tapped Mark Lowe, MD, to be its vice chair of clinical affairs and strategic planning.

Amy S. Oxentenko, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic.

CMS included Madison, Wis.-based Exact Sciences' Cologuard in its Medicare Advantage Star Ratings program.

Osage Beach, Mo. Lake Regional Health System named gastroenterologist Kevin Byrne, DO, its 2017 Physician of the Year, Lake News Online reports.

Ari Nowain, MD, introduced San Jose, Calif.-based Avantis Medical Systems' Third Eye Panoramic Colonoscopy device.