GI & Endoscopy

Israel-based Check-Cap enrolled its first patient in a multi-center study as it works to earn a CE Mark for its C-Scan system.

Here are six updates on GI companies to note:

John Mirro, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Merrillville, Ind.-based Digestive Medicine Associates.

Austin, Texas-based Apollo Endosurgery found its next chief medical officer in gastroenterologist Christopher Gostout, MD, according to Yahoo! Finance.

The FDA updated its safety alert concerning the Pentax ED-3490TK duodenoscope after Pentax identified a new risk with the ED-3490K duodenoscope.

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission fined Parsippany-Troy Hills, N.J.-based Allergan $15 million for failing to disclose its 2014 merger talks with Actavis, also based in Parsippany-Troy Hills.

Joseph F. Hacker III, MD, is a gastroenterologist and the president of Newark, Del.-based Gastroenterology Associates.

Connecticut-based medical device developer Lumendi added James Soares as its vice president of sales and Yukio Nakajima as its new senior director of business development.

A television station in the United Kingdom partnered with Cancer Research UK to air a live colonoscopy on public television as it takes place at Cardiff and Vale University hospital, the Independent reports.

New York's Faruqi & Faruqi, a national securities law firm, launched a legal investigation into the board of directors of Cambridge, Mass.-based Ariad Pharmaceuticals ahead of its potential sale to Japan's Takeda for $5.2 billion.