GI & Endoscopy

New York-based Synergy Pharmaceuticals released results from the first of two phase III clinical trials evaluating the safety and efficacy of plecanatide, its irritable bowel syndrome treatment.

The International Association of HealthCare Professionals included gastroenterologist Reena J. Salgia, MD, in The Leading Physicians of the World publication.

Madison, Wis.-based Exact Sciences Corp. agreed to a contract with Louisville, Ky.-based Humana to cover its Cologuard colon cancer screening test as an in-network service.

Here are the five most read gastroenterology/endoscopy stories for the week of Dec. 12, 2016.

Ronald Hauptman, MD, is a gastroenterologist with Phoenix's Arizona Digestive Health.

Here are three gastroenterologists in the news this past week.

National Cancer Institute researchers have successfully reversed a woman's metastatic colon cancer using a new therapy, according to The Wall Street Journal.

Kumar Gutta, MD, is a gastroenterologist at Fort Worth-based Gastroenterology Associates of North Texas.

Persistence Market Research released its projections for the global endoscopy reprocessing market from 2016 to 2024 in a new report.

After New York Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson lost his fight against colorectal cancer earlier in 2016, city officials announced The Gift of Life campaign to increase CRC screening efforts, Spectrum News NY1 reports.