GI & Endoscopy

Liat Hayardeny, PhD, MBA, has been named chief scientific officer of the Tel Aviv, Israel-based biopharmaceutical company Galmed Pharmaceuticals.

Takeda along with Texas Digestive Disease Consultants and the Vanderbilt University Medical Center are partnering to pilot a digital technology program to help manage inflammatory bowel disease for patients and providers.

The American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy named Ed Dellert chief learning officer in June 2016.

Nutrition is an under-discussed element of inflammatory bowel disease care, according to a study out of Crohn's & Colitis Foundation of America.

The German medical device company invendo medical GmbH recently received FDA clearance for its invendoscopy E200 System.

Here are three updates on key gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.

An indictment filed in a U.S. district court in Tampa, Fla., alleges an administrative employee of the Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition clinic worked with two other individuals to commit tax, mail, wire, access device fraud and identity theft, Healthcare…

A gene mutation may lead to more severe colorectal cancer in black patients, according to a recent study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Some bacteria and viruses in the gastrointestinal tract may promote health, according to a recent study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Janssen Biotech and Miraca Life Sciences have partnered to create "Janssen 2Inform," a program that provides free therapeutic drug monitoring services to patients with inflammatory bowel disease.