GI & Endoscopy

A study published in Clinical Therapeutics found potential cost savings associated with the use of the IBS diagnostic blood panel IBSchek.

Weill Cornell Medicine and NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York City named David E. Cohen, MD, chief of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology.

Takeda Pharmaceutical and Theravance Biopharma have entered into a global license, development and commercialization agreement.

Here are four recent news updates on key gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.

The American Gastroenterological Association honored Richard Boland, MD, with the 2016 Julius Friedenwald Medal.

A Pasadena Public Health Department report found the drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacteria from duendoscopes infected 16 patients at Huntington Hospital in Pasadena, from January 2013 to August 2015, according to a Los Angeles Times report.

The FDA is asking clinicians to warn patients about serious bleeding as a possible side effect to taking over-the-counter antacids that contain aspirin, according to Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News.

Odessa, Texas-bsaed Medical Center Hospital is adding gastroenterologist Sindu Kaitha, MD, to its team, according to OA Online.

James H. Grendell, MD, is the chief of the gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition division at Winthrop-University Hospital in Mineola, N.Y. He is also the director of the Center for Pancreatic Disease at Winthrop-University Hospital.

Olympus introduced the FDA-cleared EZ Shot 3 Plus single use aspiration needle.