GI & Endoscopy

Crospon received FDA clearance for expanded indications of use for its EndoFLIP endolumenal imaging system.

A pilot study found that a majority of children with recurring Clostridium difficile infections who received a fecal microbiota transplant had no C. Difficile episodes for months following the procedure, according to a Medscape report.

The GI Quality Improvement Consortium registry reached 3 million reported colonoscopy cases in April. 

Lijun Xia, MD, PhD, a scientist and researcher at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation in Oklahoma City, discovered that certain sugars produced by the body play an important role in the development of colitis and, ultimately, colon cancer. This new…

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found ozanimod, a novel drug molecule, is moderately effective in the treatment of ulcerative colitis.

William J. Sandborn, MD, is a gastroenterologist and chief of the division of gastroenterology at the University of California San Diego School of Medicine.

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

A gastroenterologists' yearly salary ranges from an average of $90,720 to $590,000, according to a Salary Voice report.

Seres Therapeutics entered into two separate research collaborations with academic groups to support its development of potential microbiome therapeutics for inflammatory bowel disease.

A study from Mount Sinai Beth Israel and Carnegie Hill Endoscopy in New York City examined the last months of using a traditional forward viewing colonoscope to the first months of using the EndoChoice's second generation Fuse colonoscope.