GI & Endoscopy

Polymedco, a manufacturer, marketer and distributor in the clinical laboratory space, has pledged support to the Colon Cancer Prevention Project, based in Louisville, Ky.

Cantel Medical entered into a definitive agreement with North American Science Associates to acquire its Sterility Assurance Monitoring Products division.

Pradeep K. Bekal, MD is a practicing gastroenterologist with Ohio Gastroenterology & Liver Institute in Cincinnati. He is also the director of endoscopy at The Christ Hospital and serves as a preceptor for undergraduate students at Miami University in Oxford,…

Takeda Pharmaceutical reported strong financials for three quarters of fiscal year 2015, from April to December.

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

Madison, Wis.-based Exact Sciences filed a lawsuit against Humana in Kentucky federal court over the payer's refusal to reimburse for the company's non-invasive colorectal cancer screening test Cologuard, according to a WisBusiness report. 

Physicians Endoscopy has formed a new agreement with kiosk company Clearwave to improve the patient registration process. 

Many screening colonoscopies are preceded by office visits. A recent study published in JAMA sought to find the proportion of colorectal cancer screening and polyp screening colonoscopies preceded by office visits and how much these visits cost, according to a…

Hillel Naon, MD, is the interim chief of the gastroenterology and nutrition division and an attending physician at Children's Hospital Los Angeles. He also serves as an associate professor of clinical pediatrics at CHLA. He is a member of the…

Here are eight recent stories on colonoscopy on Becker's ASC Review.