GI & Endoscopy

A significant donation given by Ruth and Bill Scott will be used to expand the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, according to a KIOS Omaha Public Radio report.

The American Gastroenterological Association Research Foundation has granted Amanda Muir, MD, the 2015 June & Donald O. Castell, MD, Esophageal Clinical Research Award.

John E. Pandolfino, MD, chief of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology as well as the Hans Popper Professor in Medicine-Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago. He is also the director of the Esophageal Center at Northwestern. He…

Allurion Technologies' Elipse Gastric Balloon has received a CE Mark allowing sale of the product in the European Union, according to a Med Device Online report.

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

Tifton (Ga.) Endoscopy Center has invested in new endoscopy technology, according to an Albany Herald report.

A recent study conducted by University of Wisconsin-La Crosse has found the Affordable Care Act has resulted in an increased number of colorectal cancer screenings for the male Medicare population, according to a La Crosse Tribune report.

Lukejohn Day, MD, an assistant professor of medicine at University of California San Francisco as well as director of clinical gastroenterology at SFGH and the associate chief medical officer for specialty care and diagnostics at San Francisco General Hospital.

Takeda Pharmaceutical and Cour Pharmaceutical Development have entered into a partnership to research and develop immune modulating therapies for the treatment of celiac disease.

A new clinical study of the NuQ blood test from VolitionRx revealed the test was able to accurately detect 91 percent of colorectal cancer cases.