VolitionRX, a developer of blood tests that can predict colon cancer, is looking to start selling the blood test system in the United States in the next year or so, according to a Benzinga report.
GI & Endoscopy
Endoscope manufacturing company EndoChoice, based in Alpharetta, Ga., has signed a contract with Charlotte, N.C.-headquartered group purchasing organization Premier.
Daniel Paulo, Sr., MD, a gastroenterologist in Staten Island, N.Y., died at his Great Neck, N.Y., home according to a silive.com report.
Here are four recent news updates on key gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.
Jamal Ibdah, MD, PhD, is director of the division of gastroenterology and hepatology at University of Missouri Health's School of Medicine in Columbia. He also serves as director of the gastroenterology fellowship program, professor of medical pharmacology and physiology and…
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Researchers at the University of Missouri School of Medicine in Columbia have found that a gene thought to suppress many types of cancer may actually promote the growth of some types of colorectal cancer.
Endoscopy device designer and manufacturer US Endoscopy has acquired the gastroenterology business unit of Bracco Diagnostics.
Last year, the FDA ordered Fujifilm Medical Systems, Hoya PENTAX and Olympus — the three major manufacturers of duodenoscopes sold in the United States — to study how scopes are reprocessed in healthcare facilities. Now, the FDA has approved Fujifilm's…
In the last month of 2015, the FDA granted 510(k) clearance to five gastroenterology and endoscopy devices.
Colorectal cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death in the United States, despite the fact that more than half of these deaths are avoidable with regular screenings. In fact, with screening, patients can prevent colon cancer from ever forming…