GI & Endoscopy

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

Sharmila Anandasabapathy, MD, a gastroenterologist and professor of medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, has co-authored a study on a low-cost microendoscope that has the potential to replace traditional biopsies for esophageal cancer, according to a report from…

Daniel J. Pambianco, MD, is a gastroenterologist practicing with Charlottesville (Va.) Gastroenterology Associates, which he joined 1989. He also serves as director of endoscopy at Martha Jefferson Hospital in Charlottesville and medical director of Charlottesville Medical Research, a regional network…

Medigus has been awarded an additional supply order of its micro ScoutCam technology from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Klaus Gottlieb, MD, FACG, has joined Synthetic Biologics as its vice president of clinical and regulatory affairs.

Peter Cotton, MD, a gastroenterologist with the Medical University of South Carolina in Charleston, is designing a national study to determine which patients are candidates for gall bladder removal surgery, according to a report from The Post and Courier.

Paulo Pacheco, MD, provides care at Manhattan Endoscopy in New York. He also serves as an assistant attending physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York and a clinical assistant professor of medicine at New York University Langone Medical Center.…

The U.S. FDA has approved Viberzi (eluxadoline) and Xifaxan (rifaximin), two new treatments for irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea in adults.

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Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago, Ill., has opened a new GI clinic, according to a Chicago Tribune report.