Here are five recent news updates on gastroenterology and endoscopy companies.
GI & Endoscopy
In 2011, emergency department visits for constipation cost $1.6 billion, according to a Business Insider report.
Lake Regional Health System in Osage Beach, Mo., recently held its Doctors' Day Banquet, according to a Lake News Online report.
The Gastroenterology Clinic of Monroe (La.) has become the first provider in Louisiana to offer the noninvasive stool DNA colorectal cancer screening test Cologuard, according to a myarklamiss.com report.
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International has completed the acquisition of Salix Pharmaceuticals.
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April is Esophageal Cancer Awareness Month in the United States, according to a report from Mederi Therapeutics.
Gail A. Hecht, MD, is professor of medicine and microbiology/immunology; chief of gastroenterology and nutrition; and GI residency program director at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine. She has served in a number of roles in the American Gastroenterological…
Cantel Medical CEO Andrew A. Krakauer sold 11,660 shares of the company's stock, according to a Dakota Financial News report.
Today, Check-Cap, a company focused on gastrointestinal imaging devices, will celebrate its initial public offering and simultaneous private placement.
PAION has initiated a phase 3 clinical trial of Remimazolam, an ultra-short-acting anesthetic for use during colonoscopy, according to a News Medical report.