GI & Endoscopy

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

Olympus received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance to introduce its Narrow Band Imaging technology in the United States, according to a Medgadget report.

A Mayo Clinic Jacksonville-based study could be the basis of new colonoscopy guideline updates for experienced gastroenterologists, according to a report from The Florida Times-Union.

Gastroenterologist Christopher T. Meyer, DO, was named CEO and chairman of the Board of Governors for Holzer Health System, according to a My Daily Register report.

Uroplasty and Vision-Sciences entered into a definitive merger agreement.

Stanley H. Lorber, MD, longtime team physician for the Philadelphia 76ers and gastroenterologist at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, passed away, according to a Philly.com report.

Computer-generated histories of present illness were of higher overall quality, better organized and more useful than with histories written by physicians in gastroenterology clinics, according to a study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology.

Maridine Co, MD, joined Prevea Pediatric Digestive Health at St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay, Wis., according to a Green Bay Press Gazette report.

KARL STORZ Endoscopy-America's IMAGE 1 SPIES Visualization Enhancement Tools system was recognized as a 2014 Innovation of the Year by the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons.

Hattiesburg Clinic Gastroenterology added Michael A. Goebel, MD, to its physician team.