GI & Endoscopy

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

Takeda Pharmaceutical entered into an alliance with the Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, to develop new medicine for treating gastrointestinal diseases, according to a GEN News report.

Here are 165 gastroenterologists who took on new positions or received honors in their field in 2014.

Here are 23 gastroenterology and endoscopy-driven ambulatory surgery centers and facilities that opened or were announced this year.

Could a computer do your job?  The idea that computers could replace physicians entirely is laughable, but according to a recent study computers can outperform physicians in certain job functions.

Cantel Medical, the parent company of Medivators, reported $11.24 million in U.S. GAAP net income for its first quarter ended Oct. 31.

The American Gastroenterological Association Research Foundation has six award application deadlines in January.

SetPoint Medical is evaluating the safety and efficacy of its novel treatment for Crohn's disease — an implantable miniature neuromodulation device, according to an Inflammatory Bowel Disease News Today report.

Anesthesiologists providing care for a Medicare patient undergoing a screening colonoscopy, will be able to collect 100 percent of the allowable amount from Medicare, beginning on Jan. 1, however, providers must identify the service as screening rather than diagnostic or…

Gastroenterologist Thomas Savides, MD, has been named the first Chief Experience Officer of the UC San Diego Health System.