U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has called on Gilead Sciences to justify the $80,000-plus cost of its hepatitis C drug Sovaldi, according to Medscape report. Here are five things to know about the drug and its cost.
GI & Endoscopy
A recent study published in the American Journal of Gastroenterology examines how sleep deprivation affected the quality of screening colonoscopy. Here are five things to know about the study.
As of May 2014, 26 GI/endoscopy devices received FDA 510(k) clearance. Here are six GI/endoscopy devices that joined the list in June.
Fausta A. Ditah, MD, has joined Jackson (Tenn.) Clinic's gastroenterology department, according to a report by The Jackson Sun.
Nationwide Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, has recruited colorectal surgeon Marc Levitt, MD, Dr. Levitt will lead the hospital's newly established Center for Colorectal and Pelvis Reconstruction.
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Gastroenterology is one of the most common ambulatory surgery center specialties, but how does the volume of GI fluctuate based on ASC size?
The price of healthcare is being carefully scrutinized and consumers are demanding transparency. Two gastroenterologists discuss the issue of price transparency in their field.
Six American Gastroenterological Association physician leaders travelled to Washington, D.C., for the Alliance of Specialty Medicine's annual legislative fly-in. Here are four things to know about the fly-in.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine will grant Jeffery I. Gordon, MD, its 2014 Dickson Prize in Medicine for his research on how GI microbes affect human physiology, metabolism and nutritional status, according to a gantdaily report.
Less than half of people who are candidates for celiac disease screening under current guidelines are actually tested for the disease, according to a Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News report.