Bedminster, N.J.-based NPS Pharmaceuticals completed a STEPS 2 study of Gattex, a treatment for patients with short bowel syndrome and found a large number of studied patients were able to completely or partially wean from parenteral support.
GI & Endoscopy
Israel-based RedHill Biopharma has begun a Phase III clinical study of its fixed-dose RHB-104, a drug to treat patients with moderately to severely active Crohn's disease.
Kanawha Valley Gastroenterology Associates in Lynchburg, Va., has adopted a Benchmark Systems electronic health record and practice management solution.
Gurpreet Singh, MD, has joined Sacramento, Calif.-based Woodland Healthcare as its new gastroenterologist, according to a report in The Davis Enterprise.
This article is sponsored by EndoChoice.Blair Lewis, MD, a gastroenterologist at Carnegie Hill Endoscopy Center in New York City, discusses how gastroenterologists and GI-driven centers can use quality metrics to improve their practice.
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Cape Regional Medical Center's Same Day Surgery Care Center in Cape May, N.J., added two board-certified gastroenterologists to its staff, Anthony Masciarelli, DO, and Renjy Vattasseril, MD.
PENTAX Medical has launched its MagniView rage optical zoom technology for gastroenterology applications, according to a News Medical report.
In 2012, gastroenterologists ranked as the fourth-highest paid physician specialty, behind orthopedists, cardiologists and radiologists, with a mean annual income of $342,000, according to the Medscape Gastroenterologist Compensation Report 2013.
Johnson & Johnson's Sedasys anesthesia sedation device could reduce the cost of colonoscopies, but it also poses the threat of replacing anesthesiologists, according to a Wall Street Journal report.
A recent study in JAMA Psychiatry found no definitive link between celiac disease and autism, according to a Health Day report.