GI & Endoscopy

Crossroads Community Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Ill., has added its first gastroenterologist, Tegpal Atwal, MD, to its medical staff.

Mentor, Ohio-based U.S. Endoscopy released its Infinity cytology device for retrieving quality samples during cytology procedures.

Raja Sappati, MD, board-certified gastroenterologist, has joined Phoebe Gastroenterology Associates in Albany, Ga., according to an Albany Herald report.  

Esse Health St. Louis Gastroenterology Consultants have recruited Susan Hongha Vu-James, MD, according to a stltoday.com report.

Exalenz Biosciences, a Jersey City, N.J.-based GI and liver condition diagnostic medical device development company, has announced the global launch of its BreathID Hp.

Given Imaging, a company focused on capsule endoscopy, has announced that it has received clearance to market its PillCam COLON in Japan from the country's Pharmaceuticals & Medical Devices Agency.

  The Food and Drug Administration granted four GI-related 510(k) clearances in May and June.

The North American endoscopy market is estimated to be worth $4.3 billion, according to a Transparency Market Research report.

During the 2013 Digestive Disease Week meeting, Douglas K. Rex, MD, director of endoscopy at Indiana University Hospital and professor of medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine in Indianapolis, presented the findings of a study comparing colon capsule endoscopy…

The FDA has announced that it will not require an investigational new drug application for fecal microbiota as a treatment for C. difficile infections that do not respond to standard treatments, according to report by the American Gastroenterological Association.