PORTSMOUTH, N.H., April 20, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Leading diagnostic and therapeutic medical technology company, Laborie Medical Technologies Corp. (Laborie), announced that it has completed the acquisition of GI Supply, a leader in specialty endoscopy and paracentesis products for gastroenterologists, colorectal surgeons, and interventional radiologists.
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In this episode, Austin L. Chiang, MD, explains why he brought his sizable social media following to Medtronic, where he serves as chief medical officer of the Gastrointestinal business. Chiang says his decision is directly tied to his excitement about Medtronic’s growing suite of GI products including the AI-powered GI Genius and the swallowable PillCam. Chiang explains why he chose to couple the company’s broad platform with his own social media presence to reach more patients who may need treatment of gastrointestinal care. He also gives advice to other physicians who may want to amplify their own voices through social…
DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–EvoEndo®, Inc. (“EvoEndo”), a medical device company which developed a single use system that allows for unsedated Transnasal Endoscopy (TNE), has announced the completion of an $8.4 million Series A financing round led by founding investor TLP Investment Partners LLC (TLP) and including the Sunshine Charitable Foundation and the Jill and Paul Meister family. Proceeds from the financing will be used to support the initial commercial launch of the EvoEndo® Single-Use Endoscopy System by hiring additional personnel and growing inventory capacity. The company will also deploy the funding to conduct clinical and post-market surveillance studies.
Here are 10 physicians who specialize in gastroenterology to know: Note: This is not an exhaustive list. Physicians are listed in alphabetical order. To nominate a physician for future lists, please contact Riz Hatton at rhatton@beckershealthcare.com. Kyrsten Fairbanks, MD. South Denver Gastroenterology. Before her current role, Dr. Fairbanks was a transplant hepatologist for nine years at the Cleveland Clinic. She is interested in all aspects of liver disease, including transplantation.
Despite what social media might have you believe, gastroenterologists are reluctant.
Fujifilm Healthcare Americas Corp. recently announced a five-year U.S. Defense Department contract to provide endoscopy tech and training to all U.S. military hospitals and ambulatory surgery centers. The contract with the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support also covers the Veteran’s Health Administration, National Institutes of Health, Indian Health Service and more. A DoD contracts announcement from early February lists the size of the contract at $405 million.
The telehealth industry, which has grown tremendously amid the pandemic, faces some uncertainty as more states end waivers allowing care across state lines. As many states’ emergency regulations permitting such care wind down and the patchwork system of state rules becomes patchier, millions of patients are losing expanded access to telehealth.
Most cases of uncomplicated acute left-sided colonic diverticulitis can be treated on an outpatient basis, and physicians should be more cautious about prescribing antibiotics, according to new guidelines from the American College of Physicians. When a clinician suspects diverticulitis, the ACP recommends using abdominal CT to confirm the diagnosis. The ACP, which based the new guidelines on a literature review funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, noted that all its recommendations pertaining to diagnosis and management of acute diverticulitis are “conditional” and based on “low-certainty evidence” (Ann Intern Med 2022 Jan 18. doi:10.7326/M21-2710).
Almost all currently available treatments for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) act by inhibiting inflammation, often blocking specific inflammatory molecules. However, given the infectious and neoplastic disease burden associated with chronic immunosuppressive therapy, the goal of attaining mucosal healing without immunosuppression is attractive. The absence of treatments that directly promote mucosal healing and regeneration in IBD could be linked to the lack of understanding of the underlying pathways.
Background Guidelines on Crohn’s perianal fistulas recommend anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) treatment and suggest considering surgical closure for patients with surgically amenable disease. However, long-term outcomes following these two strategies have not been directly compared. The aim of this study was to assess radiological healing in patients who received short-term anti-TNF treatment and surgical closure compared with those who received anti-TNF treatment alone.