Here are six updates on gastroenterology companies and practices from the past week:
Takeda continued to divest a number of its over-the-counter products and other non-core assets as it attempts to rein in its Shire-related debt, the drugmaker announced Nov. 5.
Raymond DuBois, MD, PhD, and Anil Rustgi, MD, were elected to the National Academy of Medicine for their research into GI cancers.
Atlanta-based United Digestive partnered with Savannah, Ga.-based Center for Digestive & Liver Health.
Dallas-based GI Alliance acquired Indianapolis Gastroenterology and Hepatology, its third acquisition in three weeks.
Exact Sciences and Rochester, Minn.-based Mayo Clinic identified new biomarkers that spot colorectal cancer with a higher degree of accuracy than the markers Exact currently uses.
Milford, Del.-based Bayhealth Gastroenterology, Sussex Campus added Vineet Gudsoorkar, MD, and Shruti Patel, MD, to its staff.