Is GI Dynamics teasing comeback with offering?
Embattled GI Dynamics has been relatively quiet lately, but the Boston-based company recently revealed its shareholders had approved an offering worth a total of $2 million. The company held a special meeting February 27 to discuss the placement, according to a release.
Could the offering help GI Dynamics continue to develop its EndoBarrier device – a technology designed to treat obesity in patients with Type 2 diabetes, that has come under fire in the past?
The device works by creating a barrier between food and the wall of the small intestine and thereby changes metabolic pathways by controlling how food moves throug...
Source: MDDI - March 2, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Omar Ford Tags: Medical Device Business Source Type: news
Gastric bypass surgery can give better control for diabetes and obesity than lifestyle modification
(Brigham and Women's Hospital) Patients treated with a form of bariatric surgery did significantly better than patients provided with an intensive diabetes and weight management program. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 2, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news
Cholecystectomy: Before or After Gastric Bypass? Cholecystectomy: Before or After Gastric Bypass?
Dr Lowenfels comments on a study comparing complication rates in patients having gallstones removed before and after undergoing a Roux-en-Y gastric bypass procedure.Medscape General Surgery (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - February 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery Viewpoint Source Type: news
Woman claims a gastric band destroyed her life
In September 2013, Hazel Orchard, 58, from the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, paid £10,000 for a laparoscopic gastric bypass after decades of unhealthy eating left her unable to wash or dress herself. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Woman claims a gastric band 'destroyed her life'
In September 2013, Hazel Orchard, 58, from the Vale of Glamorgan, Wales, paid £10,000 for a laparoscopic gastric bypass after decades of unhealthy eating left her unable to wash or dress herself. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 13, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
My 600lb Life: 700lb woman loses 353lbs following surgery
Liz Evans, 35, from Freeport, Texas, weighed more than 600lbs after a difficult childhood drove her to comfort eating. After a month in a rehab facility, she had a gastric bypass surgery and lost 353lbs. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - February 1, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gastric Bypass Improves CV Risk Profile Long Term (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Benefit for HbA1c, LDL, BP diminished but still significant at year 5 (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - January 16, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Rise of Sleeve Gastrectomy Is No Therapeutic Misadventure Rise of Sleeve Gastrectomy Is No Therapeutic Misadventure
Three new studies ' provide reassuring data to suggest that the rapid switch from Roux-en-Y gastric bypass to sleeve gastrectomy in the last decade has not been a therapeutic misadventure. 'Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - January 16, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Diabetes & Endocrinology News Source Type: news
Weight-Loss Surgery Approaches Offer Similar Results (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Five-year outcomes for sleeve gastrectomy, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass on par (Source: MedPage Today Nephrology)
Source: MedPage Today Nephrology - January 16, 2018 Category: Urology & Nephrology Source Type: news
Kent woman told she was 'too fat to get pregnant' at 25st
Toni Osborn, 30, from Birchington in Kent, had a gastric bypass operation on the advice of doctors who warned her she was too obese to fall pregnant. She now has a son, Harvey, one. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 29, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Gastric bypass reduces sensitivity to glucose in beta-cells
A study published inDiabetes, Obesity and Metabolism suggests that beta-cell sensitivity to glucose may be impaired after undergoing gastric bypass surgery.Medical Xpress (Source: Society for Endocrinology)
Source: Society for Endocrinology - December 12, 2017 Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news
GI Dyanamics Takes Another Kick in the Gut
GI Dynamics has lost its right to sell its EndoBarrier device in the European Union under a CE mark. The company reported this week that its notified body SGS United Kingdom has withdrawn the CE Certificate of Conformity for EndoBarrier as of Nov. 12.
The company first received word in May that its CE mark was being suspended pending resolution of nonconformances related to ISO 13485 compliance. GE Dynamics said it has been working to address the issues raised by SGS.
The company said it is considering its options, including grounds for appeal of the decision, and that it has reached out to SGS to clarify certain proce...
Source: MDDI - November 15, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Regulatory and Compliance Source Type: news
Gastric Bypass for the Less Obese? Gastric Bypass for the Less Obese?
Dr Walton-Shirley is reluctant to send obese patients for gastric bypass surgery, but concedes that the GATEWAY study findings are impressive.theheart.org on Medscape (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
Source: Medscape Today Headlines - November 15, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology Commentary Source Type: news
GI Dynamics Takes Another Kick in the Gut
GI Dynamics has lost its right to sell its EndoBarrier device in the European Union under a CE mark. The company reported this week that its notified body SGS United Kingdom has withdrawn the CE Certificate of Conformity for EndoBarrier as of Nov. 12.
The company first received word in May that its CE mark was being suspended pending resolution of nonconformances related to ISO 13485 compliance. GE Dynamics said it has been working to address the issues raised by SGS.
The company said it is considering its options, including grounds for appeal of the decision, and that it has reached out to SGS to clarify certain proce...
Source: MDDI - November 15, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Regulatory and Compliance Source Type: news
Bariatric Surgery Can Lead to HTN'Remission' in Obese: GATEWAY Bariatric Surgery Can Lead to HTN'Remission' in Obese: GATEWAY
Gastric bypass aimed at cutting back the number of antihypertensive agents? Many patients in the study were obese with lower-range BMIs, a group that doesn ' t currently get the surgery outside of trials.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 13, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news
