Fractyl Laboratories has received approval from the FDA of an Investigational Device Exemption (IDE) to begin a pivotal study of Revita DMR in type 2 diabetes (T2D) patients treated with insulin.

Laparoscopic banded sleeve gastrectomy (LBSG) appears to be significantly more effective than laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) in terms of weight loss in the midterm follow-up, according to researchers from Italy.