NEW YORK (360Dx) – The Mayo Clinic and Owlstone Medical today announced a research collaboration agreement to evaluate Owlstone's FAIMS technology as a pre-endoscopic test.

In the US, clinicians perform 14 million colonoscopy procedures each year, and of these, approximately a quarter involve patients with inadequate bowel preparation, the collaborators said. This often results in repeat colonoscopies or an increased risk of missed disease diagnosis.