Radiopharmaceuticals and Tracers

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for nuclear and molecular imaging agents, radiotracers and radiopharmaceuticals used in PET or SPECT imaging. This includes advances in myocardiac perfusion agents.

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May 20, 2010 – A new partnership enables data communication between Medrad's Intego positron emission tomography (PET) ...

Time May 19, 2010
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May 19, 2010 – A new study shows a single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging agent can identified ...

Time May 19, 2010
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Feature | Cristen C. Bolan

When digital electronic devices are first released on the market, they are sold at a premium. Gradually, as their ...

Time May 05, 2010
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April 14, 2010 - Researchers found a new amyloid imaging agent for positron emission tomography (PET) to be efficacious ...

Time April 14, 2010
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April 7, 2010 - A new imaging agent, used in brain positron emission tomography (PET) imaging of ?-amyloid in patients ...

Time April 07, 2010
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April 2, 2010 – The FDA, Society of Nuclear Medicine (SNM) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) are ...

Time April 01, 2010
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March 19, 2010 - To alleviate the effects of the global molybdenum shortage, a national network of 47 radiopharmacies ...

Time March 19, 2010
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March 16, 2010 – Preliminary results from the single-center study suggest that compared to SPECT myocardial perfusion ...

Time March 16, 2010
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March 9, 2010 – As an alternative to the technetium (Tc-99M) isotope used in many nuclear imaging studies, UltraSPECT is ...

Time March 09, 2010
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March 8, 2010 – A new U.S. source for the positron emission tomography (PET) agent F18 sodium fluoride is now offered ...

Time March 08, 2010
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February 17, 2010 — An agreement has been reached to further augment and diversify a manufacturer's supply of molybdenum ...

Time February 17, 2010
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January 26, 2010 – The U.S. Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) selected GE Hitachi ...

Time January 26, 2010
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January 25, 2010 - Heart failure is a serious medical condition, in which the heart muscle progressively loses its ...

Time January 25, 2010
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December 18, 2009 - The U.S. radiopharmacy network currently owned by Covidien is being sold to Triad Isotopes in a deal ...

Time December 18, 2009
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December 15, 2009 - The New FDA guidelines on current good manufacturing practices (cGMPs) for the production of ...

Time December 15, 2009
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December 9, 2009 - An expert panel reviewing Canadian medical isotope productions selected electron beam technology as a ...

Time December 09, 2009
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November 18, 2009 – The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services (CMS) recently announced it will increase the ...

Time November 18, 2009
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Technology

November 13, 2009 – A new imaging agent for measuring and monitoring cathepsin B activity associated with disease ...

Time November 13, 2009
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November 6, 2009 - As the American Medical Isotopes Production Act of 2009 now heads to the U.S. Senate for approval ...

Time November 06, 2009
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November 4, 2009 - The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released the review copy of the 2010 Hospital ...

Time November 04, 2009
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