GE Healthcare has opened its first integrated development center (IDC) at Manipal Hospital in Bangalore, India, to support clinical trials for GE products.
The IDC facility is expected to conduct around 1,000 scans annually as part of clinical trials in support of new GE contrast and molecular imaging agents, or for new indications of existing agents. The center will be part of a series of global clinical studies in the U.S., the European Union, and several other countries, according to the Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.-based vendor.
Under the terms of the collaboration, physicians at Manipal Hospital will act as study investigators and provide clinical and imaging services and administration in the hospital. The first studies at the facility will focus on Visipaque (iodixanol), an isosmolar contrast agent that was launched globally by GE Healthcare in 1996.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
June 29, 2006
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