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USP schedules forum on PET drugs regulation
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) will take public comment on February 21 at 1:00 p.m. EST on proposed revisions to quality assurance standards for the production and compounding of PET drugs.
February 3, 2011
FDA approves F-18 NaF for PET bone scans
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of F-18 sodium fluoride (NaF) for PET bone scans, according to the National Cancer Institute.
February 2, 2011
PET/CT falls short in finding metastases to hilar lymph nodes
By Edward Susman
SAN DIEGO - Researchers at this week's Society of Thoracic Surgeons meeting suggested that PET/CT scans alone may not be enough to identify metastases to the chest lymph nodes among patients being treated for non-small cell lung cancer.
February 2, 2011
FDA OKs IND for targeted PET probes
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an investigational new drug application (IND) for an ultrasmall silica inorganic nanoparticle platform for targeted molecular imaging of cancer.
January 31, 2011
Covidien's net sales up 5% in Q1
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Despite a decline in sales in its Pharmaceuticals segment, healthcare technology firm Covidien posted positive results in the first quarter of fiscal 2011.
January 31, 2011
Univ. of Iowa doctor suspended, faces settlement deadline
By Brian Casey
A nuclear medicine physician at the University of Iowa in Iowa City involved in a public dispute with the chair of his department has been suspended, and he faces a January 28 deadline to reach a settlement that would require him to leave the university.
January 27, 2011
Gamma camera market to hit $820M by 2015
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The global market for gamma cameras is projected to produce $820 million in revenue by 2015, according to a new market research report by Global Industry Analysts.
January 25, 2011
MITA adds radiopharma firms
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Industry trade group Medical Imaging and Technology Alliance (MITA) has expanded to include the radiopharmaceutical industry.
January 25, 2011
FDA OKs Areva isotope trials
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine firm Areva Med has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to begin U.S. clinical trials of its lead-212 radioactive isotope as a new treatment for cancer.
January 24, 2011
Canada invests $35M in Tc-99m production
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Canadian government has allocated $35 million ($35 million U.S.) to four projects to develop new ways to produce the radioisotope technetium-99m (Tc-99m), which is widely used in nuclear medicine.
January 24, 2011
Philips nets CE Mark for PET/MRI
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Philips Healthcare has received the CE Mark for its whole-body Ingenuity TF PET/MRI system.
January 24, 2011
Immunomedics touts pancreatic drug studies
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Antibody-directed drug and radionuclide therapeutics for pancreatic cancer improved efficacy with minimal toxicity in preclinical studies, according to results presented at the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium held last week in San Francisco.
January 23, 2011
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