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Nuclear Medicine: Page 249

Isotope shortage hurts Digirad's Q3 sales
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The year-long medical isotope shortage contributed to reduced revenue for nuclear medicine firm Digirad in the third quarter.
October 27, 2010
NECSA lands U.S. radioisotopes deal
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The South African Nuclear Energy Corporation (NECSA) and its subsidiary NTP Radioisotopes have won a radioisotope production contract from the U.S. Department of Energy.
October 27, 2010
IBA gets French OK to market Filtracis
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
French radiopharmaceutical developer IBA Molecular has received approval to market its Filtracis radiopharmaceutical kit in France.
October 27, 2010
MDS changes name, ticker symbols
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MDS Nordion will officially change its name to Nordion Inc. effective November 1.
October 26, 2010
Global imaging market to reach $24.4B by 2016
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The global market for diagnostic imaging will exceed $24.4 billion by 2016 with a compounded annual growth rate of 6% from 2009 to 2016, according to a new research report by GBI Research of New York City.
October 21, 2010
MiPod inks Australian Mo-99 licensing agreement
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
MiPod Nuclear of Las Vegas has inked an Australian licensing agreement for its medical isotope production technology, the company said.
October 20, 2010
Philips outlines RSNA product plans
By Wayne Forrest
Philips Healthcare plans to show the newest additions to its various product lines at this year's annual RSNA meeting, including new wireless digital radiography technology, an oncology configuration of its open MRI scanner, and a new version of its iU22 ultrasound platform with enhanced ergonomics.
October 19, 2010
Canada funds isotope projects
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Canadian government has allocated a total of $35 million Canadian ($34.3 million U.S.) to four projects to diversify the sources that provide Canada's supply of medical isotope, including the precursor isotope to technetium-99.
October 18, 2010
NRC OKs Co-60 production in NJ
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved a license amendment to allow Public Service Enterprise Group Nuclear to produce cobalt-60 (Co-60) at its Hope Creek nuclear power plant in New Jersey.
October 14, 2010
GE's DaTscan gets European nod
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
GE Healthcare's SPECT radiopharmaceutical agent DaTscan has been recommended in updated European Federation of Neurological Societies guidelines for the diagnosis and management of Alzheimer's disease.
October 14, 2010
SPR, SNM expand pediatric dose initiative
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
SNM and the Society for Pediatric Radiology (SPR) have expanded their pediatric radiation protection initiative by issuing guidelines for standardized radiopharmaceutical doses in children.
October 12, 2010
Immunomedics adds to patent claims
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biopharmaceutical firm Immunomedics has been granted additional claims on its patent titled "Method and kit for imaging and treating organs and tissue."
October 11, 2010
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