Nuclear Medicine: Page 328

Chalk River shutdown hurts Draxis' results

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Lower product sales in its radiopharmaceutical business combined with the stronger Canadian dollar to depress revenues at Canadian radiopharmaceutical developer Draxis Health of Montreal in 2007.

February 7, 2008

NRC investigates Covidien production issue

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) said it is working with Mallinckrodt, a division of Covidien of Hamilton, Bermuda, to investigate elevated levels of molybdenum-99 in the company's technetium-99m isotope.

February 7, 2008

Digirad revenues edge up, loss narrows

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine firm Digirad of Poway, CA, turned in stronger financial results based on higher annual revenues and decreased operating expenses for 2007.

February 6, 2008

PharmaLogic P.E.T. Services receives PET nod

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PharmaLogic P.E.T. Services of Montreal has received approval from the Canadian government to begin selling its formulation of FDG.

February 3, 2008

False positives a concern with FDG-PET/CT for head, neck tumors

By Wayne Forrest

FDG-PET/CT is worthwhile for assessing patients with occult head and neck primary tumors, but false positives remain a shortcoming of the hybrid technology, according to a British study. The results show that FDG-PET/CT cannot replace examination under anesthesia and biopsies for assessing occult head and neck primary tumors.

January 30, 2008

CIS-US gets clearance for generic Tc-99m mebrofenin kit

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical manufacturer CIS-US has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Office of Generic Drugs to manufacture and market a generic kit for the preparation of technetium-99m (Tc-99m) mebrofenin.

January 29, 2008

Digirad to show new gamma camera at ACC '08

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Digirad of Poway, CA, plans to showcase a work-in-progress triple-head gamma camera at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology (ACC) in March.

January 24, 2008

AMIC inks deal to supply indium-111

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Medical isotope developer Advanced Medical Isotope (AMIC) of Kennewick, WA, has signed an agreement with Central Radiopharmaceutical Services of Buffalo, NY, for the joint production and marketing of indium-111.

January 17, 2008

Draxis previews Q4 earnings

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian radiopharmaceutical developer Draxis Health of Montreal has issued an estimate of its fourth quarter (end-December 31) and year-end 2007 earnings.

January 17, 2008

PET/CT shows its worth in cervical carcinoma

By Wayne Forrest

American Cancer Society statistics estimated 11,500 new cases of cervical carcinoma and total deaths of 3,670 from the disease in 2007. With these numbers, FDG-PET/CT should become an integral part in evaluating patients with high-risk cervical cancer to determine the most appropriate therapy, according to researchers from Stanford University in Stanford, CA.

January 17, 2008

International Isotopes taps COO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radioisotope manufacturer International Isotopes has named James Mayer as chief operating officer (COO).

January 14, 2008

New U.S. budget funds nuclear medicine programs

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) budget for fiscal 2008 will include $17.5 million for nuclear medicine research programs.

January 13, 2008

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