Nuclear Medicine: Page 363

Siemens, PETNet buy New England PETNet

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions and subsidiary PETNet Pharmaceuticals have purchased full ownership of the New England PETNet manufacturing and distribution center in Woburn, MA.

February 26, 2006

Schering, IBA ink radiopharma deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

German contrast media firm Schering said that its French subsidiary, Schering S.A.S., will transfer the radiopharmaceutical business of CIS bio international to a consortium formed by Ion Beam Applications (IBA), of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, and the Institut National des Radioéléments of Walloon, Belgium.

February 22, 2006

Therapeutic radiopharmaceutical market poised for takeoff

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Although U.S. sales of therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals totaled just $57 million in 2005, rapid growth is anticipated over the next five to six years. By 2012, therapeutic radiopharmaceutical product sales should reach $1.9 billion, with high growth continuing beyond that time, according to a recent study by market research firm Bio-Tech Systems.

February 20, 2006

Digirad posts flat revenues, loss in 2005

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad reported fourth-quarter revenues of $17.4 million, down 2.2% compared with the $17.8 million posted in the fourth quarter last year. For the period (end-December 31), the Poway, CA-based firm had a net loss of $2.8 million, compared with net income of $22,000 last year.

February 16, 2006

MDS Nordion, Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals partner

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radioisotope developer MDS Nordion and Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals have signed a six-year renewable contract to manufacture and supply Zemiva, a molecular imaging pharmaceutical being developed for cardiac ischemia.

February 15, 2006

Imagin taps Oliverio

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET and PET/CT imaging center developer Imagin Molecular has appointed Positron president Joseph Oliverio as CEO.

February 14, 2006

Positron opens Chinese joint venture

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET vendor Positron of Houston has officially launched its joint venture with Neusoft Medical Systems of China.

February 12, 2006

Draxis shows 2005 revenue growth

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian radiopharmaceutical developer Draxis Health reported solid gains in revenues and a slight dip in net income for its 2005 fiscal year (end-December 31).

February 9, 2006

Digirad partners with Ultrascan

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad has signed a personal services and management agreement with mobile ultrasound services provider Ultrascan of Suwanee, GA.

February 8, 2006

SPECT/CT helps clarify ambiguous bone foci

By Jonathan S. Batchelor

Bone scintigraphy with SPECT has a good track record for detecting metastatic areas with a high lesion-to-background contrast. But a drawback of SPECT has been that anatomic details can be lacking. Researchers from Germany, however, have found that SPECT/CT can increase specificity in cases when SPECT alone is equivocal.

February 8, 2006

IsoRay adds medical advisor

Medical isotope developer IsoRay Medical has appointed Dr. Steven Kurtzman as medical advisor.

January 31, 2006

GE launches Ventri cardiac gamma camera

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Multimodality vendor GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., is launching a new dual-head gamma camera targeted at the nuclear cardiology market.

January 31, 2006

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