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Draxis taps Brazier as COO
Canadian pharmaceutical developer Draxis Health has named Dan Brazier as its chief operating officer (COO).
October 3, 2005
Nitrates enhance tetrofosmin SPECT viability capabilities
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
Establishing viable myocardial tissue is a crucial factor when considering patients with previous myocardial infarction and severe left ventricular dysfunction for coronary artery bypass grafting. A research team from Italy recently compared semiquantitative rest and postnitrate Tc-99m tetrofosmin SPECT with contrast-enhanced MRI (ceMRI) in detecting myocardial viability.
September 28, 2005
FDA issues draft CGMP for PET radiopharmaceuticals
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Food and Drug Administration has drafted a current good manufacturing practices (CGMP) regulation for the production of pharmaceuticals used in PET imaging, the agency reported.
September 25, 2005
ECR offers molecular imaging grant
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The European Congress of Radiology (ECR) has announced the availability of a molecular imaging scholarship grant sponsored through the ECR/European Association of Radiology (EAR) research and education fund.
September 20, 2005
MDS Nordion to supply yttrium-90 to Berlex
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Canadian radioisotope developer MDS Nordion of Kanata, Ontario, has been selected by Berlex Canada to supply yttrium-90 chloride sterile solution (Y-90) for use with Berlex's Zevalin radioimmunotherapy indicated for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL).
September 19, 2005
Digirad names imaging services chief
Nuclear medicine vendor Digirad of Poway, CA, has hired Mark Casner as the new president of its Digirad Imaging Services equipment-leasing subsidiary.
September 15, 2005
Horak leaves Immunomedics
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Immunomedics executive vice president of research and development and chief scientific officer Dr. Ivan Horak has left the Morris Plains, NJ-based firm.
September 5, 2005
Setting up a solid PET/CT program takes planning and forethought
Adding new technology, such as a PET/CT program, can help bring in new customers and additional revenue. But careful planning and consideration are needed to help avoid major headaches and unanticipated problems.
September 1, 2005
Siemens logs 1,000th PET sale
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Multimodality vendor Siemens Medical Solutions announced the 1,000th installation of its PET technology this week.
August 30, 2005
CMS seeks to rein in nuclear medicine self-referral
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
The growth of nuclear medicine services in recent years has attracted the notice of the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). This month, CMS proposed a rule barring physician self-referral for nuclear medicine procedures, raising more questions than answers.
August 30, 2005
Positron, Neusoft enter joint venture
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
PET vendor Positron has formed a joint venture with Neusoft Medical Systems in Shenyang, China.
August 29, 2005
SPECT/CT pilots prostate brachytherapy in community setting
By Jonathan S. Batchelor
It can be difficult to adapt a technique that was developed in an academic venue for use in a community hospital environment. However, a group from Aultman Hospital in Ohio has taken a research-based SPECT/CT immunoscintigraphy-guided radiation therapy methodology developed at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, and successfully adopted the protocol into its practice.
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