Nuclear Medicine: Page 371

Siemens and Gamma Medica part ways

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine vendors Siemens Medical Solutions of Malvern, PA, and Gamma Medica of Northridge, CA, have allowed their co-marketing pact for preclinical SPECT and SPECT/CT products to expire.

May 30, 2005

Kirkpatrick named Research Corporation Technologies CEO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Healthcare technology venture development firm Research Corporation Technologies (RCT) has selected Shaun Kirkpatrick as its president and chief executive officer.

May 25, 2005

MDS Nordion, Macrocyclics sign R&D accord

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian radioisotope developer MDS Nordion and nuclear medicine and MRI ligand developer Macrocyclics have entered into a research and development collaboration to develop bifunctional chelates for use in molecular imaging and targeted therapeutic pharmaceuticals, the companies reported.

May 25, 2005

UltraSPECT gets CE Mark

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear medicine developer UltraSPECT of Haifa, Israel, has received the European CE Mark for its Wide Beam Reconstruction (WBR) product family.

May 23, 2005

Biotech firm Cell>Point sees promise for oncology SPECT

By Kate Madden Yee

Since its introduction in the 1990s, PET imaging has helped eclipse SPECT, which has long been used for oncology applications but lacks PET's image quality. Biotechnology company Cell>Point, however, hopes to capitalize on the large worldwide installed base of SPECT cameras by developing radiopharmaceuticals in new combinations. Their hope is to make oncology imaging as versatile and accurate on a SPECT system as it is on a PET camera.

May 19, 2005

New Premier contract for Eastern Isotopes

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Isotope provider Eastern Isotopes has signed a new three-year contract to supply FDG to group purchasing organization Premier Purchasing Partners.

May 18, 2005

MDCT, scintigraphy yield very different reads on wrist fractures

By Tracie L. Thompson

Based on a head-to-head comparison with skeletal scintigraphy, British researchers have reluctantly concluded that MDCT probably shouldn't be the next step after initial x-rays fail to show a suspected wrist fracture.

May 17, 2005

International Isotopes shows Q1 downturn

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radioisotope manufacturer International Isotopes of Idaho Falls, ID, reported sales of $686,000, a 7.7% decrease compared with the $743,000 in revenue posted in the comparable quarter one year ago.

May 16, 2005

Draxis joins Nasdaq biotech index

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Canadian pharmaceutical developer Draxis Health said that its stock will be added to the Nasdaq Biotechnology Index.

May 15, 2005

Draxis notches upbeat Q1

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Strong growth in contract manufacturing and an uptick in radiopharmaceutical sales fueled a surge in first-quarter revenues for Draxis Health of Mississauga, Ontario.

May 11, 2005

Medx inks Yale distribution deal

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Nuclear imaging systems manufacturer Medx has signed a deal with Yale University of New Haven, CT, to be its sole worldwide distributor for a cardiac quantification application, Wackers-Liu CQ.

May 10, 2005

Palatin reports higher sales, lower net loss

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical developer Palatin Technologies reported a big gain in revenues and a lower net loss for the company's fiscal third quarter (end-March 31).

May 9, 2005

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