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Syncor grows sales, earnings

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical provider Syncor International reported fourth-quarter net sales of $221.8 million, up 24.2% from the $170.6 million posted in the same period last year.

February 19, 2002

NAS moves into the black

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical developer North American Scientific reported first-quarter net sales of $4.9 million, up 14% compared with the $4.3 million reported in the first quarter of 2001.

February 19, 2002

Alliance to provide PET to Catholic Healthcare West

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Imaging services provider Alliance Imaging has signed an exclusive agreement to provide PET services to hospital network Catholic Healthcare West.

February 19, 2002

CMS expands PET reimbursement

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

PET advocates hoping for the reimbursement of new applications received good news today from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

February 19, 2002

Breast gamma camera cleared by FDA

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

IS2 Research of Nepean, Ontario has been given 510(k) clearance by the FDA for BCC, a dedicated breast cancer gamma camera. The scintimammography camera is to be used as an adjunct to x-ray mammography.

February 17, 2002

C-acetate PET opens a new window on prostate cancer

By Eric Barnes

Japanese researchers are using a promising new PET technique to diagnose prostate cancer in its early stages. In preliminary research, C-acetate PET detected primary lesions 100% of the time, beating FDG by a mile.

February 14, 2002