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Bracco hits Jubilant with patent complaint on rubidium PET
By Wayne Forrest
Contrast developer Bracco Diagnostics has filed a complaint against radiopharmaceutical firm Jubilant DraxImage and two of its affiliates for alleged patent infringement regarding rubidium-based radiopharmaceuticals for cardiac PET studies.
April 5, 2018
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Digirad CFO to leave company
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The chief financial officer (CFO) of nuclear medicine equipment and services firm Digirad is leaving the company, according to a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
April 3, 2018
Novel PET agent could advance neurological imaging
By Wayne Forrest
Swiss and German researchers have obtained promising results with a novel PET imaging agent that could help guide and assess treatment for people with various neurological diseases. The preclinical study was published in the April issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
April 2, 2018
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Canada's NRU reactor to go offline for the final time
By Wayne Forrest
It's the end of an era in Chalk River, Ontario, as the National Research Universal (NRU) nuclear reactor goes offline for the final time on March 31. The reactor has been a key source of molybdenum-99, the precursor to the widely used radiopharmaceutical technetium-99m.
March 29, 2018
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NorthStar's novel generator could relieve U.S. isotope shortages
By Wayne Forrest
NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes is hoping that its isotope separation technology -- almost a decade in the making -- can alleviate worries about inadequate sources of molybdenum-99, the precursor to technetium-99m, a widely used radiopharmaceutical for nuclear medicine scans.
March 28, 2018
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Groups ask CMS to reconsider NaF-PET coverage
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Three imaging organizations are urging the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reconsider coverage for sodium fluoride (NaF) PET scans.
March 25, 2018
New budget revives pass-through status of radiotracers
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
New budget legislation signed last week by President Donald Trump will reverse the decision made by the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to remove the pass-through status of several radiopharmaceuticals on January 1.
March 25, 2018
SNMMI urges CMS to classify radiotracers as drugs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) has joined other advocacy groups and vendors in Washington, DC, last week to campaign for a bill that would require the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to reclassify diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals as drugs.
March 19, 2018
FDA report tackles Philips complaint handling
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released a report on its inspection of the Cleveland-area manufacturing facility operated by Philips Healthcare.
March 19, 2018
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CereHealth gets FDA nod for image viewer
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
CereHealth, a subsidiary of neurodiagnostic firm CereScan, has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for its CereMetrix Silver image viewer.
March 12, 2018
Lantheus touts cardiac PET tracer study at ACC
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Lantheus Medical Imaging reported encouraging results from a phase II study of LMI 1195, an F-18 tracer for use in cardiac PET to evaluate myocardial presynaptic sympathetic nerve function. The findings were presented on Monday at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual meeting in Orlando, FL.
March 12, 2018
ACC: PET/CT calcium scans could foretell cardiac events
By Wayne Forrest
By using PET/CT to measure the level of calcium in the coronary arteries during stress tests, clinicians can better predict which patients are at high risk of heart disease, according to a study presented on Monday at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) annual conference in Orlando, FL.
March 12, 2018
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