Molecular Imaging: Page 127

DOE waives export ban on highly enriched uranium

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is moving to allow the export of weapons-grade uranium, the same substance used to manufacture medical isotopes, such as molybdenum-99.

January 8, 2020

RadioMedix, Curium file NDA for PET agent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Biotechnology firm RadioMedix and global nuclear medicine firm Curium have filed a new drug application (NDA) with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the firms' PET diagnostic radiopharmaceutical copper-64 (Cu-64) DOTATATE.

January 7, 2020

Flortaucipir-PET shows moderate promise for CTE

By Wayne Forrest

PET imaging with flortaucipir revealed uptake patterns indicative of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a new study published online January 6 in JAMA Neurology, but the tau-binding radiotracer is not quite ready to be declared a reliable biomarker for the condition, the authors noted.

January 6, 2020

Navidea claims victories in legal case with former CEO

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Radiopharmaceutical developer Navidea Biopharmaceuticals is claiming victories in several motions in a legal case pitting the company against its former CEO, Dr. Michael Goldberg.

January 2, 2020

PET shows tau better predicts brain atrophy than amyloid

By Wayne Forrest

PET scans comparing the location and magnitude of tau protein accumulation have shown that tau better predicts future brain atrophy in patients with Alzheimer's disease compared with amyloid deposition -- and a year or more in advance, according to a study published online January 1 in Science Translational Medicine.

January 2, 2020

Feinstein Institute gets FDA approval for PET Parkinson's agent

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted approval to the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research for a new radiopharmaceutical to be used with PET to help diagnose and monitor Parkinson's disease.

January 2, 2020

Zr-89 immuno-PET could help predict cancer therapy outcomes

By Wayne Forrest

Researchers are one step closer to proving the worth of zirconium-89 (Zr-89) immuno-PET as a noninvasive approach to predict the effectiveness of therapy for cancerous tumors, according to a study published in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

December 17, 2019

ITC upholds ruling in Jubilant-Bracco case

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has upheld an administrative law judge's ruling that Jubilant DraxImage did not violate unfair competition law by exporting its rubidium elution systems into the U.S., as alleged in a suit from contrast developer Bracco Diagnostics.

December 12, 2019

Japanese partnership targets radiotherapeutics

By AuntMinnie.com staff writers

Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine has signed a collaborative research agreement with Fuzionaire Diagnostics to develop anticancer radiotherapeutic agents.

December 12, 2019

Can FDG-PET/MRI replace biopsy in breast cancer cases?

By Wayne Forrest

Although FDG-PET/MRI shows promise for accurate staging of breast cancer, the modality still isn't as accurate as sentinel lymph node biopsy, according to a study presented last week at RSNA 2019 in Chicago.

December 10, 2019

PET and prejudice: Insurance firms' misconceptions

By Wayne Forrest

Healthcare insurance companies should value PET imaging and its cost-effective contributions to patient outcomes rather than view the modality as too expensive and unworthy of reimbursement, according to an editorial in the December issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.

December 9, 2019

PET rules out need for radiotherapy in lymphoma patients

By Abraham Kim

Most patients with diffuse large B-cell lymphoma who have a clear PET scan can safely skip radiation treatment, according to a study funded by the U.S. National Cancer Institute that was presented December 8 at the 2019 American Society of Hematology conference in Orlando, FL.

December 9, 2019

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