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IBA gets OK for U.K. PET facility
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radioisotope manufacturer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has received approval from U.K. officials to begin the manufacture of radiopharmaceuticals at its new PET production facility in Dinnington, South Yorkshire.
July 2, 2007
Cytogen to raise $10 million
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Biopharmaceutical firm Cytogen of Princeton, NJ, plans to raise $10.1 million in a private placement of stock to institutional investors.
July 1, 2007
Philips begins trial of PET/MR CAD software
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Phillips Medical Systems and the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) in Germany said they have developed a computer-aided detection (CAD) system designed to assist in the diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease.
June 26, 2007
CMS reconsiders coverage for new PET uses
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has agreed to review current Medicare coverage for PET applications in inflammation and infection.
June 25, 2007
Studies link Alzheimer's to beta-amyloid and potential for new ligand
By Wayne Forrest
Two studies by Australian researchers are shedding light on Alzheimer's disease. The first looked at the cause of the debilitating condition and the connection between the presence of the toxic brain protein beta-amyloid and Alzheimer's. The other study examined the potential of a new biomarker for disease detection, offering the first results from human studies of the F-18 PET ligand for brain beta-amyloid imaging.
June 25, 2007
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NVIDIA introduces new GPUs
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Graphic-processor developer NVIDIA of Santa Clara, CA, has unveiled a new class of processors based on a new graphics-processing unit (GPU) that will benefit some radiology applications.
June 21, 2007
Neoprobe Lymphoseek trial progresses
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Gamma camera probe developer Neoprobe said that a multicenter phase II clinical study of its Lymphoseek radioactive targeting agent has yielded positive preliminary results.
June 20, 2007
HHS creates advisory board for various agents
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has established a public health advisory panel for chemical, biological, nuclear, and radiological agents.
June 19, 2007
Bayer Schering Pharma licenses Avid's imaging agent
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Bayer Schering Pharma of Leverkusen, Germany, has exercised its right to license Avid Radiopharmaceuticals' F-18 AV1/ZK molecular imaging agent that targets amyloid plaques in the brain.
June 18, 2007
FDG uptake correlates with survival, biomarkers in NSCLC
By Eric Barnes
Researchers have long sought early prognostic clues for lung cancer patients -- ideally signs that are early enough and robust enough to alter patient management. On both counts it appears that researchers from the Netherlands may be on to something. The group performed serial PET/CT scans in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). They found that the maximum uptake of FDG correlated not only with increased survival, but with two plasma biomarkers.
June 18, 2007
IBA opens Beijing office
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Radioisotope manufacturer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has opened a new facility in Beijing, China.
June 17, 2007
Numa launches data migration service
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
Nuclear medicine connectivity developer Numa of Amherst, NH, has launched a new data migration service designed to help sites move data from legacy removable media to online DVD, RAID, PC hard drives, and other types of more modern PACS storage.
June 14, 2007
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