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BEDFORD, Mass., Sept. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- VisEn Medical Inc., a leader in fluorescence in vivo imaging from research through medicine, announced today the commercial launch of its new Annexin-Vivo 750 imaging agent for measuring and monitoring apoptosis and cell death in vivo. The new Annexin-Vivo 750 agent is based on the well established Annexin labeling standard in in vitro research. It is expected to significantly expand research areas and enhance drug development by enabling real time...

BEDFORD, Mass., July 7 /PRNewswire/ -- VisEn Medical Inc., a leader in fluorescence in vivo imaging from research through medicine, announced today the commercial launch of its new Cat-K FAST(TM) imaging agent for measuring and monitoring Cathepsin K activity associated with disease progression and therapeutic response in vivo. Cathepsin K expression is well known as a key biomarker and therapeutic target in a range of bone-related diseases, including cancer metastasis to bone, as well as...

Bracco's Cardiogen-82(R) Enables Cardiologists to Better Detect Cardiovascular Disease OTTAWA, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - MDS Nordion, a leading provider of medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals, today announced that it has commenced the manufacture of CardioGen-82(R) (Rubidium-82 generators), for Bracco Diagnostics, Inc. (part of Bracco Group), one of the world's leading companies in the imaging agent business. MDS Nordion has designed and built a dedicated...

Site to Provide Glucotrace (Fluorodeoxyglucose) for Use in Earlier Detection of Disease and Therapy Management OTTAWA and FLEURUS, Belgium, May 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - MDS Nordion, a leading global provider of medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals used in molecular medicine, today announced the opening of a facility in Fleurus, Belgium for the production of Glucotrace (Fluorodeoxyglucose), a radiopharmaceutical used in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. PET...

Exclusive distribution agreement in place with GE Healthcare NOIDA, India, May 4 /PRNewswire/ - Jubilant Organosys Ltd, headquartered in India, announced today that its subsidiary in the United States, DRAXIMAGE LLC has received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval for the Company's Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for DRAXIMAGE(R)'s generic Sestamibi. The product is found to be bioequivalent and therapeutically equivalent to reference listed drug Cardiolite(R)....

COLUMBUS, Ohio, April 29 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ohio State University, Cardinal Health and Ohio Third Frontier today announced a collaboration that will invest more than $10 million to help shape the future of the medical diagnostic industry, combining Ohio State's Wright Center of Innovation in Biomedical Imaging research capabilities and Cardinal Health's manufacturing and commercialization expertise for molecular imaging agents. Molecular imaging is one of the fastest growing areas in...

MALVERN, Pa., Nov. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- Arlington Medical Resources (AMR), a provider of premier market intelligence for the pharmaceutical and diagnostic imaging industries, finds that Lantheus Medical Imaging's Cardiolite has 15 percent more market share than General Electric's Myoview for September 2008. Both Cardiolite and Myoview are administered intravenously as part of the Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Stress Test to highlight areas of the heart. The Myocardial Perfusion Imaging Stress...

Covidien (NYSE: COV, BSX: COV), a leading global provider of healthcare products, and PETNET Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens Medical Solutions USA, Inc. and a leader in radiopharmaceutical distribution, jointly announced they have entered into a co-marketing agreement to offer a combined portfolio of high energy and low energy radioisotopes to the nuclear medicine community in the United States. Through the agreement, Covidien Imaging Solutions and PETNET will create a...

Avid Radiopharmaceuticals today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Peripheral and CNS Advisory Committee provided strong support for development of amyloid imaging agents to test for the presence or absence of Alzheimer's disease pathology in people with symptoms of cognitive impairment. Avid's Phase II amyloid imaging compound, (18)F-AV-45 (AV-45) is well positioned to rapidly enter late stage development based on the FDA Advisory Committee recommendations. "Today...

By MacDonald, Anita Burrell, Steven Nuclear medicine is a diverse field with a large number of different studies spanning virtually all organ systems and medical specialties. Many nuclear medicine procedures are performed routinely; others may be performed only rarely, sometimes less than once per year. The infrequent nature of many studies makes it challenging to retain relevant knowledge and skills. This 2-part article provides a review of several infrequently performed studies. The topics...