GE Healthcare has exercised its exclusive option to license PhotoCure's Hexvix optical molecular imaging agent for the U.S. market.
The U.S. license is an extension of an agreement inked earlier this year that granted the Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.-based firm exclusive global rights outside the Nordic region for Hexvix. The licensing deal is subject to U.S. government approval.
Hexvix is intended for the diagnosis and monitoring of bladder cancer. Oslo, Norway-based PhotoCure will continue to be responsible for manufacturing and Nordic distribution of the agent.
By AuntMinnie.com staff writers
July 31, 2006
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