Molecular Imaging: Page 120

EUSA Pharma to acquire Cytogen

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Specialty pharmaceutical company EUSA Pharma of Oxford, U.K., has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire biopharmaceutical firm Cytogen for $22.6 million.

March 10, 2008

PET/CT beats 3T MRI in whole-body primary tumor staging

By Rob Skelding

VIENNA - Finding how far a patient's cancer has spread is critical in planning and optimizing treatment. Various imaging techniques now provide indispensable tools for staging primary tumors, but a new comparative study found fused whole-body PET/CT to be significantly more accurate than whole-body MRI -- even at 3 tesla -- for primary tumor staging.

March 9, 2008

IBA posts mixed results for 2007

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Belgian radiopharmaceutical firm Ion Beam Applications (IBA) of Louvain-la-Neuve posted strong revenue increases but also a decline in profit in 2007.

March 6, 2008

Bayer inks molecular imaging deal

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Bayer Schering Pharma has signed a license agreement with South Korean molecular imaging manufacturer FutureChem.

February 19, 2008

GE partners with German firm on cancer therapeutics

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Multimodality vendor GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has expanded a partnership with a German firm to include collaboration in the field of molecular imaging and its application to the development of cancer therapeutics.

January 30, 2008

BioSphere nets CE Mark OK

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Interventional device developer BioSphere Medical has received the European CE Mark for transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) using its HepaSphere microspheres.

December 17, 2007

Child cancer risk higher near nuclear plants: study

By Reuters Health

BERLIN (Reuters), Dec 10 - A German study has found that young children living near nuclear power plants have a significantly higher risk of developing leukemia and other forms of cancer, a German newspaper reported on Saturday. The newspaper said the study was done by the University of Mainz for Germany's Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BFS).

December 9, 2007

Eckert & Ziegler launch new gallium generator

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiotherapy and radiopharmaceutical developer Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products introduced a new gallium-68 generator at last month's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark.

November 12, 2007

Molecular Insight completes phase I Azedra trial

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals has completed a phase I dosimetry trial of its oncology molecular radiotherapeutic agent, Azedra (Ultratrace iobenguane I-131 or Ultratrace MIBG), the company announced.

October 17, 2007

Siemens debuts Symbia E

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions is introducing its Symbia E series SPECT camera at this week's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) annual congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.

October 14, 2007

GE introduces biopharmaceutical line

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

GE Healthcare of Chalfont St. Giles, U.K., has introduced a new line of systems and devices for biopharmaceutical production.

October 1, 2007

Gamma Medica sells units in Switzerland

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Gamma camera developer Gamma Medica-Ideas of Northridge, CA, has installed several of its preclinical imaging systems at research institutes in Switzerland.

October 1, 2007

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