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Mallinckrodt to distribute Myoview
May 14th 1997Mallinckrodt has added another agent to its line of nuclear medicine imaging products. The vendor has signed a five-year agreement with Medi-Physics to distribute Myoview, a technetium-based cardiac imaging agent that provides physicians a view of
ADAC signs service deal with Novare
April 30th 1997ADAC Laboratories this month signed an agreement with asset management firm Novare of Cincinnati whereby ADAC will service nuclear medicine equipment in Novare's customer network of hospitals and healthcare organizations. ADAC of Milpitas, CA, will
ADAC numbers shine in second quarter
April 30th 1997ADAC Laboratories continues to roll smoothly. The Milpitas, CA, nuclear medicine company last week released second-quarter financial results that showed revenues climbing 20% and net income increasing 44%.For the quarter (end-March), the company posted
Intermagnetics appoints new president
April 30th 1997Glenn Epstein has been named president and COO of Intermagnetics General of Latham, NY, with responsibility for day-to-day operations. He was previously president of Oxford Instrument's nuclear measurements group. He replaces Charles Dannemann, who
FDA clears SMV’s coincidence detection
April 16th 1997Nuclear medicine vendor SMV America has received 510(k) clearance from the Food and Drug Administration for its Volumetric Coincidence Reconstruction (VCR) technique for its Vision FX-80 gamma camera. SMV, of Twinsburg, OH, joins ADAC Laboratories and
GE/Elscint joint venture makes progress
April 16th 1997GE Medical Systems of Milwaukee and Elscint of Haifa, Israel, took another step toward finalizing their agreement to form a joint-venture company to develop and manufacture nuclear medicine equipment (SCAN 2/19/97). The vendors announced last week that
Siemens attenuation correction cleared
April 16th 1997The nuclear medicine division of Siemens Medical Systems in Hoffman Estates, IL, has received 510(k) clearance for its Profile attenuation correction device for the E.Cam variable-angle dual-head gamma camera. Profile uses a multiple-line array of
Park looks for strategic partner
April 2nd 1997Nuclear medicine vendor Park Meditech announced that it will actively seek a strategic partner to assist the company in maximizing its technology within the nuclear medicine market.The announcement came with the release of financial results for the first
Siemens and Toshiba sign deal for sales of E.Cam gamma camera
April 2nd 1997Siemens chief predicts nuclear medicine shakeout in the next yearTwo more gamma camera competitors joined forces last month when the nuclear medicine divisions of Siemens and Toshiba signed a deal in which Siemens would provide its E.Cam
ADAC names Eckert president and COO
March 19th 1997Nuclear medicine and information systems vendor ADAC Laboratoriesof Milpitas, CA, has promoted Andrew Eckert to the positions ofpresident and COO. Since 1994, Eckert has been president and generalmanager of ADAC Medical Systems, the company's gamma
ADAC’s multivendor service program takes aim at Elscint installed base
March 5th 1997Vendor acquires Florida gamma camera ISOADAC Laboratories is planning to expand its nuclear medicine multivendorservice program to cover the installed base of Elscint gamma cameras.The Milpitas, CA, company last month acquired Photon
Toshiba taps new CT and nuclear chief
March 5th 1997Toshiba America Medical Systems in Tustin, CA, has named DanielHottowe as director of its CT and nuclear medicine business units.As head of the CT unit, Hottowe replaces John Zimmer, who wasrecently named Toshiba's vice president of marketing. In
Market forces in nuclear medicine drive GE and Elscint to joint venture
February 19th 1997Elscint sees partnering as key to plans for global growthIt's no surprise that the nuclear medicine industry has been ripefor consolidation. What has been unexpected is how few gamma cameravendors have been willing to pursue mergers or
ADAC’s Q1 profits and revenues surge
February 5th 1997Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories enjoyed a banner firstquarter of fiscal 1997 (end-December). The Milpitas, CA, firmlast week reported quarterly financial results that indicateddouble-digit increases in both net income and revenues.For the
Hitachi forms nuclear medicine division
January 8th 1997Japanese vendor Hitachi Medical of Tokyo has formed a new nuclearmedicine division to handle direct sales in North America of itsgamma cameras. The move culminates Hitachi's comeback in the modality,which began when Summit Nuclear stopped marketing the
Digital mammography phantom released
January 8th 1997Nuclear Associates of Carle Place, NY, has begun marketing a digitalmammography phantom that makes it easier to compare the imagequality of digital and conventional mammography biopsy systems.Due to the phantom's small size (6.7 x 6.4 cm, with a 4-cm
ADAC buys network management group, plans for radiology networks
December 18th 1996Unit will help radiologists deal with managed careADAC Laboratories has made no secret of its ambition to evolvebeyond its core nuclear medicine market into businesses with strongergrowth opportunities. The Milpitas, CA, company may have
Park cultivates high-energy relationships
December 4th 1996Gamma camera vendor Park Medical of Lachine, Quebec, is workingwith other medical imaging companies to build an alliance to offerhigh-energy nuclear medicine imaging to regions where it is notcurrently available. Park has already signed on a cyclotron
SMV pursues high-energy imaging
December 4th 1996Like many other nuclear medicine vendors, SMV of Twinsburg, OH,is developing high-energy imaging technologies to image fluorodeoxyglucose,the radiotracer used in most PET studies. At its RSNA booth, SMVwill display both collimated and coincidence
ADAC refines high-energy MCD protocol
December 4th 1996Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories of Milpitas, CA, beganshipping its Molecular Coincidence Detection high-energy imagingupgrade this year, and reported that it had received 27 ordersfor MCD upgrades through the end of its fiscal year in
ADAC sees revenues and net rise in 1996
November 20th 1996Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories enjoyed a healthy fiscal1996 (end-September), with both revenues and net income risingsharply on the strength of higher sales in its gamma camera andinformation systems businesses. For the year, the Milpitas,
Raytel lawsuit fails to stop USDL's acquisition of MICA
November 20th 1996USDL adds nuclear imaging with Lee acquisitionU.S. Diagnostic's acquisition of Medical Imaging Centers of Americaclosed last week, despite litigation filed by Raytel Medical relatedto the ownership of an Orlando, FL, imaging
Imation begins shipping 8 x 10 DryView
November 6th 1996Imation last week began commercial shipments of DryView 8300,the 8 x 10 version of its DryView dry-process laser printing technology.DryView 8300 is targeted at nuclear medicine, ultrasound, andsmall-format applications. Imation last month marked the
ADAC's quest for quality pays off with Malcolm Baldrige recognition
October 23rd 1996Award caps vendor's four-year rise to prominence in nuclear medicineNuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories last week finally fulfilledits three-year quest for the Malcolm Baldrige National QualityAward. The Milpitas, CA, firm received
Picker joins ADAC in club of vendorswith coincidence-detection clearance
October 9th 1996Company ramped up work due to clinical interestADAC Laboratories may claim to be the leader in high-energy coincidence-detectionimaging, but it can no longer claim to be the only company ableto market a product using this promising new nuclear
New monoclonal antibody agents face uphill battle for commercial success
September 25th 1996Are long FDA review times making products too expensive?The nuclear medicine community appears cautious in its attitudeabout the new radiopharmaceuticals just entering or about to enterthe U.S. market: Verluma, Myoscint, CEA-Scan, and
DOE commits to moly-99 isotope project
September 25th 1996The U.S. Department of Energy has selected two nuclear reactorsin New Mexico to produce molybdenum-99, the raw material for thecommonly used radioisotope technetium-99m. The move is an importantstep in a long effort by the agency to develop a U.S. source
New cushion improves scintimammography
September 25th 1996Nuclear Associates of Carle Place, NY, has developed a prone breastcushion to be used during scintimammography exams. The cushionenables nuclear medicine physicians to separate the breasts fromother structures, such as the chest wall, and eliminates the
SMV lands $10 million contract
September 11th 1996Nuclear medicine vendor SMV of Twinsburg, OH, has won a contractto supply gamma cameras and computers to University HealthSystemConsortium (UHC) of Oakbrook, IL. SMV believes the contract couldbe worth $4 million to $5 million a year over the next two