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Are 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

The 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

Nuclear 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

Nuclear 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

Radioisotope producer Nordion International has settled a disputewith a Canadian government agency that had stalled the constructionof nuclear reactors dedicated to producing molybdenum-99, theraw material for technetium. Nordion, of Kanata, Ontario,

Nuclear medicine vendors look to high-energy imagingto createcustomer incentives for buying new equipmentDoom and gloom of 1995 show dissipates at Denver meetingRenewed optimism characterized last month's 43rd annual Societyof Nuclear

Clinical roles for solid-state camera examined The nuclear medicine unit of GE Medical Systems made its biggestsplash in recent years at the Society of Nuclear Medicine meetingthis month, with the launch of dual-head variable-angle

CEO reports solid growth in cardiology segmentDu Pont Pharmaceutical of North Billerica, MA, is riding the waveof rising Cardiolite demand. All of the market-leading radiopharmaceuticalcompany's growth in 1995 stemmed from an expanding nuclear

At last year's Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting, ADAC Laboratoriesof Milpitas, CA, entered the conference with two new gamma camerasand a new positron imaging technique to publicize. Cardio Epicbuttressed the vendor's position with cardiologists while

Firm may license detectors to other vendorsThe development of a solid-state digital gamma camera has finallymoved beyond the prototype stage. San Diego-based Digirad introduceda solid-state gamma camera at this week's Society of Nuclear

V250 DSP finds company in variable-angle segmentGet ready for a new entrant to the already crowded field of gammacameras. Hitachi Medical Corp. of America unveiled a new variable-angledual-head system at this week's Society of Nuclear Medicine

Picker International's booth at the Society of Nuclear Medicinemeeting highlighted the vendor's second generation of productintroductions stemming from the launch of its simultaneous transmission-emissionprotocol (STEP) photon attenuation correction

Vendor hopes gamma camera will spearhead U.S. resurgenceThe nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems is hopingthat a new gamma camera introduced at this week's Society of NuclearMedicine meeting in Denver will help the company recapture

Toshiba America Medical Systems of Tustin, CA, will demonstrateprogress at the Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in its approachto dealing with two artifact phenomena: photon scatter and attenuation.While competitors have concentrated on the

Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories has adopted a shareholders'rights plan designed to protect its shareholders' interests inthe event of an unsolicited takeover of the Milpitas, CA, company.ADAC said that the plan was not adopted in response to

Nuclear medicine and information systems vendor ADAC Laboratoriesreported sharply higher sales and net income for its second quarter(end-March). The Milpitas, CA, company posted revenues of $58.4million, a company record, compared with revenues of $44.7

Nuclear medicine vendor SMV has revamped its executive lineup,a move that has resulted in the departure of Colin McNaught, chairmanand CEO of the vendor's SMV America unit in Twinsburg OH, andAndre Debionne, chairman and CEO of the holding company for

Saint-Gobain units land gamma camera dealsIf solid-state gamma camera detectors are ever to become a clinicalreality, nuclear medicine vendors will have to reduce the costof the technology to a point where solid-state products are

Printer manufacturer Seiko Instruments has released a new lineof dye sublimation printers that add support for the PostScriptprinting protocol. Seiko hopes that the 8.5 x 11 version of theprinter line will help solidify its position in the nuclear

Nuclear medicine vendor SMV of Twinsburg, OH, has announced thatthe Food and Drug Administration has issued 510(k) clearance forits transmission attenuation correction (TAC) protocol. TAC isdesigned for SMV's Vision DST and Vision DST-XL

A new report published by Frost & Sullivan of Mountain View,CA, predicts that ultrasound's share of the cardiac imaging marketwill grow in coming years, while that of x-ray and nuclear medicinedeclines. The publication claims that the worldwide

Nuclear medicine pharmacy firm Syncor reported solid financialresults for its 1995 fiscal year (end-December), offering furtherproof that the nuclear medicine industry's slump eased last year.The Chatsworth, CA, firm said that both revenues and

Functional MRI could lead to 4-tesla renaissanceThe nuclear magnetic resonance instrument division of Varian Associatesin Palo Alto, CA, is chiseling out a specialized niche in ultra-high-fieldMRI with the launch of Unity Inova, a whole-body

Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories of Milpitas, CA, haspromoted David Lowe to the position of chairman, replacing StanleyCzerwinski, who is retiring. Lowe will retain his title of CEO,while Czerwinski will remain a member of ADAC's

Vendor is developing variable-angle gamma cameraThe new head of the nuclear medicine group of Siemens MedicalSystems has a track record for bringing R&D projects to marketquickly, a trait that the Hoffman Estates, IL, group is countingon to

MCD and LabStat will also expand markets in 1996The multivendor service program being developed by nuclear medicinevendor ADAC Laboratories is one of three major growth initiativesthe Milpitas, CA, firm is pushing in 1996 to expand its

The Food and Drug Administration has cleared three Hitachi gammacameras that are the centerpiece of the vendor's planned comebackin nuclear medicine. Two of the cameras are systems manufacturedby Hitachi and formerly marketed by Summit Nuclear, while

ADAC Laboratories of Milpitas, CA, pleased the investment communitylast week by announcing that it expects sharply higher bookingsand revenue for its first quarter of fiscal 1996 (end-December).The market responded by sending the nuclear medicine

Plan will require increase in molybdenum pricesThe American College of Nuclear Physicians and the Society ofNuclear Medicine are poised to issue a letter of support for NordionInternational's plan to build two new nuclear reactors to

Printer developer Codonics of Middleburg Heights, OH, has signeda three-year contract with ADAC Laboratories of Milpitas, CA,in which the nuclear medicine vendor agreed to purchase CodonicsNP-1600MD and EP-1650 dye-diffusion printers. Codonics valuedthe