HIMA releases FDA reform plan
The Health Industry Manufacturers Association last week released the first part of a report it hasdeveloped on reforming the Food and Drug Administration. The sectioncontains 40 proposals for reforming the agency, including usingthird-party entities to
The Health Industry Manufacturers Association last week released the first part of a report it hasdeveloped on reforming the Food and Drug Administration. The sectioncontains 40 proposals for reforming the agency, including usingthird-party entities to conduct some of the agency's tasks inregulating medical devices. Part one of the report, entitled Reporton Public Policy Reform and the U.S. Health Care Technology Industry,was delivered to Congress last week. Parts two and three of thereport will be released later this month.
FDA Clears Virtually Helium-Free 1.5T MRI System from Siemens Healthineers
June 26th 2025Offering a cost- and resource-saving DryCool magnet technology, the Magnetom Flow.Ace MRI system reportedly requires 0.7 liters of liquid helium for cooling over the lifetime of the device in contrast to over 1,000 liters commonly utilized with conventional MRI platforms.
SNMMI: Botox May Facilitate Relief from Dry Mouth Side Effect of PSMA-Targeted Radiopharmaceuticals
June 25th 2025For patients being treated with radiopharmaceutical agents for metastatic prostate cancer, the combination of botulinum toxin and an anti-nausea patch led to a 30 percent reduction in PSMA uptake in the salivary glands, according to preliminary research findings presented at the SNMMI conference.
