TechneScan sales to start in Sweden
Radiopharmaceutical developer Mallinckrodt Medical said that itwill begin sales in Sweden of TechneScan Q12, a technetium-basedcardiac imaging agent, following approval of the agent by Sweden'shealth authorities. Sweden is the first country in the
Radiopharmaceutical developer Mallinckrodt Medical said that it
will begin sales in Sweden of TechneScan Q12, a technetium-based
cardiac imaging agent, following approval of the agent by Sweden's
health authorities. Sweden is the first country in the European
Union to approve TechneScan, and certifications in other European
nations are expected. St. Louis-based Mallinckrodt filed a new
drug application for the product in the U.S. in 1994.
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