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Hybrid device adds BGO detectors to CT gantryExecutives with the nuclear medicine division of Siemens Medical Systems in Hoffman Estates, IL, this month confirmed rumors about the company's efforts to build a hybrid CT/PET scanner. While the

The nuclear medicine community has reason for celebration following the Health Care Financing Administration's June 3 announcement of a national average payment for PET scans. According to ADAC Laboratories of Milpitas, CA, HCFA stated that its Medicare

HCFA decision on Medicare PET payment level gives lift to SNM attendeesThe remarkable comeback of the nuclear medicine industry continues unabated. Attendees at this month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Toronto found that the

Company snatched rights to UGM camera from GENuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories plans to use next month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Toronto as a launching pad for its foray into the dedicated PET market. ADAC on June 1

Toshiba America Medical Systems will present ongoing developments in coincidence imaging at next month’s Society of Nuclear Medicine conference in Toronto. The Tustin, CA-based company will feature its Toshiba E.Cam attenuation correction and

Technetium supplies may be exhausted by May 29It seems like déjà vu all over again. Workers again are on strike at the Canadian nuclear reactor that produces most of the world’s supply of molybdenum, which is used to make

Firm believes its Q1 shipments surpassed ADAC’sThe nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems continues its remarkable rebound, powered by sales of its variable-angle E.Cam gamma camera. The Hoffman Estates, IL, division believes that

DSXi is upgradable to dual-head configurationNuclear medicine vendor SMV America plans to showcase a new single-head gamma camera that is upgradable to a dual-head variable-angle model at the upcoming Society of Nuclear Medicine meeting in

Company breaks gamma camera sales records in U.S.The nuclear medicine division of Israeli multimodality vendor Elscint hopes to make high-energy imaging easier and cheaper for its gamma camera customers through an FDG distribution deal signed this

ADAC Laboratories of Milpitas, CA, and Siemens Medical Systems of Hoffman Estates, IL, have been named the preferred vendors in a dual-source group buy of nuclear medicine equipment issued by group purchasing organization Premier. Premier members are

The nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems announced that it shipped its 100th ECAT Exact PET camera in March. The camera will be installed at the Rhoen Clinic in Bad Berka, Germany, according to the Hoffman Estates, IL-based division. With

Executive drove ADAC’s quality improvementThe last 10 years have been busy ones for David Lowe. The imaging executive helped his company, ADAC Laboratories, grow from third place and a 12% share of the U.S. nuclear medicine industry to

Company calls off relationship with MallinckrodtIf you want something done right, do it yourself. Immunomedics has taken that age-old adage to heart by implementing a plan to directly market its monoclonal antibody-based nuclear medicine imaging

Company's parent commits $3.5 million for R&DSmaller may be better when it comes to focusing on the nuclear medicine radiopharmaceutical marketplace. While revenues from nuclear agents can't match billion-dollar opportunities in the general

Nuclear medicine start-up International Isotopes has won a major contract that will help the company in its quest to become a supplier of medical radioisotopes (SCAN 9/3/97). The company has signed a deal to provide its radioactive seeds to Imagyn

Israeli multimodality vendor Elscint has named Joe Sardano head of its U.S. nuclear medicine business unit, a position that previously had been vacant. Prior to joining Elscint in November, Sardano was with Fisher Scientific, and has also worked for

Company will sell systems now marketed by GENuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories scored a coup this month over rival GE Medical Systems by signing an agreement with UGM Medical Systems for UGM's low-cost PET cameras. GE had been selling the

Nuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories (Hall B, #6711) is promising a new product announcement for the meeting but is planning to keep the news to itself until the show. One new product the Milpitas, CA-based company is talking about is WebView, a

The nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems in Hoffman Estates, IL, is giving a higher profile to its gamma camera remanufacturing capability. The company last month launched its Siemens Remanufactured Product (SRP) line, which it plans to

Nuclear medicine start-up International Isotopes of Denton, TX, has formed alliances with several universities and institutions as part of the company's plan to develop a U.S. source for radioisotopes used for medical purposes (SCAN 9/3/97). The firm

Nuclear medicine vendor SMV of Twinsburg, OH, reported last month that it has completed the financial recapitalization plan announced earlier this year (SCAN Special Report June 1997). The deal includes the retirement of about $38 million in corporate

It's been a long road back, but the nuclear medicine group of Siemens Medical Systems can finally claim to have accomplished its long-awaited turnaround. Executives with the Hoffman Estates, IL, division are reporting a return to market share and revenue

At last month's European Association of Nuclear Medicine Congress in Glasgow, Scotland, Dr. Henry Wagner presented preliminary results on the Molecular Coincidence Detection high-energy imaging technique under development by ADAC Laboratories of

Arizona researchers investigate brain imagerThe search for black holes and new stars has led NASA engineers to develop a gamma ray detector that could vastly improve the resolution of nuclear medicine cameras. Engineers at NASA's Goddard Space

Firm to develop ultra-high-resolution gamma cameraA Texas-based startup called International Isotopes is planning to take on the nuclear medicine market with a two-pronged business model that calls for manufacturing radioisotopes as well as a new

ADAC Laboratories has added CEO to Andrew Eckert's list of titles, which already includes president and COO. Giving up the CEO mantle is David Lowe, who will remain chairman of the Milpitas, CA, nuclear medicine vendor. ADAC said the transition was part

Information systems unit also reports difficultiesNuclear medicine vendor ADAC Laboratories last month reported strong growth in third-quarter revenues and operating income, but the positive numbers were overshadowed by a disturbing shortfall in

The nuclear medicine community is catching its breath after a one-week strike at a Canadian nuclear reactor caused a brief cutoff of the supply of molybdenum-99, the raw material for the commonly used radiotracer technetium-99m. While the strike was

The U.S. Department of Energy is moving forward with plans to use a nuclear reactor in Albuquerque to produce molybdenum-99, the raw material for several radioisotopes used in nuclear medicine. The agency's effort, however, has not moved as quickly as it

The development of new nuclear medicine and MRI contrast agents is the focus of an alliance signed last month between Epix Medical and Dyax. The two Cambridge, MA, companies have agreed to join forces to spur development of agents to diagnose pulmonary