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Pharmacist sentenced in radiopharmaceutical criminal case

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Evidence showed that Sheriff owned and was pharmacist in charge at Shertech, a pharmacy that provided nuclear and radiopharmaceutical drugs to medical facilities. Attorney's Office in the District of South Carolina.

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Targeted radiopharmaceuticals offer new hope for longer 'healthspans'

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A 2018 study from the U.S. An emerging field of precision radiopharmaceuticals brings new optimism to this mission, revolutionizing cancer care. Precision radiopharmaceuticals accurately target tumors while minimizing damage to healthy tissue. Americans today can expect to live long lives.

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FDA approves Lutathera for some pediatric patients

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Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Novartis' Lutathera (lutetium-177 [Lu-177]) DOTATATE radiopharmaceutical for treatment of pediatric patients who are 12 years old and older with somatostatin receptor (SSTR)-positive gastroentropancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs).

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Generative AI, radiologist shortages feature in 2024 Minnies

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In 2018, Fishman received an endowed professorship from Johns Hopkins. Beyder played a key role in launching the radiopharmaceutical therapy (RPT) comprehensive center of excellence at WU, BJH, and Siteman Cancer Center last year. from Ukraine.

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Blue Earth Therapeutics Announces Promising Results from Preclinical Evaluation of Synergistic Drug Combinations with Radiopharmaceutical 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1 for Treatment of Prostate Cancer

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an investigational radiohybrid (rh) Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-targeted therapeutic radiopharmaceutical, is the lead candidate in Blue Earth Therapeutics’ oncology development program of next generation therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals. 177Lu-rhPSMA-10.1,

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First Ever Investigational 18F-CD8 PET Radiopharmaceutical Aims to Predict and Monitor Early Response to Cancer Immunotherapies

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The clinical trial will use this investigational radiopharmaceutical to help understand if patients have CD8+ T cells in their tumors and will, therefore, be more likely to respond to immune checkpoint inhibitors, the main class of immunotherapies currently approved for use. Fruhwirth, G. Kneilling, M., De Vries, I. Weigelin, B.,

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The rise of theranostics: Part 1 -- Gaining momentum

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Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) approvals of radiopharmaceuticals for neuroendocrine tumors and then for prostate cancer, theranostics has picked up momentum in clinical practice, propelled by encouraging research. Since 2013 we've had several more radiopharmaceutical therapies get FDA approval. Since the U.S.