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CMS' MPFS 2025 final rule includes colorectal cancer screening

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Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has released its final rule for the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS), which includes coverage of colorectal cancer screening with CT colonography (CTC) for the first time. In the end, this translates to a finalized 2025 MPFS conversion factor of $32.35, a decrease of 2.8%

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New guidelines cover theranostics for brain tumors

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These SSTRs can be targeted both with gallium-68 (Ga-68) imaging agents and therapeutic lutetium-177 (Lu-177) radiopharmaceuticals using a so-called theranostics approach. Meningiomas are the most common primary adult intracranial tumors and most meningiomas show high expression of somatostatin receptors (SSTRs). In the U.S.,

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NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes and Curadh MTR Enter Strategic Collaboration Agreement for Development and Production of Actinium-225 (Ac-225)-based Therapeutic Radiopharmaceuticals for Treatment of Primary and Metastatic Solid Tumors

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milla1cf Fri, 01/05/2024 - 11:32 January 5, 2024 — NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC , a global innovator in development, production and commercialization of radiopharmaceuticals used to detect and treat cancer and other serious diseases, and Curadh MTR Inc. Chief Executive Officer of NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes.

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Imaging societies' reactions mixed on finalized MPFS, HOPPS rules

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Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS) and Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) final rules. Although the 2025 MPFS calls for an overall 2.9% The change to the MPFS conversion factor reflects the 0% update required by statute for 2025, the expiration of the 2.9%

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Lantheus Acquires Global Rights to Life Molecular Imaging’s Novel Therapeutic and Diagnostic Pair Targeting GRPR for Prostate and Breast Cancers

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Lantheus intends to begin a Phase 1/2a study with 177Lu-DOTA-RM2 in prostate cancer patients in 2025. mtaschetta-millane Fri, 07/05/2024 - 06:00 July 5, 2024 — Lantheus Holdings, Inc. , 68Ga-DOTA-RM2 will be used as a companion diagnostic.

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Blue Earth Therapeutics Reports Promising Phase 1 Data for Investigational Therapies

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Based on the advantageous results for absolute tumor and normal organ uptake seen in Phase 1, the Phase 2 study will explore the following concepts: Administration of a significantly higher overall injected radioactivity in comparison to recent Phase 3 clinical trials of other agents. Front loading of administered radioactivity.

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NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes Provides Updates on Corporate Progress and Upcoming Milestones

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Mr. Merrick continued, “Demand for therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals is increasing rapidly. NorthStar has further deepened and broadened our business platform with the recent establishment of a full-scale radiopharmaceutical CDMO/CMO services unit. Ac-225 using advanced, environmentally preferable electron accelerator technology.

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