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Telix acquires assets targeting FAP in nuclear medicine

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Telix Pharmaceuticals is expanding its theranostic pipeline with newly acquired assets targeting fibroblast activation protein (FAP) in nuclear medicine. FAP is a pan-cancer marker expressed in the tumor microenvironment of epithelial cancers and on the surface of some specific cancer types, including sarcomas and mesotheliomas.

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123 organizations come out in support of FIND Act aimed at strengthening diagnostic imaging pay

Radiology Business

Backers include societies representing radiologists and nuclear medicine professionals, device manufacturers, patient advocacy groups, and pharmaceutical companies.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 3 -- What is a theranostics center?

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Eliot Siegel, MD; Stanislav Spiridonov, MD; Nathan Gee, MD; and Anthony Chang, PhD, are among a niche gathering of early adopters, entrepreneurial physicians, medical physicists, and investors with a sweet spot for nuclear medicine, diagnostic radiology, and radiation oncology.

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The rise of theranostics: Part 5 -- Advice from center administrators

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As nuclear medicine therapies gain stature compared to nuclear medicine in diagnostic imaging, hospital administrators may be eyeing the potential of adding theranostics services. A shortage of nuclear medicine technologists means a theranostics center may need to limit its patient volume.

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Blue Earth Diagnostics, a Bracco Company, Appoints Marco Campione as Chief Executive Officer

Imaging Technology

Campione also joins the Blue Earth Diagnostics Ltd. Board of Directors and will serve as Vice Chair of the Blue Earth Diagnostics Inc. Board of Directors and will serve as Vice Chair of the Blue Earth Diagnostics Inc. Blue Earth Diagnostics, an indirect subsidiary of Bracco Imaging S.p.A., Board of Directors.

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New CT, MR scanners and AI top GE HealthCare highlights at RSNA 2023

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GEHC also displayed its Signa PET/MR AIR system, which was introduced at the annual Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) conference in June. Pharmaceutical diagnostics The company pointed to a recent study that validated the use of AI models for predicting patient response to therapy.

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

Imaging Technology

For pharmaceutical companies and researchers, using this tracer to better understand the mechanism of action - i.e. the effect of immunotherapies on a patient’s immune response to their cancer - could, potentially, enable them to better select patients to participate in clinical trials and bring new immunotherapies to market.