Contrast Media

Contrast media, also called contrast agents, are used to enhance the blood and perfusion in tissues. This includes iodine based contrast for on computed tomography (CT), gadolinium based agents for MRI and lipid bubble contrast agents used in ultrasound.

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July 8, 2008 – The FDA approved Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals’s EOVIST (Gadoxetate Disodium) Injection, a gadolinium ...

Time July 07, 2008
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June 22, 2008 - Customized microscopic magnets that could possibly be injected into the body could add color to magnetic ...

Time June 22, 2008
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June 18, 2008 – MEDRAD gained FDA 510(k) clearance for a new Fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) infusion system for positron ...

Time June 17, 2008
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June 18, 2008 – Bracco Diagnostics showcased its Cardiac PET Perfusion Imaging with CardioGen-82, a Rubidium Rb 82 ...

Time June 17, 2008
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June 17, 2008 – Findings indicate that when used with PET technology, BMS747158 demonstrates a favorable radiation ...

Time June 16, 2008
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June 13, 2008 - MEDRAD signed a distribution and co-marketing partnership agreement with PETNET Solutions, a fully owned ...

Time June 12, 2008
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June 12, 2008 – The FDA designated for priority review, the New Drug Application (NDA) for GE’s AdreView, a molecular ...

Time June 11, 2008
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June 12, 2008 - There is a lack of universally applied standards for administering radiopharmaceutical doses to children ...

Time June 11, 2008
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June 10, 2008 - The use of ultrasound contrast agents during stress echocardiograms is safe, according to results ...

Time June 09, 2008
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June 13, 2008 - The FDA granted tentative approval for Covidien’s Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for its Kit ...

Time June 09, 2008
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Acusphere has submitted a New Drug Application (NDA) to the FDA for approval to market Imagify (Perflubutane Polymer ...

Time June 08, 2008
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ProHance is a macrocyclic, nonionic, gadolinium-based magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) contrast agent designed for use ...

Time June 08, 2008
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The FDA recently approved Covidien’s contrast delivery system with radiofrequency identification (RFID) technology ...

Time June 08, 2008
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The EmpowerMR injector system has multiple features created to cope with the problem of electrical interference in the ...

Time June 08, 2008
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The ACIST CVi Contrast Delivery System provides one injection system for all cardiac and vascular angiography procedures ...

Time June 08, 2008
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The FDA granted tentative approval for Covidien’s Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) for its Kit for the ...

Time June 08, 2008
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Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals collaborated with Mobile Aspects to create VistaTrak, a touchscreen contrast media ...

Time June 08, 2008
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June 2, 2008 - The ethics committee of the Centro Cardiologico Monzino (CCM-University of Milan), Milan, Italy, has ...

Time June 01, 2008
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Carestream expanded its line of imaging agents with Kodak X-Sight Nanosphere Conjugates labeled with Streptavidin for ...

Time June 01, 2008
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June 2, 2008 – Whole milk is just as effective as a diluted (0.1 percent) barium suspension that is also commonly used ...

Time June 01, 2008
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