FDA clears upgrade for PET systems
Medical Imaging Electronics and Nuclear Imaging Services said they have been granted 510(k) clearance by the FDA for their ECAT Scintron upgrade, which enhances Siemens Healthcare's ECAT 47, ECAT HR+ and ECAT Accel legacy PET systems. The company said the upgrades will make new acquisition protocols available to users and allow them to process images faster, among other advantages. AuntMinnie.com (free registration)
(5/16)
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Drug-tracking measure obtains House panel OK
A House panel approved along party lines a measure that would strengthen the tracking of prescription treatments. The FDA will be required to propose new regulations to protect consumers from counterfeit prescriptions by 2027, but the measure does not require that those rules be put into effect. The Hill/RegWatch blog
(5/15)
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Sanofi partners with PatientsLikeMe for clinical trial recruitment
Drugmaker Sanofi and the nonprofit Center for Information and Study on Clinical Research Participation will use PatientsLikeMe's clinical trial awareness tool to recruit participants in trials for asthma, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and oncology drugs. Educational materials from the CISCRP will help potential participants understand the clinical research process. MedCityNews.com
(5/14)
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