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News Contrast Agents

• Chemistry breakthrough sheds new light on illness and health
  

  From microscopes to MRI scanners, imaging technology is growing ever more vital in the world's hospitals, whether for the diagnosis of illness or for research into new cures. Imaging technology requires dyes or contrast agents of some sort. Current contrast agents and dyes are expensive, difficult t more

• Two-in-One Imaging Agents

  Accurate visualization of living systems is key to the correct diagnosis and effective treatment of many diseases, as well as an improved understanding of biological processes. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a popular non-invasive visualization technique, which requires a possibly toxic contras more

• Bayer launches Betaferon in China

  Bayer Schering Pharma announced the upcoming launch in China of Betaferon® (interferon beta-1b) for the treatment of relapsing-remitting forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Betaferon is already approved in over 100 countries worldwide. With Betaferon and Gadovist®1.0, which was also recently launched more

Publications Contrast Agents

• Fluorometry, a fast screening technique for non‐covalent binding of contrast agents to human serum albumin?

  The non‐covalent interactions of gadolinium‐based MRI contrast agents with macromolecules, such as human serum albumin (HSA), increase their efficacy. The identification of contrast agents that interact with HSA is a crucial first step in the complex, lengthy and expensive developmental process of more

• Promising strategies for Gd-based responsive magnetic resonance imaging contrast agents

  Publication date: April 2013Source:Current Opinion in Chemical Biology, Volume 17, Issue 2 Author(s): Clara Shen , Elizabeth J New Magnetic resonance imaging is a powerful imaging modality that is often coupled with paramagnetic contrast agents based on gadolinium to enhance sensitivity and im more

• Curcumin/Gd Loaded Apoferritin: A Novel “Theranostic” Agent To Prevent Hepatocellular Damage in Toxic Induced Acute Hepatitis

  Apoferritin has been exploited to deliver simultaneously therapeutic and imaging agents (loaded into its internal cavity) to hepatocytes as this protein is efficiently taken up from blood by hepatocyte scavenger receptor class A type 5 via the ferritin transporting route. To this purpose the protein more

Market studies Contrast Agents

• Hungary Pharmaceuticals and Healthcare Report Q2 2012

  BMI View: Some changes have been made to the original March 2011 proposal to reduce costs in the pharmaceutical market, representing moderately good news for drugmakers. However, this development will only delay the impact on drugmakers operating in the market until 2012; in reality, it has only pus more

• Guerbet Group (GBT) - Financial and Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  Guerbet Group (Guerbet) is a pharmaceutical company engaged in the manufacture and marketing of medical imaging contrast agents destined for diagnostic purposes. Guerbet provides a wide range of contrast agents for X-ray examinations, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)and nuclear medicine. Additionall more

• Bracco S.p.A. - Strategic SWOT Analysis Review

  Bracco S.p.A. (Bracco) is a healthcare company that primarily focuses on diagnostic imaging. Bracco develops optimized contrast agents for a variety of application fields including X-rays, Magnetic Resonance, Ultrasound, and Nuclear Medicine. The company was established in 1927 and is represented in more

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