The former Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS) Medical Imaging has becomeLantheus Medical Imaging, through the acquisition of the BMS unit byAvista Capital Partners in January for $525 million, and the new CEOspoke with Health Imaging News about the transition and the company’s plans future plans.

Cardinal Health and GE Healthcare have entered an agreement to increase the availability of GE’s Myoview through Cardinal Health'snetwork of specialized nuclear pharmacies.

A multiple radiotracer investigational study conducted at theUniversity of Washington in Seattle shows that PET technology may beefficacious in determining the potential for adverse outcomes inpatients with congestive heart failure (CHF).

NuView Radiopharmaceuticals has executed an exclusive license agreementwith the University of Southern California (USC) that provides NuViewwith the development and commercialization rights to a taggedderivative of the naturally found biological molecule adenosine, calledF-18 FXA, for potential use as a diagnostic cardiac PETradiopharmaceutical in clinical trials.

Digitized, streamlined information systems in the cardiaccatheterization lab drive efficiency, healthcare quality and patientsafety. At a time when more and more specialists are using cath labfacilities for a wider range of procedures, electronic data helpsfacilities get the most out of their equipment investment.

Rep. John Carter, R-Texas, a member of the House AppropriationsCommittee, Wednesday presented a $750,000 check to the MetroplexHospital in Killeen, Texas, for use by its cardiology and radiologydepartments.

U.S. District Judge T. John Ward has added $69.4 million inpre-judgment interest to the $431.9 million a jury ordered BostonScientific to pay for infringing on a doctor’s patent on drug-elutingstents.