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Last fall, the FDA stressed that the PET Good Manufacturing Practices require stability testing at each facility annually. SNMMI opposes that change, which could have a strong negative impact on the supply of PET drugs in the U.S.
Subject: Advocacy & Legislative Updates, SNMMI News
Aug 21, 2024
8/21/2024 12:00:00 AM
A new fluorescent imaging probe can for the first time objectively and non-invasively measure loss of smell, clinically known as anosmia.
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Aug 20, 2024
8/20/2024 10:33:39 AM
A new molecular imaging technique that pairs a novel tracer with a next-generation PET/CT scanner can identify neuroblastoma in children with high sensitivity, requiring a scan time of only minutes and no sedation or anesthesia.
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Aug 20, 2024
8/20/2024 10:09:00 AM
SNMMI releases the 2024 Annual Meeting Awards Guide
Subject: SNMMI News
Aug 13, 2024
8/13/2024 12:00:00 AM
The Senate Appropriations Committee included neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) on this list of conditions eligible for dedicated research funding.
Subject: Advocacy & Legislative Updates
Aug 08, 2024
8/8/2024 12:34:00 PM
A newly developed imaging method, granzyme B PET, can non-invasively detect inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and provide a real-time picture of active inflammation in the tissue, according to new research published in the July issue of JNM.
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Jul 25, 2024
7/25/2024 7:00:00 AM
Two reduced dose radiopharmaceutical therapy approaches for advanced stage metastatic castrate-resistant prostate cancer have been shown to be just as effective as the standard dose, according to new research published in the July issue of JNM.
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Jul 23, 2024
7/23/2024 9:17:01 PM
On Tuesday, July 9, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the proposed rule for the 2025 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule (MPFS). Below are key takeaways SNMMI would like to make our members aware of.
Subject: Advocacy & Legislative Updates, Coding & Reimbursement
Jul 17, 2024
7/17/2024 4:52:56 PM
SNMMI enthusiastically supports CMS' FY25 proposed rules on the Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (OPPS), which includes adjustments to an existing packaging policy for diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals established in 2008.
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Jul 11, 2024
7/11/2024 8:58:26 AM
Over the past year or two, you might have noticed an uptick in the use of 99mTc-pyrophosphate (PYP) scans to diagnose cardiac amyloidosis. This trend prompts several questions: Why the renewed interest in a condition once considered rare? What is dri
Subject: Uptake
Jul 03, 2024
7/3/2024 9:00:00 AM
Richard Wahl, MD, professor at Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, has been named as the 2024 Minoshima-Pappas Transformational Leadership Award. Wahl was presented the award by the
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Jun 28, 2024
6/28/2024 9:58:00 AM
Toronto, Ontario—The SNMMI Mars Shot Research Fund is excited to announce that Jason S. Lewis, PhD, EmilyTow Chair in Oncology, vice chair for Research in the Department of Radiology, and chief of the Radiochemistry and Imaging Sciences Service at Me
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Jun 28, 2024
6/28/2024 12:00:00 AM
The SNMMI Mars Shot Research Fund is excited to announce that Labros Meimetis, PhD, research assistant professor in the Department of Radiology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, has been selected as the reci
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Jun 28, 2024
6/28/2024 12:00:00 AM
Reston, VA—Extended prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy (177Lu-PSMA) beyond six cycles is an effective and well-tolerated treatment for metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer patients, according to
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Jun 26, 2024
6/26/2024 12:27:12 PM
The Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) hosted more than 8,000 physicians, technologists, pharmacists, laboratory professionals, scientists and others earlier this week at its 2024 Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario. Themed “Inn
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Jun 12, 2024
6/12/2024 7:00:00 AM
A comparative analysis between FAPI and 18F-FDG PET/CT for the systemic staging of newly diagnosed breast cancer shows that FAPI PET/CT is more accurate in staging patients. Nearly 20 percent of patients were restaged by FAPI PET/CT, indicating the r
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Jun 11, 2024
6/11/2024 10:45:00 AM
A newly developed chelator can significantly reduce off-target toxicity in prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) radiopharmaceutical therapy, according to research presented at the 2024 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Annual Mee
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Jun 11, 2024
6/11/2024 10:45:00 AM
Combination of alpha- and beta-radionuclide therapy is feasible, tolerable, and effective for colorectal cancer, according to preclinical research presented at the 2024 Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Annual meeting. This new approa
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Jun 11, 2024
6/11/2024 9:15:00 AM
A new ultra-low dose imaging method used with long axial field-of-view PET scanners can obtain images with a historically low radiopharmaceutical dose—more than 50 times lower than the standard effective dose. Furthermore, the technique can generate
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Jun 11, 2024
6/11/2024 9:15:00 AM
A newly developed radiotracer can generate high quality and readily interpretable images of cardiac amyloidosis, a condition referred to as the “Alzheimer’s disease of the heart.” As the first amyloid-specific and pan-amyloid binding radiotracer desi
Subject: Press Release, SNMMI News
Jun 10, 2024
6/10/2024 2:00:00 PM