U.S. National Institutes of Health

General Electric Healthcare

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NCI, through CIP, has entered into an agreement with General Electric Healthcare to develop the radiopharmaceutical imaging agent F-18 fluorodeoxythymidine for use with positron emission tomography (PET) in clinical trials. This agreement may serve as a template for similar projects. NCI and FDA are also working together to evaluate other approaches to implementing regulatory requirements governing the use of imaging agents.