The American Journal of Managed Care

Effective and Efficient Diagnosis of Parkinsonism: The Role of Dopamine Transporter SPECT Imaging With Ioflupane I-123 Injection (DaTscanâ„¢)

Parkinson’s disease (PD), the second-most common neurodegenerative disease, is characterized by motor and nonmotor symptoms. PD is often misdiagnosed; inappropriate treatment due to misdiagnosis has ...
Business Wire

DaTSCAN™ (Ioflupane I 123 Injection) SPECT Imaging Impacts the Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Patients with Clinically Uncertain Parkinsonian Syndrome

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE Healthcare today presented the results of a randomised controlled study analyzing the effect of DaTSCAN™ (Ioflupane I 123 Injection) SPECT imaging in a group of adult ...
Business Wire

GE Healthcare: DaTscan™ (Ioflupane I 123 Injection) SPECT Imaging Demonstrates Impact on the Diagnosis and Clinical Management of Patients with Clinically Uncertain ...

DaTscan is a radiopharmaceutical indicated for striatal dopamine transporter visualization using single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) brain imaging to assist in the evaluation of adult ...
Medscape

FDA Approves DaTscan for Imaging of Dopamine Transporters

January 17, 2011 — GE Healthcare has announced Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of ioflupane iodine-123 injection (DaTscan), a contrast agent for use with single-photon emission computed ...
Nasdaq

GE Healthcare Announces First Patient Dosed in Phase III Clinical Trial for New Dopamine Transporter Imaging Radiopharmaceutical

First patient dosed in Phase III clinical trial for PET radiopharmaceutical Next stage clinical study also proceeding for SPECT radiopharmaceutical Both imaging agents aim to assist in the evaluation ...
WAVY-TV

SimonMed Announces offering of DaTscan

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 24, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- SimonMed is proud to announce we will offer GE HealthCare's radiopharmaceutical diagnostic tracer, DaTscan™ (Ioflupane I 123 injection), with ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

DaTscan radiopharmaceutical agent approved for detection of dopamine transporters

The FDA has approved DaTscan (Ioflupane I 123 Injection, from GE Healthcare) for use with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) imaging, for the detection of dopamine transporters (DaT) ...
News Medical

DaTscan allows doctors to differentiate Parkinson's from other movement disorders

Thanks to a new diagnostic imaging technique, physicians now have an objective test to evaluate patients for parkinsonian syndromes, such as Parkinson's disease. Northwestern Memorial Hospital is ...
Medscape

Parkinson's Imaging Agent Descheduled

The imaging agent, ioflupane I 123 (DaTscan; GE Healthcare), has been removed from the schedules of the US Controlled Substances Act, meaning that it will be more widely available for use in the ...
The Globe and Mail

DATSCAN™ (Ioflupane I 123 Injection) indication expanded to include use in patients with suspected Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB)

GE Healthcare’s DaTscan has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for use in patients with suspected Dementia with Lewy Bodies (DLB). This new indication is in addition to its ...
Monthly Prescribing Reference

DaTSCAN Aids Diagnosis of Dementia with Lewy Bodies

DaTscan (ioflupane I 123 injection; GE Healthcare) was found to improve a physician’s ability to definitively diagnose patients with dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) and increase their confidence in ...
The American Journal of Managed Care

Participating Faculty: Effective and Efficient Diagnosis of Parkinsonism: The Role of Dopamine Transporter SPECT Imaging With Ioflupane I-123 Injection (DaTscanâ„¢)

This supplement to The American Journal of Managed Care summarizes proceedings from a roundtable meeting that was conducted to discuss the diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease and distinguish clinical ...