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Status:
US Approved Rx (2019)
First approved in 2019

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)

Fluorodopa F-18 is the amino acid analog fluorodopa (FDOPA) labeled with fluorine F 18, a positron-emitting isotope. It is diagnostic PET agent, which has been used for decades in imaging the loss of dopaminergic neurons in Parkinson's disease, and m...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2024)
First approved in 2008

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


IOBENGUANE I-123 (AdreView®) is a radiopharmaceutical agent for gamma-scintigraphy. It is similar in structure to the antihypertensive drug guanethidine and to the neurotransmitter norepinephrine (NE). IOBENGUANE is, therefore, largely subject to the...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2013)
First approved in 1994

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)



Fludeoxyglucose F-18 is a positron emitting radiopharmaceutical that is used for diagnostic purposes in conjunction with positron emission tomography (PET) imaging.
Status:
US Previously Marketed
First approved in 1994

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)


Iobenguane I-131 is a radioactive therapeutic agent. The drug contains radioactive isotope I-131, which decays by electron emission with a half-life of about 8 days. By the chemical structure, iobenguane is similar to the neurotransmitter norepinephr...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Fluoroethylcholine ion F-18 is ethylcholine labeled with fluorine F 18, a positron-emitting isotope. Fluorine F18 fluoroethylcholine incorporates into tumor cells through an active, carrier-mediated transport mechanism for choline and then is phospho...
Status:
Possibly Marketed Outside US

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Fluorocholine-F18 is a tracer for positron emission tomography that can be used in oncology for the evaluation of metastatic prostate cancer, hepatocellular carcinoma, and recurrent brain tumor. After crossing the cell membrane by a carrier-mediated ...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1994)
First approved in 1994

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)

Conditions:

Indium In-111 is used in specialized diagnostic applications, for example, with indium-111 labelled antibodies. It is useful for labelling blood cell components. Other applications include labelling of platelets for thrombus detection, labelled leuko...
Status:
US Approved Rx (1990)
First approved in 1973

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ABSOLUTE)


Molybdenum-99 (99Mo, half-life = 66 h) is a parent radionuclide of a diagnostic nuclear isotope. It decays in technetium-99 m (half-life = 6 h), which is used in over 30 million procedures per year around the world. Between 95 and 98 percent of Mo-99...
Status:
US Approved Rx (2015)
First approved in 1972

Class (Stereo):
CHEMICAL (ACHIRAL)

Conditions:

FLUORIDE ION F-18 (as sodium fluoride F-18) is a radioactive diagnostic agent for positron emission tomography (PET) indicated for imaging of bone to define areas of altered osteogenic activity. FLUORIDE ION F-18 normally accumulates in the skeleton ...