Optison is an ultrasound contrast agent available in a ready-to-use formulation, providing the benefits of fast preparation time, ease of use, portability, and flexible dosing. 2 The recommended dose ...

GE Healthcare Files Supplemental New Drug Application for Its Own Manufacturing of Optison™ (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres Injectable Suspension, USP) Upon Approval, GE Healthcare's Oslo ...

PRINCETON, NJ ─ November 18, 2013 ─ GE Healthcare announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow the company to manufacture Optison™ ...

Expanding the approval to pediatric patients is expected to improve the diagnostic accuracy of echocardiograms. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Optison ™ (perflutren protein-type A ...

GE Healthcare announced today that it has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to allow the company to manufacture Optison™ (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres ...

Today, GE Healthcare Medical Diagnostics announced results of a study that evaluated the cardiopulmonary safety of Optison (Perflutren Protein-Type A Microspheres Injectable Suspension, USP), a ...

The removal of the contraindication to screen for hypersensitivity to blood and blood products is expected to improve workflow efficiency for health care professionals. The Food and Drug ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A recent study has demonstrated that echocardiography with a perflutren-based ultrasound contrast agent yielded ...

October 15, 2007 (Rockville, MD)-As expected, the US FDA has requested that a boxed warning be added to the labeling of two contrast agents used in echocardiography: perflutren liquid microspheres ...