TABLE 2.1Commonly Used Tc-99m-Based Radiopharmaceuticals in the United States

RadiopharmaceuticalImagingManufacturerTrade NameFDA Approval Date
Tc-99m-BicisateBrain PerfusionLantheus Medical Imaging (“Lantheus”)Neurolite®1994
Tc-99m-ExametazineBrain PerfusionGE HealthcareCeretec™1988
Tc-99m-Macroaggregated albumin (MAA)Pulmonary PerfusionDraxImageTechnetium Tc-99m Albumin Aggregated Kit1987
Tc-99m-MebrofeninHepatobiliary ImagingBracco DiagnosticsCholetec®1987
Tc-99m-MedronateBone ImagingJubilant DraxImageDraxImage MDP-252004
 PharmalucenceCIS-MDP1982
 BraccoMDP-BraccoApproved prior to 1982
Tc-99m-MertiadideKidney ImagingMallinckrodt Nuclear Medicine LLC (“Mallinckrodt”)Technescan MAG3™1990
Tc-99m-OxidronateSkeletal ImagingMallinckrodtTechnescan HDP1981
Tc-99m-Pentetate (DTPA)Brain and Kidney ImagingDraxImageDTPA1989
Tc-99m-Sodium PertechnetateBrain, Thyroid, Salivary Gland, Blood Pool, and Urinary Bladder ImagingGE HealthcareTechnetium Tc-99m Generator2013
 LantheusTechnelite1976
 MallinckrodtUltra-Technekow™ DTE1973
Tc-99m-PyrophosphateCardiac, Bone, and Blood Pool ImagingMallinckrodtTechnescan™ PYP™1974
 PharmalucenceCIS-PYRO1987
Tc-99m-Red Blood CellsRed Blood Cell ImagingaMallinckrodtUltraTag RBC1991
Tc-99m-SestamibiCardiac PerfusionCardinal HealthTechnetium Tc-99m Sestamibi2009
 DraxImageTechnetium Tc-99m Sestamibi2009
 LantheusCardiolite1990
 MallinckrodtTechnetium Tc-99m Sestamibi Injection2008
 PharmalucenceTechnetium Tc-99m Sestamibi2009
Tc-99m-Sulfur ColloidLiver, Spleen, and Bone Marrow ImagingPharmalucenceAn-Sulfur ColloidApproved prior to 1982
Tc-99m-TetrofosminCardiac PerfusionGE HealthcareMyoview™1995
Tc-99m-TilmanoceptLymphatic Mapping and Guiding Sentinel Lymph Node BiopsyNavidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc.Lymphoseek®2013

NOTE: FDA = Food and Drug Administration.

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For example, to detect gastrointestinal bleeding and evaluate left ventricle function.

SOURCE: Adopted from http://www​.cardinalhealth​.com/content/dam​/corp/web/documents​/fact-sheet/CardinalHealth-FDAApprovedRadiopharmaceuticalsandApprovedUses.pdf with additional information from some current technetium generator suppliers. Information on FDA approval dates was generated by the committee.

From: 2, Medical Isotope Production and Utilization

Cover of Molybdenum-99 for Medical Imaging
Molybdenum-99 for Medical Imaging.
Committee on State of Molybdenum-99 Production and Utilization and Progress Toward Eliminating Use of Highly Enriched Uranium; Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board; Division on Earth and Life Studies; National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2016 Oct 28.
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