QuantRx Biomedical Announces Positive Phase I Safety Results For BFPET, Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (MPI) Tracer For Positron Emission Tomography (PET) By FluoroPharma
DOYLESTOWN, Pa.-- (BUSINESS WIRE) -- QuantRx® Biomedical Corporation (OTCBB:QTXB), a broad-based diagnostics company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative diagnostic products based on its patented technology platforms for the worldwide healthcare industry, today announced that QuantRx's FluoroPharma has achieved positive Phase I results for BFPET, its novel Fluorine-18 labeled tracer for myocardial perfusion imaging. BFPET is FluoroPharma's second cardiovascular product to complete Phase I clinical development.
BFPET is a PET imaging agent, designed to assess the blood flow in the heart (myocardial perfusion). Myocardial perfusion imaging is a standard test to assess coronary artery disease (CAD), with more than 9 million Americans undergoing the test annually. The Phase I trial, led by Principal Investigator Alan J. Fischman, MD, PhD at the Massachusetts General Hospital, was designed to evaluate safety, distribution and dosimetry of BFPET in 12 healthy subjects following a single dose injection at rest.
"BFPET Phase I data demonstrates that the agent has a favorable dosimetry and pharmacokinetics profile and is well tolerated. All safety endpoints were achieved with no adverse events and no clinically significant changes noted in follow-up clinical and laboratory testing," said Dr. Fischman, Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. "Biodistribution results indicate fast blood clearance, rapid and stable myocardial uptake and high heart to background ratios."
"We are encouraged by the positive initial clinical safety results and look forward to validating BFPET's performance in the next stage of development," said Dr. David Elmaleh, FluoroPharma's founder, Chief Scientific Advisor, and Associate Professor of Radiology at Harvard Medical School. "The high quality cardiac images obtained in this study indicate that new cardiac PET imaging agents can expand the applications of PET beyond the use of FDG (2-18Fluoro-2-deoxy-D-Glucose) in oncology and neurology. With two cardiac agents in clinical development and a third in our pipeline, FluoroPharma hopes to pave the way for cardiovascular PET."
"We are pleased with the progress made in the development of these breakthrough cardiovascular molecular agents," said Walter Witoshkin, Chairman and CEO of QuantRx. "The achievement continues our commitment to make meaningful contributions to early and accurate diagnosis of coronary disease."
"We are delighted to have reached this important clinical milestone as it addresses the need for innovative agents that draw on the inherently superior resolution of PET imaging compared to SPECT," said Dr. Kundakovic President of FluoroPharma. "There is tremendous opportunity for BFPET, as a PET alternative in the SPECT dominated myocardial perfusion imaging market. The use of BFPET in conjunction with PET technology holds the promise to better quality CAD diagnosis."
About QuantRx Biomedical (www.quantrx.com)
QuantRx Biomedical Corporation (OTCBB:QTXB) is a broad-based diagnostics company focused on the development and commercialization of innovative diagnostic products based on its patented technology platforms for the worldwide healthcare industry. With synergistic expertise in the discovery of diagnostic platforms and the commercialization of products for use by healthcare professionals and consumers, QuantRx is focused on providing more accurate, reliable, and faster diagnoses that result in improved patient care.
The QuantRx strategy targets significant market opportunities estimated to be in excess of $5 billion worldwide. The Company's technology portfolio, with more than three dozen patents, patents pending and licensed patents, includes: (1) RapidSense® point-of-care testing products based on QuantRx core intellectual property related to lateral flow techniques for the consumer and healthcare professional markets; (2) genome-based diagnostic chips for the laboratory and healthcare professional markets; (3) molecular imaging agents for positron emission tomography (PET) and fluorescence imaging, with initial application in cardiovascular disease, addressing significant unmet medical needs by providing clinicians with important tools for early discovery and assessment; and (4) PAD technology for diagnosis and treatment of women's health concerns and other medical needs.
About FluoroPharma
FluoroPharma is a molecular imaging company engaged in the discovery and development of proprietary products for the PET market. FluoroPharma is advancing three proprietary products for assessment of acute and chronic forms of coronary disease. These agents have been designed to rapidly target either the myocardial cells within the heart or inflamed plaques within the coronary arteries.
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