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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2010
Radha Achanath, Bangalore, IN;
Srinath Balaji, Bangalore, IN;
Afsal M. Kadavilpparampu Mohamed, Bangalore, IN;
Umamaheshwar Mokkapati, Bangalore, IN;
Steven Fairway, Oslo, NO;
Dimitrios Mantzilas, Oslo, NO;
Dennis O'shea, Amersham, GB;
William John Trigg, Amersham, GB;
Harry John Wadsworth, Amersham, GB;
Joanna Marie Passmore, Amersham, GB;
BO Shan, Shanghai, CN;
Radha Achanath, Bangalore, IN;
Srinath Balaji, Bangalore, IN;
Afsal M. Kadavilpparampu Mohamed, Bangalore, IN;
Umamaheshwar Mokkapati, Bangalore, IN;
Steven Fairway, Oslo, NO;
Dimitrios Mantzilas, Oslo, NO;
Dennis O'Shea, Amersham, GB;
William John Trigg, Amersham, GB;
Harry John Wadsworth, Amersham, GB;
Joanna Marie Passmore, Amersham, GB;
Bo Shan, Shanghai, CN;
GE Healthcare Limited, Buckinghamshire, GB;
Abstract
The present invention provides a PET tracer that has improved properties for imaging the peripheral benzodiazepine receptor (PBR) as compared with known such PET tracers. The present invention also provides a precursor compound useful in the preparation of the PET tracer of the invention and methods for the preparation of said precursor compound and said PET tracer. Also provided by the present invention is a radiopharmaceutical composition comprising the PET tracer of the invention. Methods for using the PET tracer and the radiopharmaceutical composition are also provided.