Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) and Avid Radiopharmaceuticals, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Lilly, today announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval of Amyvid™, a radioactive diagnostic agent indicated for brain imaging of beta-amyloid plaques in patients with cognitive impairment who are being evaluated for Alzheimer’s Disease and other causes…    



FDA OKs Agent to Differentiate Alzheimer’s

The FDA has approved the radioactive diagnostic agent florbetapir (Amyvid) for evaluation of the causes of cognitive decline, including Alzheimer’s disease, according to Eli Lilly, developer of the compound.

Florbetapir is used in conjunction with positron emission tomography to evaluate the burden of amyloid plaques in the brain, according to Daniel Skovronsky, MD, PhD,…