Synonyms: 18F-flutemetamol | [18F]flutemetamol | flutemetamol F18
flutemetamol is an approved drug (FDA (2013), EMA (2014))
Compound class:
Synthetic organic
Comment: Flutemetamol F-18 (Vizamyl GE Healthcare) is a positron emission tomography (PET) radiotracer approved in 2013 that binds to amyloid plaques in Alzheimer's disease neurodegeneration. However imaging agents have been granted only narrow approval since they can not be used to definitively diagnose Alzheimer's disease or to gauge treatment effectiveness, only to support other diagnostic criteria [2].
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Clinical amyloid imaging in Alzheimer's disease. Lancet Neurol, 10 (7): 667-70. [PMID:21683932] |
2. Williams SC. (2013)
Alzheimer's imaging agents struggle to find a market outside trials. Nat Med, 19 (12): 1551. [PMID:24309640] |
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Multidentate (18)F-polypegylated styrylpyridines as imaging agents for Aβ plaques in cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). J Med Chem, 54 (23): 8085-98. [PMID:22011144] |