Compare And Contrast Cardiolite Vs Myoview
Price
• Myoview- $325/vial
• Cardiolite $350/vial
• Myoview and Cardiolite are the only two options available, making it an oligopoly. Price competition is not desirable because it would lead to reduced revenue for both producers
• According to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology Cardiolite demonstrates greater myocardial perfusion defect, reversibility, extent and severity then Myoview.
• This may explain why Cardiolite is $25 more than Myoview
• Other gamma ray emitting radionuclides are priced much lower than these two because they use more commonly more accessible chemical elements like Iodine and Flourine and have a much longer half life
Technology
• For many years Thallium-201 was the only agent available
• Cardiolite is only became available at the beginning of this decade.
• Myoview was even more recently approved for use in both Canada and the United States
• Cardiolite and Myoview both proved to be more proficient then Thallium-201 and have a significantly shorter half life which allows for higher injectable doses and offers a significant advantage over Thallium with regard to image quality
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Approximately 85 percent of diagnostic imaging procedures in nuclear medicine use this isotope. Technetium-99m is made from the synthetic substance Molybdenum-99 which is a by-product of nuclear fission. It is because of its parent nuclide, that Technetium-99m is so suitable to modern medicine. Molybdenum-99 has a half-life of approximately 66 hours, and decays to Tc-99m, a negative beta, and an antineutrino. This is a useful life since, once this product (molybdenum-99) is created, it can be transported to any hospital in the world and would still be producing technetium-99m for the next week. The betas produced are easily absorbed, and Mo-99 generators are only minor radiation hazards, mostly due to secondary X-rays produced by the
• Myoview- $325/vial
• Cardiolite $350/vial
• Myoview and Cardiolite are the only two options available, making it an oligopoly. Price competition is not desirable because it would lead to reduced revenue for both producers
• According to the Journal of the American College of Cardiology Cardiolite demonstrates greater myocardial perfusion defect, reversibility, extent and severity then Myoview.
• This may explain why Cardiolite is $25 more than Myoview
• Other gamma ray emitting radionuclides are priced much lower than these two because they use more commonly more accessible chemical elements like Iodine and Flourine and have a much longer half life
Technology
• For many years Thallium-201 was the only agent available
• Cardiolite is only became available at the beginning of this decade.
• Myoview was even more recently approved for use in both Canada and the United States
• Cardiolite and Myoview both proved to be more proficient then Thallium-201 and have a significantly shorter half life which allows for higher injectable doses and offers a significant advantage over Thallium with regard to image quality
• …show more content…
Approximately 85 percent of diagnostic imaging procedures in nuclear medicine use this isotope. Technetium-99m is made from the synthetic substance Molybdenum-99 which is a by-product of nuclear fission. It is because of its parent nuclide, that Technetium-99m is so suitable to modern medicine. Molybdenum-99 has a half-life of approximately 66 hours, and decays to Tc-99m, a negative beta, and an antineutrino. This is a useful life since, once this product (molybdenum-99) is created, it can be transported to any hospital in the world and would still be producing technetium-99m for the next week. The betas produced are easily absorbed, and Mo-99 generators are only minor radiation hazards, mostly due to secondary X-rays produced by the