Digirad gets FDA OK for new digital imager. (Digirad Corp.) From: San Diego Business Journal | Date: June 9, 1997| Author: Acello, Richard | COPYRIGHT 1997 CBJ, L.P. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Clearance is latest in string of product approvals for local biotechs and biomeds

Locally based Digirad Corp. has received clearance from the Food and Drug Administration to market its first-of-a-kind solid-state nuclear medicine camera, the Digirad 2020 TC Imager.

The imager, introduced last week at the Society of Nuclear Medicine's annual conference in San Antonio, Texas, will aid clinicians in the early detection of many forms of cancer and cardiovascular diseas...

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