SPL medical and NanoEcho have signed a Letter of Intent and initiated a cooperation on regulatory partnership and supply for SPL medical proprietary iron-based nanoparticle Ferrotran® (Ferumoxtran) product and platform. Initially NanoEcho is aiming for market approval for the detection of lymph node metastases in rectal cancer patients.
In NanoEcho’s method for diagnostics of rectal cancer lymph node metastases, modern ultrasound technology is used together with iron-oxide nanoparticles. For the clinical effectiveness of the system, the choice of the appropriate nanoparticle is essential.
Ferrotran®, the lymphotropic nanoparticle of SPL medical, is in advanced phase III for the detection of lymph node metastases for prostate cancer patients with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).
The Ferrotran® particle has been developed as a platform technology for various applications for the broad base of installed MRI scanners worldwide.
With this collaboration with NanoEcho the Ferrotran® platform technology will be extended also to modern ultrasound technologies.
“The extension of the scope of applicability of Ferrotran® to ultrasound technology demonstrates the wide power of our platform technology beyond the broad field of nano-MRI”, says Dr. Jürgen Feuerstein CEO for SPL Medical.
“We are very pleased to have established this collaboration with SPL medical. This is an important step in our journey. Based on our initial evaluation, the particle provided by SPL medical looks very promising for our application. Their expertise in the development and commercialization of nanoparticles is impressive and will be very beneficial for us at NanoEcho”, says Dr. Linda Persson CEO for NanoEcho.
Source: Ferrotran website
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