Abstract: The present invention relates to a new diagnostic X-ray composition which exhibits a superior cardiac safety profile. The composition comprises a non-ionic iodinated dimer in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. More particularly, the invention provides a diagnostic composition comprising a Compound I, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and dissolved therein a sodium compound and a calcium compound providing a sodium ion concentration of 40-50 mM and a calcium ion concentration of 0.1-0.7 mM. The invention also relates to methods of imaging using such diagnostic compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a new diagnostic X-ray composition which exhibits a superior cardiac safety profile. The composition comprises a non-ionic iodinated dimer in a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier. More particularly, the invention provides a diagnostic composition comprising a Compound I, a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier, and dissolved therein a sodium compound and a calcium compound providing a sodium ion concentration of 40-50 mM and a calcium ion concentration of 0.1-0.7 mM. The invention also relates to methods of imaging using such diagnostic compositions.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of hyperpolarized 129Xe and to a method for the production of a contrast agent.

Abstract: This invention relates to the manufacture of contrast media, and more specifically to the removal of endotoxins in such contrast media.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing two linked iodinated phenyl groups of the general formula and salts or optical active isomers thereof, wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 independently are the same or different and denote a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C4 straight of branched alkyl group; each R4 independently are the same or different and denote C1 to C6 straight of branched alkyl moieties substituted by up to 6 —OH groups; and each R5 independently are the same or different and denote C1 to C6 straight or branched alkyl moieties substituted by up to 6 —OH groups. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging, and to contrast media containing such compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing two linked iodinated phenyl groups of the general formula (I) and salts or optical active isomers thereof, wherein each of R1, R2 and R3 independently are the same or different and denote a hydrogen atom or a C1 to C4 straight of branched alkyl group; each R4 independently are the same or different and denote C1 to C6 straight of branched alkyl moieties substituted by up to 6 —OH groups; and each R5 independently are the same or different and denote C1 to C6 straight of branched alkyl moieties substituted by up to 6 —OH groups provided that at least one alkyl group is substituted with at least 2 hydroxy groups.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing a triamine alkyl central moiety allowing for the arrangement of three iodinated phenyl groups bound thereto. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging and to contrast media containing such compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing a tris(aminoalkyl)amine group allowing for the arrangement of three iodinated phenyl groups bound thereto. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging and to contrast media containing such compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to iodine containing compounds containing a central cyclopropane scaffolding moiety allowing for the arrangement of three iodinated phenyl groups bound thereto. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging and to contrast media containing such compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to iodine containing compounds containing a central cyclopropane scaffolding moiety allowing for the arrangement of three iodinated phenyl groups bound thereto. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging and to contrast media containing such compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a class of compounds and to diagnostic compositions containing such compounds where the compounds are iodine containing compounds. More specifically the iodine containing compounds are chemical compounds containing a benzene scaffolding moiety allowing for the arrangement of three iodinated phenyl groups bound thereto. The invention also relates to the use of such diagnostic compositions as contrast agents in diagnostic imaging and in particular in X-ray imaging and to contrast media containing such compounds.

Abstract: The present invention relates to radicalas for use in a dynamic nuclear polarisation (DNP) of a sample. The invention further relates to a dynamic nuclear polarisation of a mixture comprising these radicals.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of hyperpolarized 129Xe and to a method for the production of a contrast agent.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of magnetic resonance investigation of a sample, preferably of a human or non-human animal body. The method comprises the step of ex vivo polarization of a high T1 agent. The polarizing agent is optionally separated from the high T1 agent before the high T1 agent is administered to the sample.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of magnetic imaging (MR) of a living sample comprising the steps of hyperpolarizing a hyperpolarizable gas ex-vivo and transferring the nuclear polarization from the hyperpolarized gas to the nuclei of an MR imaging agent, that is not hyperpolarizable, that is exposed to a uniform magnetic field and that is introduced in contact to the hyperpolarizable gas, separating the hyperpolarizable gas from the MR imaging agent, administering the MR imaging agent to the living sample, exciting NMR transitions in the nuclei of the imaging agent and detecting an NMR signal thereof.

Abstract: Chelating agents, in particular dipyridoxyl and aminopolycarboxylic acid based chelating agents, and their metal chelates, when linked directly or indirectly to at least one nitric oxide releasing moiety, or when use in combination with nitric oxide or a nitric oxide releasing moiety have been found to be effective in treating a variety of disorders. In particular, such compounds may be used in treating conditions associated with the presence of free radicals in the body, e.g. reperfusion injuries, and in reducing the cardiotoxicity of anti-tumor agents, e.g. anthracyclines and/or paclitaxel.

Abstract: This invention provides a method of MR investigation of a sample, the method comprising: (i) placing in a uniform magnetic field a composition comprising an OMRI contrast agent and an MR imaging agent containing nuclei (MR imaging nuclei) capable of emitting magnetic resonance signals (e.g. the primary magnetic field B0) and capable of exhibiting a T1 relaxation time of 6 s or more (at 37° C. in D2O in a field of 7T); (ii) exposing the composition to a first radiation of a frequency selected to excite electron spin transitions in the OMRI contrast agent; (iii) optionally but preferably separating the whole, substantially the whole, or a portion of said OMRI contrast agent from said MR imaging agent; (iv) administering said MR imaging agent to said sample, (v) exposing the sample to a second radiation of a frequency selected to excite nuclear spin transitions; (vi) detecting magnetic resonance signals from the sample; and (vii) optionally, generating an image or dynamic flow data from the detected signals.

Abstract: The invention provides low viscosity iodinated aryl compounds, useful as X-ray contrast agents, of formula C6R6 wherein three non-adjacent R groups are iodine and the remaining R groups are non-ionic, hydrophilic moieties, said compound being water soluble at 20° C. to a concentration of at least 350 mgl/ml and which in aqueous solution at 20° C. at a concentration of 350 mgl/ml has a viscosity no greater than 13.8 mPas.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of an allylic aromatic compound in which an aromatic amine is reacted first with a nitrite and then with an allylic olefin having an eliminatable terminal substituent. Novel allylic derivatives of disubstituted benzene compounds are also described.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of magnetic resonance investigation of a sample, preferably of a human or non-human animal body, said method comprising the step of ex vivo polarisation of a high T1 agent and wherein the polarising agent is optionally seperated from the high T1 agent before the high T1 agent is administered to the sample.