PET

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning is one of the most frequently used molecular imaging procedures used in healthcare, with more than 2 million PET scans conducted annually in the US (MEDraysintell Nuclear Medicine Edition 2017). Cardinal Health is an essential element within the PET marketplace.  Our expertise, unmatched reliability and comprehensive service offerings help support your excellence in patient care.

• We have one of the largest PET footprints in the US and deliver hundreds of thousands of doses per year through the largest U.S. network of nuclear pharmacies. We are a trusted and reliable partner to serve your PET business.
• Our proprietary pharmacy operating system, ISOTRAC™, helps us achieve 99% accurate and on-time deliveries, so you can focus on your patients.
• Our nuclear pharmacists are some of the most knowledgeable and skilled professionals in the industry, providing you with the expertise you count on to provide high-quality patient care.

Cardinal Health offers an extensive portfolio of PET radiopharmaceuticals dispensed from more than 100 nuclear pharmacies across the country*. Some include:    

• Fluorine F 18 flutemetamol (VIZAMYL^TM)
• Fluorine F 18 fludeoxyglucose
• Fluorine F 18  sodium fluoride
• Gallium Ga 68 dotatate 
• Nitrogen N 13 ammonia

Providing patient doses on your timeline – not ours.
Cardinal Health PET manufacturing facilities complete multiple manufacturing runs each day, which allows our customers flexibility when scheduling patient doses.  Your doses will be delivered when you need them and not before, minimizing potentially harmful exposure to you, your employees and your patients.

In-house cyclotron engineering experts
Our engineering team minimizes the risk of downtime or cyclotron failures, which helps ensure your access to the critical PET doses you need to provide high-quality patient care.

Because providing high-quality patient care is critical, Cardinal Health provides access to valuable resources and services to help you manage your business.

• Continuing education
• Health Physics Services
• Patient education and preparation tools
• Reimbursement expertise