MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. & OXFORD, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Blue Earth Diagnostics, a Bracco company and recognized leader in the development and commercialization of innovative PET radiopharmaceuticals, today announced the signing of a data-sharing agreement with Siemens Healthineers and the University Hospital of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) for anonymized 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 clinical data and images. Siemens Healthineers plans to evaluate the data to enhance its analytics and artificial intelligence (AI)-based algorithms for prostate cancer across its advanced PET/CT imaging software. 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 is an investigational radiohybrid (rh) Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen-targeted PET imaging agent in development by Blue Earth Diagnostics for diagnostic imaging of newly diagnosed and biochemically recurrent prostate cancer.

“Blue Earth Diagnostics is committed to helping men with prostate cancer across the care continuum, and we recognize the importance of AI in advancing healthcare,” said David Gauden, D.Phil., Chief Executive Officer, Blue Earth Diagnostics. “AI-based algorithms have the potential to streamline the PET/CT analytical workflow for hospitals and imaging centers, by efficiently providing physicians with information critical to patient management and care, and freeing them to spend more time with patients. Blue Earth has a long-standing relationship with Siemens Healthineers, a leading medical technology company pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. We are excited to collaborate on this project to facilitate provision of anonymized 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 data from TUM which will be used to enhance the analytical workflows for the Siemens Healthineers Biograph and syngo.via platforms. The project includes evaluation of diagnostic analytical techniques for 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 data as well as exploring their theranostic potential in radiopharmaceutical therapy. Looking forward, we also plan to make analytical data from Blue Earth Diagnostics’ Phase 3 clinical trials for 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 available, which includes robust histopathology data as the gold Standard of Truth.”

The agreement covers use of anonymized 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 PET/CT data from TUM by Siemens Healthineers to evaluate workflow improvements for image acquisition and interpretation; dose optimization; detection of small metastases and recurrent tumors; evaluation of patients in earlier stages of disease progression and stratification by low PSA levels; and, together with histopathology, assessment of the sensitivity of results. The data will also be used to define and optimize 18F-rhPSMA-7.3 workflow prior to PSMA-targeted radioligand therapy in prostate cancer, to assess its theranostic potential in therapeutic dose planning and the likelihood of treatment success.

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