Lilly to acquire Alzheimer's imaging agents from Siemens

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Lilly to acquire Alzheimer's imaging agents from Siemens

By Julie Steenhuysen CHICAGO (Reuters) - In a move to shore up its lead in Alzheimer's diagnostics, Eli Lilly and Co on Wednesday said it will acquire two imaging agents from Siemens designed to light up brain deposits of tau, an Alzheimer's protein linked with cell death. The two agents are radiopharmaceutical tracers, which are used with positron emission tomography, or PET scans, to highlight specific proteins in the brain. Terms of the deal with the conglomerate's Siemens Medical Solutions USA unit were not disclosed. In April 2012, Lilly became the first company to win U.S. ...

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