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GE HealthCare Announces US Launch Of Longer Half-Life PET MPI Agent For Ischemia Detection

Flyrcado’s Long Half-Life And Stress-Test Compatibility Could Reshape Cardiac PET As GE HealthCare Targets 2026 For Its Photon-Counting CT Launch.

 
• By Shubham Singh

GE HealthCare is pursuing a dual-front imaging strategy with its PET MIP agent Flyrcado for detecting artery disease: It lasts longer than current PET scan tracers and allows patients to do treadmill-based stress tests alongside the scan.

Flyrcado’s CMS pass-through status, which lasts up to three years, ensures temporary reimbursement above the standard outpatient payment rate.
Key Takeaways
  • Flyrcado, GEHC’s new cardiac PET imaging agent, has CMS pass-through status, which lasts up to three years, ensures temporary reimbursement above the standard outpatient payment rate and is expected to generate $30m in 2025 and up to $500m by 2028.

GE HealthCare’s CEO has high expectations for Flyrcado, a positron emission tomography myocardial perfusion imaging (PET MPI) agent for detecting...

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