September 2, 1997

The present invention relates to novel radiopharmaceutical imaging agents having non-stannous reductants. The present invention further relates to kits for forming radiopharmaceutical imaging agents, such kits including non-stannous reducing agents.

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08/410,642

March 23, 1995

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This is a continuation of Ser. No. 08/040,739 filed on Mar. 31, 1993, now abandoned.

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6979431 - Method for labelling technetium or rhenium using borohydride exchange resin - Owned by Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (Daejeon,KR) A method for labelling a sulfide compound with technetium or rhenium, comprising the reaction of a disulfide compound with pertechnetate or perrhenate in the presence of borohydride exchange resin to obtain a complex of technetium or rhenium with the sulfide compound. The method can directly label disulfide compounds with technetium or rhenium, can skip the synthetic step of thiol-protected S-precursor, and is useful for high value-added radiopharmaceuticals.