PRINCETON, N.J., Feb. 13, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Guerbet, a global leader in medical imaging with more than 30 years of experience in MRI, announced today the commercial launch and dosing of the first patient with Elucirem™ (gadopiclenol) injection following FDA approval in 2022. This next generation GBCA from Guerbet, highly stable macrocyclic gadolinium-based contrast agent (GBCA), has the highest relaxivity in its class for magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and is indicated for use in adults and children aged 2 years and older.1,4 Elucirem™ requires only half the gadolinium dose of conventional non-specific GBCAs, addressing practitioners’ concerns about gadolinium exposure.2,3 The first dosing took place at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.
