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Cell>Nuclear Medicine Figure
Dr. M. Donald Blaufox
Leads Cell>Point Cancer Diagnostic Phase
2/3 Trial — 2|10|2010
CENTENNIAL, Colo., February 10,
2010—Cell>Point announced today that M. Donald
Blaufox, M.D., Ph.D, will be coordinating
principal investigator for its Phase 2/3
clinical trial of 99mTc-EC-G for cancer
diagnostic imaging. The trial is currently
underway.
99mTc-EC-G is the company’s cancer diagnostic
imaging agent, an acronym for
99mTechnetium-EthylenediCysteine-Glucosamine.
“We are honored to have the support and
cooperation from a physician with the recognized
stature of Dr. Blaufox,” said Greg Colip,
Cell>Point CEO. “He’s a founder and leader in
nuclear medicine.”
Blaufox will present clinical trial findings at
select upcoming medical conferences.
Blaufox is founding Chairman of the Department
of Nuclear Medicine at Albert Einstein College
of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center.
Among his many other credentials are:
• Former chairman and lifetime member American
Board of Nuclear Medicine
• Principal investigator Hypertension Detection
and Follow-up program (Lasker Award recipient)
• Clinical trials review committee National
Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
• 293 peer-review articles and chapters
- more -
• 25 medical texts
• Editorial board six journals
• Co-editor Seminars in Nuclear Medicine,
Yearbook of Nuclear Medicine
• Numerous named lectures and international
awards
• Honorary Professor of Medicine, Shanxi
University School of Medicine, Taiyuan, China
• Founding chairman Nuclear Medicine Section,
New York Academy of Medicine
Montefiore Medical Center is one of six clinical
trial sites for the 99mTc-EC-G cancer trial.
Others are John Hopkins University, Mayo Clinic,
Baptist Health South Florida, Decatur Memorial
Hospital, and British Columbia Medical Center in
North Vancouver, Canada. Blaufox is also
principal investigator of the Montefiore site.
The Phase 2/3 clinical trial compares 99mTc-EC-G
(administered and then imaged with a SPECT
camera) to 18F-FDG (administered and then imaged
with a PET camera) in the evaluation of patients
with non-small cell lung cancer. More
information on the trial can be found at
www.clinicaltrials.gov Trial
identifier is NCT00865319.
More information on 99mTc-EC-G can be found at
the Cell>Point website (www.cellpointweb.com)
under Technology\Pipeline.
18F-FDG is FluoroDeoxyGlucose. Used in the
medical imaging modality Positron Emission
Tomography (PET), it is the current standard in
diagnosing, staging, and monitoring treatment of
cancers.
SPECT is Single Photon Emission Computed
Tomography. SPECT cameras are 25-fold more
prevalent than, and one-quarter the cost of, PET
cameras. Radiation from a 99mTc-EC-G SPECT
procedure is as much as 75 percent less than
that of an 18F-FDG PET procedure.
About Cell>Point
Cell>Point is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical
company developing universal molecular imaging
agents and molecular therapeutics for the
diagnosis, treatment and treatment monitoring of
cancer, heart, and other diseases. Cell>Point
has exclusive license to five drug-development
platforms, all from The University of Texas M.
D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, a world
leader in cancer research and care. Information
on Cell>Point’s drug candidates, recent press
releases, and patents and patent
filings can be obtained through its website at
www.cellpointweb.com. The company is
headquartered in Centennial, Colo., and has
additional offices in San Francisco and Houston.

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