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Vesselon Acquires FDA-Approved lipid microsphere drug Imagent Vesselon, an oncology therapeutics company, today acquired an FDA-approved drug Imagent for diagnostic purposes as a contrast agent for diagnostic ultrasound. Vesselon’s Vascular Encapsulation Sonication Targeting (VESTTM) system incorporates three FDA-approved elements: the Imagent drugs, conventional ultrasound, plus an approved cancer drug. The company uses ultrasound to actively target tumour. Several types of researches have proved that microspheres and ultrasound act at the capillary level to both carry and deposit drugs directly to tumors. This mechanism helps limit the spread and toxicity of canc...