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Bridging the gaps in 18F PET tracer development

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As compared to the drug discovery process, the development of new 18F PET tracers lacks a well-established pipeline that advances compounds from academic research to candidacy for (pre)clinical imaging. In order to bridge the gaps between methodological advances and clinical success, we must rethink the development process from training to implementation.

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Figure 1: Visual depiction of chemical space for 18F radiochemistry.

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    Present address: Present Address: Department of Chemistry, Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, New York 10027, USA,

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  1. Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, 02138, Massachusetts, USA

    Michael G. Campbell & Tobias Ritter

  2. Global Chemistry, UCB NewMedicines, UCB Biopharma SPRL, 1420, Braine-l'Alleud, Belgium

    Joel Mercier & Christophe Genicot

  3. Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, OX1 3TA, Oxford, UK

    Véronique Gouverneur

  4. Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, 02114, Massachusetts, USA

    Jacob M. Hooker & Tobias Ritter

  5. Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, 02129, Massachusetts, USA

    Jacob M. Hooker

  6. Max-Planck-Institut für Kohlenforschung, Kaiser-Wilhelm-Platz 1, D-45470, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany

    Tobias Ritter

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Campbell, M., Mercier, J., Genicot, C. et al. Bridging the gaps in 18F PET tracer development. Nature Chem 9, 1–3 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2693

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