Radiopharmaceutical definition

Radiopharmaceutical means any drug that exhibits spontaneous disintegration of unstable nuclei with the emission of nuclear particles or photons and includes any non-radioactive reagent kit or radionuclide generator that is intended to be used in the preparation of any such substance, but does not include drugs such as carbon-containing compounds or potassium-containing salts that include trace quantities of naturally occurring radionuclides. The term also includes any biological product that is labeled with a radionuclide or intended solely to be labeled with a radionuclide.

Radiopharmaceutical means any drug that exhibits spontaneous disintegration of unstable nuclei

Radiopharmaceutical means any drug which exhibits spontaneous disintegra- tion of unstable nuclei with the emission of nuclear particles or photons and includes any nonradioactive reagent kit or nuclide genera- tor which is intended to be used in the prepa- ration of any such substance but does not include drugs such as carbon-containing compounds or potassium-containing salts which contain trace quantities of naturally occurring radionuclides. The term “radio- pharmaceutical” also includes any biological product which is labeled with a radionuclide or intended solely to be labeled with a radionuclide.

Examples of Radiopharmaceutical in a sentence

• Radiopharmaceutical is any substance defined as a drug in Section 201(g) (1) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act which also contains unstable nuclei which undergo spontaneous disintegration with the emission of nuclear radiation.

• Radiopharmaceutical quality control means, but is not limited to, the performance of appropriate chemical, biological and physical tests on potential and prepared radiopharmaceuticals and the interpretation of the resulting data to determine their suitability for use in humans or animals.

• Radiopharmaceutical Compounding means the preparation, mixing assembling, packaging, or labeling of a reagent kit or biological substance with radioactivity.

• Radiopharmaceutical Service means, but shall not be limited to the procurement, storage, handling, compounding, quality control testing, dispensing, delivery, recordkeeping, and disposal of radiopharmaceutical and other drugs as well as quality control procedure, radiological health activities, any consulting activities associated with the use of radiopharmaceuticals, health physics and any other activities required for provision of pharmaceutical care.

• Effective February 15, 2012, Radiopharmaceutical and Contrast codes will be reimbursed at the 2012 Medicare Mean Unit Cost plus 5%.

More Definitions of Radiopharmaceutical

Radiopharmaceutical means any substance defined as a drug in Section 201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act which exhibits spontaneous disintegration of unstable nuclei with the emission of nuclear particles or photons and includes any of those drugs intended to be made radioactive. This includes nonradioactive reagent kits and nuclide generators which are intended to be used in the preparation of any such substance, but does not include drugs which are carbon-containing compounds or potassium-containing compounds or potassium-containing salts which contain trace quantities of naturally occurring radionuclides.

Radiopharmaceutical means any drug that emits ionizing radiation and includes:

Radiopharmaceutical means any substance defined as a drug in section 201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act which exhibits spontaneous disintegration of unstable nuclei with the emis- sion of nuclear particles or photons and includes any nonradioactive reagent kit or nuclide generator which is intended to be used in the preparation of any such substance but does not include drugs such as carbon-containing compounds or potassium-containing salts which con- tain trace quantities of naturally occurring radionuclides. The term "radioactive drug" includes a "radioactive biological product."

Radiopharmaceutical means a radioactive pharmaceutical used for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes.

Radiopharmaceutical means any drug that exhibits spontaneous disintegration of unstable nuclei with the emission of nuclear particles or photons and includes any nonradioactive reagent kit or nuclide generator that is intended to be used in the preparation of any such substance. For purposes of this Article radiopharmaceutical is equivalent to radioactive drug.

Radiopharmaceutical means any medicinal product that, when ready for use, contains one or more radionuclides (radioactive isotopes) included for a medicinal purpose;

Radiopharmaceutical means any substance defined as a drug in Section 3(b) of the Act that exhibits spontaneous disintegration of unstable nuclei with the emission of nuclear particles or photons and includes any nonradioactive reagent kit or nuclide generator that is intended to be used in the preparation of any such substance but does not include drugs such as carbon-containing compounds of potassium-containing salts that contain trace quantities of naturally occurring radionuclides. Radiopharmaceuticals include radioactive biological products as defined in the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act (21 USC 301 et seq.) and regulations promulgated under that Act.