FDA Approves Telix’s Brain Cancer Imaging Drug Pixclara
October 28, 2026
Telix announced that the United States (U.S.) Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved its New Drug Application (NDA) for Pixclara® (floretyrosine F-18 or 18F-FET), an amino acid positron emission tomography (PET) drug for imaging gliomas (brain cancer).
Pixclara is a radioactive diagnostic drug indicated for use with positron emission tomography (PET) to differentiate recurrent or progressive glioma from treatment-related change, in conjunction with other diagnostic evaluations, in adults and pediatric patients 1 month of age and older.
UCSF Innovation Ventures congratulates Radiologist Thomas Hope, MD, on this milestone approval.