Navidea Biopharmaceuticals Announces Positive Lymphoseek Results

Navidea Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE MKT:

) today announced that results from an investigator-initiated imaging study demonstrated Lymphoseek® (technetium Tc 99m tilmanocept) injection reduced imaging time by more than 50% in sentinel lymph node biopsy procedures in malignant melanoma compared to Tc99m sulfur colloid (SC). This finding suggests hospitals and oncology treatment teams can achieve greater patient throughput and workflow efficiencies utilizing Lymphoseek. Results of the study, conducted at the Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals and led by Charles M. Intenzo, M.D., Professor of Radiology, Director, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging in the Department of Radiology were presented today at the Radiological Society of North America Annual Meeting (RSNA 2015) in Chicago, Illinois.