Lantheus Medical Imaging has been awarded a $300,000 Massachusetts-Israel Innovation Partnership (MIIP) grant to team with Israeli firm Check-Cap to develop a 3D imaging capsule for colorectal cancer screening.
Lantheus will receive the grant upon signing a collaboration agreement with Check-Cap to develop and manufacture a novel, noninvasive 3D imaging capsule to screen for polyps and lesions associated with colorectal cancer. Check-Cap of Mount Carmel, Israel, is being awarded a grant from the Office of the Chief Scientist in Israel.