Short name: SHU 555 C, preliminary trade name: Supravist™, concentration: 0.5 mol Fe/L
SHU 555 C (Bayer Schering Pharma AG), a contrast agent under development for MRA, is an optimized formulation with respect to T1 weighted MRI of the carboxydextran-coated ferucarbotran (see also Resovist® formerly SHU 555 A, Bayer Schering Pharma AG).

Short name: SHU 555 C, preliminary trade name: Supravist™
An ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide under development as a positive enhancing blood pool agent (MRI contrast agent phase III, Bayer Schering Pharma AG). Supravist™ can be administered as an iv. bolus up to doses of 80 μmol/kg.

See also Ultrasmall Superparamagnetic Iron Oxide and Blood Pool Agents.

Short name: SHU 555 A, generic name: Ferucarbotran
A RES-directed MRI contrast agent (SPIO) made-up of a colloidal sol of iron oxide nanoparticles coated with carboxydextran (Resovist®, Cliavist™).
It is used for the detection and characterization of especially small focal liver lesions and offers the opportunity to make a reliable diagnosis at a very early stage of patients with suspected liver tumors.
Bayer Schering Pharma AG announced that it has received marketing approval for the liver-specific contrast agent Resovist® in Japan. See Contrast Agents and Superparamagnetic Contrast Agents.