E-Z-EM, Inc. was headquartered in New York and developed, manufactured and marketed diagnostic imaging products used by radiologists like the MRI bowel marker Gadolite® Oral Suspension.
In addition to medical diagnostics systems, the company's products included interventional devices, such as biopsy needles. E-Z-EM was also a third-party contract manufacturer of contrast media.

Bracco Diagnostics, Inc., the US-based subsidiary of Bracco Imaging S.p.A. and part of the Bracco Group, announced in Oct. 2007 that it has entered into a merger agreement to acquire E-Z-EM, Inc. (NASDAQ: EZEM). Bracco Imaging's portfolio offering has been broadened with completion of the acquisition in 2008.