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ITM Medical Isotopes GmbH of Germany and Framatome-Kinectrics joint venture Isogen have signed a formal supply arrangement to provide a reliable supply of lutetium-177 (Lu-177) to the world's health-care system using Bruce Power's Candu reactors as a key supply source. The agreement follows a Memorandum of Understanding signed last November.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 31 October 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Supply-agreement-signed-for-medical-ioisotope-f
Three recent announcements will help secure future supplies of vital medical radioisotopes. Westinghouse Electric Company and Nordion (Canada) Inc are to work together on technology to produce cobalt-60 in pressurised water reactors (PWRs); Framatome and Kinectrics have launched a new joint venture to produce lutetium-177 in partnership with Bruce Power; and BWXT Technologies' proprietary technetium-99m generators have passed a testing milestone.
- Source: World Nuclear News
- Date: Saturday, 29 February 2020
- Original article: world-nuclear-news.org/Articles/Companies-work-on-securing-medical-isotope-supplie
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on 1 November announced funding for construction of the Institute for Advanced Medical Isotopes (IAMI) within the campus of the TRIUMF national particle accelerator at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. TRIUMF is owned and operated as a joint venture by a consortium of universities. With investment from the Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia, and contributions from TRIUMF, the BC Cancer Foundation and the University of British Columbia, the construction of the IAMI facility is valued at CAD31.8 million ($24.3m). With additional equipment and philanthropic funding, the total value of the project will be more than CAD50 million. Ottawa is providing $10.2 million, the provincial government $12.2 million, TRIUMF $5.4 million, and the BC Cancer Foundation and UBC $2 million each. Trudeau said: “We know that for our country to lead in an ever-evolving economy and create the jobs of tomorrow, we have to invest in our scientists and in the institutions that support them.”
- Source: NEI Magazine
- Date: Monday, 05 November 2018
- Original article: neimagazine.com/news/newscanada-announces-funding-for-advanced-medical-isotopes-institute-6835925