Nuclear Radiology: Page 88

Child cancer risk higher near nuclear plants: study

By Reuters Health

BERLIN (Reuters), Dec 10 - A German study has found that young children living near nuclear power plants have a significantly higher risk of developing leukemia and other forms of cancer, a German newspaper reported on Saturday. The newspaper said the study was done by the University of Mainz for Germany's Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BFS).

December 9, 2007

Eckert & Ziegler launch new gallium generator

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radiotherapy and radiopharmaceutical developer Eckert & Ziegler Isotope Products introduced a new gallium-68 generator at last month's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark.

November 12, 2007

MDS Nordion signs cobalt-60 supply pact

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

MDS Nordion of Kanata, Ontario, has signed a 17-year contract with Rosenergoatom, the operating utility of Russia's nuclear power plants, for the supply of cobalt-60.

October 18, 2007

Molecular Insight completes phase I Azedra trial

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals has completed a phase I dosimetry trial of its oncology molecular radiotherapeutic agent, Azedra (Ultratrace iobenguane I-131 or Ultratrace MIBG), the company announced.

October 17, 2007

Siemens debuts Symbia E

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Siemens Medical Solutions is introducing its Symbia E series SPECT camera at this week's European Association of Nuclear Medicine (EANM) annual congress in Copenhagen, Denmark.

October 14, 2007

Gamma Medica sells units in Switzerland

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Gamma camera developer Gamma Medica-Ideas of Northridge, CA, has installed several of its preclinical imaging systems at research institutes in Switzerland.

October 1, 2007

GE warns of impending Ceretec shortage

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Bad weather and flooding have forced Chalfont St. Giles, U.K.-based GE Healthcare to close its manufacturing facility in Gloucester, U.K., temporarily interrupting supplies of an imaging radiopharmaceutical.

August 20, 2007

DraxImage files for European clearance

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Canadian radiopharmaceutical firm DraxImage has filed an application for its sestamibi kit with European regulatory authorities.

July 24, 2007

IBA begins European I-124 shipments

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radioisotope manufacturer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) has begun delivery of iodine-124 to PET centers in Europe.

June 3, 2007

IBA adds a 35th production center

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radioisotope manufacturer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, has begun production and distribution of PET radiopharmaceuticals from its production facility in Brussels.

May 9, 2007

IBA opens new radiotracer site

By AuntMinnieEurope.com staff writers

Radioisotope manufacturer Ion Beam Applications (IBA) of Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, has opened a new facility for radiopharmaceutical R&D and production in Belgium.

April 19, 2007

Britain investigates removal of nuclear body parts

By Reuters Health

LONDON (Reuters), Apr 18 - Unions representing workers in the nuclear industry say as many as 70 people who worked at the Sellafield nuclear fuel reprocessing plant in northern England and other nuclear facilities may have had tissue, bones, and organs removed for radiological testing.

April 17, 2007

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