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Medical Isotope


Areva forms advisory committee

Executive Announcements | Sunday, August 29 2010
Areva Med has formed an advisory committee comprised of five high-level scientists who will provide the firm with strategic advice and scientific guidance in the field of radio-immunotherapy using its lead-212 isotope.
 

Netherlands reactor to achieve first full power day Sept. 9

Top Stories | Friday, August 27 2010
The repair of the High Flux Reactor (HFR) in Petten, the Netherlands, is proceeding well and the reactor is expected to achieve the first HFR Full Power Day (45 MW) on Sept. 9, according to the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group of the Netherlands.
 

Chalk River reactor to undergo another extended outage next spring

Top Stories | Wednesday, August 25 2010
The Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) has scheduled another extended outage for next spring, as part of the Chalk River Laboratories, National Research Universal (NRU) reactor's return to service activities.
 

SNM past president calls for domestic production of isotopes

Top Stories | Sunday, August 22 2010
The nuclear medicine community has been pressuring the U.S. government to develop improved domestic capability for producing these materials to reduce this dependence, said Robert Atcher, PhD, MBA, immediate past president of SNM and director of National Isotope Development Center at Los Alamos National Laboratory in White Rock, N.M., at an opening session of the 240th conference of the American Chemical Society, held this week in Boston.
 

Covidien revises Mo-99 supply through September

Industry News | Friday, August 13 2010
Covidien has posted molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) supply updates through September, and information for the U.S., Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada. The Canadian National Research Universal reactor is currently projected to return to service in mid-August, and the Dutch High Flux Reactor in early September, and the resulting Mo-99 supply from each is expected several days after the reactors are back online, said Covidien.
 

Chalk River reactor restart delayed

Top Stories | Saturday, July 31 2010
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited has reported that during the fuel reloading of the National Research Universal reactor at Chalk River, Ontario, a specific set of reactor instrumentation, important to safe operation, was not responding and replacement of the instrumentation is estimated to add 10 to 15 days beyond the planned return-to-service date of July 31.
 

Repair work on the High Flux Reactor cooling water pipes complete

Industry News | Thursday, July 22 2010
The Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group said the repair work on the cooling water pipes of the High Flux Reactor in Petten, the Netherlands, has been successfully concluded. The return-to-service plan has been approved, and the first start-up preparation activities will take place at the end of August.
 

ACR members appointed to medical isotope advisory committee

Executive Announcements | Tuesday, July 20 2010
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has appointed two American College of Radiology (ACR) members to serve on its Advisory Committee on the Medical Uses of Isotopes, which advises NRC on policy and technical issues that arise in the regulation of medical uses of radioactive material in diagnosis and therapy.
 

Lantheus inks Mo-99 deal with MDS Nordion

Partnerships & Alliances | Thursday, July 08 2010
Lantheus Medical Imaging has signed a new manufacturing and supply agreement with MDS Nordion to purchase molybdenum-99 (Mo-99), the parent isotope of technetium-99m.
 

Chalk river reactor restart approved by Canadian Commission

Top Stories | Wednesday, July 07 2010
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited has received approval from the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission to reload fuel in the National Research Universal (NRU) reactor at Chalk River, Ontario, and proceed with restarting the reactor--an important milestone in the NRU return-to-service project.
 

Welding phase of Netherlands reactor finished; to reopen in late August

Industry News | Tuesday, July 06 2010
The welding activities on the High Flux Reactor's reducers in Petten, Netherlands, were successfully finished. All four corroded locations in the aluminium pipe lines were replaced, and the functionality of the cooling water pipes of the HFR has been restored, according to the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group of the Netherlands.
 

California facility chooses Xoft brachytherapy technology

Contracts & Installations | Friday, July 02 2010
Hoag Breast Care Center of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, Calif., has selected Brachytherapy provider Xoft’s Axxent Electronic Brachytherapy system to support its new Intraoperative Radiation Therapy program for treatment of early stage breast cancer, endometrial cancer and skin cancer.
 

MiPod to develop medical isotopes with new process

New Products | Thursday, July 01 2010
MiPod Nuclear is planning to commercialize its new medical isotope production technology.
 

JNM: Optical imaging technique sheds light on medical isotopes

Clinical Studies | Wednesday, June 30 2010
An optical imaging technique, Cerenkov luminescence imaging, shows excellent promise as a potential new method for rapid, high-throughput screening of radiopharmaceuticals, said a study published in the July issue of the Journal of Nuclear Medicine.
 

Canadian reactor repairs 100% complete

Top Stories | Thursday, June 17 2010
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) has reported that Chalk River Laboratories, Ontario-based National Research Universal (NRU) reactor’s weld repairs are 100 percent complete. AECL maintains that NRU will resume isotope production by the end of July and the first medical isotopes will begin to be removed from the NRU for processing and distribution within 10 days of the reactor being returned to service.
 

Chalk River repairs 98% done, production to begin in July

Top Stories | Tuesday, June 15 2010
Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) has reported that Chalk River Laboratories, an Ontario-based National Research Universal (NRU) reactor’s weld repairs are 98 percent complete, and work continues to address a single imperfection identified during the final weld repair.
 

SNM: Cyclotron production of Tc-99m could alleviate isotope shortage

Conference News | Thursday, June 10 2010
In a comparative study presented at SNM’s 57th annual meeting in Salt Lake City, researchers showed direct production of technetium-99m using cyclotrons is a potential cost-effective means to alleviate the isotope crisis.
 

Netherlands reactor repairs to be fixed this week

Top Stories | Thursday, June 10 2010
The final welding of the High Flux Reactor in Petten, Netherlands, will be completed this week, after discovering that the root cause of the deformations was galvanic corrosion, according to the Nuclear Research and Consultancy Group (NRG) of the Netherlands.
 

SNM past president calls for more aggressive solutions to moly shortage

Top Stories | Wednesday, June 09 2010
Written by Mary Tierney
Some progress is being made to avert the widespread molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) shortage in the U.S., but it’s not enough in the short term and especially not in the long term, according to Robert Atcher, PhD, MBA, immediate past president of SNM and University of New Mexico/LANL professor of pharmacy, bioscience division at Los Alamos National Laboratory, White Rock, N.M. Atcher spoke to members of the press Monday at the 57th annual meeting of SNM.
 

AMIC receives license to produce clinical Mo-99 in U.S.

Industry News | Tuesday, June 08 2010
The Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation (AMIC) has executed an exclusive world-wide license for patented technology of a "sub-critical system" relating to generating clinically relevant quantities of radioisotopes, including Mo-99.
 
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Feature: U.S. needs national strategy to curb imaging overutilization

Medical imaging overutilization--a growing concern in the U.S.--exposes patients to unnecessary radiation, while also adding to rising healthcare costs, according to a study published online Aug. 24 in Radiology. In an interview, William R. Hendee, PhD, lead author, reviewed various methods by which medical imaging could be curtailed.

Radiology: Prelim study shows CE breast CT outperforms CT, mammo

Dedicated contrast-enhanced (CE) breast CT delivered significantly improved conspicuity of malignant breast lesions, including ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), compared with unenhanced breast CT and mammography, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology.

Radiology: Rad role may evolve as image-guided biopsies trend up

CT, ultrasound and MRI have helped shift biopsy techniques away from more invasive approaches toward image-guided percutaneous techniques, according to a study published in the September issue of Radiology. The trend toward less-invasive approaches translates into enhanced safety and efficiency and could lead to more interaction between patients and radiologists.

CMS Webinar: Incentive payments to offset EHR adoption, not reimburse

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ (CMS) EHR incentive payments are not considered reimbursement for money expended on EHR technology, but are intended to offset the cost associated with adoption and ongoing meaningful use, according to CMS during an Aug. 12 webinar.

CMS webinar: Eligible professionals can expect EHR incentives in 2011

Funding incentives for EHR use is the main goal of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' (CMS) meaningful use initiative, and there are incentive programs for both hospitals and eligible professionals, according to Elizabeth Holland, health insurance specialist at the Department of Health and Human Services, who spoke during a CMS-sponsored webinar Aug. 8.

Webinar: Stage 1 of meaningful use is for quality reporting acclimation

Stage 1 requirements for meaningful use incentives aim to strike a balance between the overall goal of EHR use and widespread adoption, while avoiding added work, said Jonathan Teich, MD, PhD, chief medical informatics officer at Elsevier Health Services, during a HIMSS webinar titled “Meaningful Use: Safety and Quality of Care.”

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