| Molybdenum-99 - 7 December 2007 |
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| Written by Alan Perkins, Honorary Secretary, BNMS |
| Friday, 07 December 2007 15:37 |
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The BNMS is assured that the disruption to the supply of Mo-99 in Canada, that has been picked up by various news agencies, is not likely to have any impact on the availability of technetium generators in the UK. We have been assured by Covidien (UK) Commercial Ltd (previously Tyco Healthcare), Quados (CIS) and GE Healthcare that they do not expect any disruption to normal supplies. GE healthcare have issued the following statement. "There are no current supply issues of Drytec generators from The Grove Centre, UK, as a result of the Molybdenum-99 shortage in North America. Molybdenum-99 is procured for GEHC Technetium-99m Drytec generator production at The Grove Centre from sources other than Nordion/AECL. Drytec generators are not available in the US market."Alan Perkins Honorary Secretary BNMS |
