Rosatom increasing Russian isotope supplies to India
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Rosatom increasing Russian isotope supplies to India

Isotope - Regional Alliance JSC (a Rusatom Healthcare company) delivered the first shipment of germanium-68/gallium-68 (Ge-68/Ga-68) generators manufactured by Cyclotron CJSC (Obninsk) under the new contract with Esente Healthcare, a local medical product distributor, to the Republic of India.

According to the contract terms, Isotope JSC will supply the Indian side with 40 units of Ge-68/Ga-68 generators within a year. Previously, with the assistance of Isotope JSC, a registration certificate was obtained from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization for the commercialisation of Ge-68/Ga-68 generators from the Russian manufacturer.

Ga-68 isotope is used in nuclear medicine to diagnose a wide range of oncological diseases using PET scanners, allowing performing more than 100,000 diagnostic procedures per year globally.

Anton Shargin, Deputy Director General for Commercial Affairs, Isotope JSC said, "The supply of germanium-68/gallium-68 generators under a contract with the distributor – Esente Healthcare – opens up new opportunities for expansion of the Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation presence in the Indian nuclear medicine market and will also ensure the growth of trade in isotope products between our countries”.

Isotope - Regional Alliance JSC (a Rusatom Healthcare company) delivered the first shipment of germanium-68/gallium-68 (Ge-68/Ga-68) generators manufactured by Cyclotron CJSC (Obninsk) under the new contract with Esente Healthcare, a local medical product distributor, to the Republic of India.According to the contract terms, Isotope JSC will supply the Indian side with 40 units of Ge-68/Ga-68 generators within a year. Previously, with the assistance of Isotope JSC, a registration certificate was obtained from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization for the commercialisation of Ge-68/Ga-68 generators from the Russian manufacturer.Ga-68 isotope is used in nuclear medicine to diagnose a wide range of oncological diseases using PET scanners, allowing performing more than 100,000 diagnostic procedures per year globally.Anton Shargin, Deputy Director General for Commercial Affairs, Isotope JSC said, The supply of germanium-68/gallium-68 generators under a contract with the distributor – Esente Healthcare – opens up new opportunities for expansion of the Rosatom State Atomic Energy Corporation presence in the Indian nuclear medicine market and will also ensure the growth of trade in isotope products between our countries”.

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