Isotope Alert

AMIC Makes Local Delivery

 

When Kadlec Medical Center of Richland, Wash, required more supply of fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG), the company didn't need to look very far. Advanced Medical Isotope Corp (AMIC), Kennewick, Wash, was happy to make the delivery.

 

"AMIC is delighted to assist our region's health care needs and be a local source for the production of a multitude of radioisotopes," said William J. Stokes, president of AMIC. "We have a committed team of professionals with a passionate mission to deliver high-quality medical isotopes in a timely and cost-efficient manner."

 

The medical isotope company produces and distributes medical isotopes and medical isotope in vivo delivery systems for advanced diagnostic and nonsurgical therapeutic environments.

 

AMIC recently announced the delivery of short-lived radioisotopes to be used in positron emission tomography, which the company says is rapidly becoming the preferred scanning technique in medical research.

 

FDG is being utilized for a range of purposes, including diagnosing and monitoring the treatment of Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Alzheimer's disease, and lung cancer.

 

To learn more about AMIC's plans for isotope production in the United States, see our cover story in the September issue of Imaging Economics. Or read it online at www.imagingeconomics.com.