EU May Face Shortage Of Key Materials For Diagnostics, Cancer Treatments

EU May Face Shortage Of Key Materials For Diagnostics, Cancer Treatments

The European Union may face a shortage of radioactive isotopes key to diagnosing a range of diseases and treating cancer, according to officials and documents. The EU is the world’s biggest producer of Molybdenum-99, a radio isotope used in 80% of all nuclear medicines procedures globally, including imaging scans to detect heart diseases and therapies to destroy cancer cells, EU data show.

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