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Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation
Ensuring Supply for Nuclear Medicine
June 20th, 2008
Nuclear Medicine, which employs the use of medical isotopes to diagnose and treat many life-threatening diseases such as heart disease and cancer, is one of the fastest growing segments in the health industry today. In the United States more than twelve million nuclear medicine procedures are performed annually. According to the Citizens for Medical Isotopes, the demand for medical isotopes is projected to grow in the range of 8% to 20% per year for the next twenty years. "Medical isotopes will play a major role in the advancement of twenty-first century medicine," says Mr. Jim Katzaroff, Chair and President of Advanced Medical Isotope Corporation. Despite their...
Source: Health Business Week (2008-06-20)
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