Eckert & Ziegler AG Installs Cyclotron in Warsaw

BERLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--As part of its further expansion, Eckert & Ziegler Strahlen- und Medizintechnik AG has begun construction of a new production facility for cyclotron-based PET radiopharmaceuticals in Poland’s capital, Warsaw. The company plans to invest approximately 7 million EUR to start up a cyclotron for commercial production of FDG and also to construct GMP laboratories for research and development of new radiodiagnostic agents at the over 6000 m2 site. The required approvals for construction of the new production facility have already been obtained. Once it is completed, Eckert & Ziegler will be able to supply FDG Fludeoxyglucose (18F) and other tracers for cancer imaging diagnostics from this plant to nuclear medical facilities in Warsaw and the central and eastern regions of Poland.