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Saskatchewan's Cyclotron Now Supplying Radioisotopes to Royal University Hospital

Stakeholders from government, health care and academia today marked the start of supply of radioisotopes from the Saskatchewan Centre for Cyclotron Sciences for patient PET-CT scans at Royal University Hospital.  The achievement marks the end of the cyclotron’s three-year capital project and the beginning of its operational life as a supplier of radioisotopes for Saskatchewan…

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Innovation Saskatchewan Annouces New CEO

Minister responsible for Innovation Jeremy Harrison is pleased to announce that Wes Jickling will assume responsibility as the CEO of Innovation Saskatchewan on July 1, 2016.  He replaces Jerome Konecsni, who is retiring at the end of this month.Jickling, originally from Estevan, has held senior positions in corporate, government, and international development organizations during his career.…

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Cyclotron at U of S produces first radioisotopes for research, soon to start supplying for patients

SASKATOON –The Saskatchewan Centre for Cyclotron Sciences at the University of Saskatchewan has passed two major milestones as it prepares to enter full operations: clearance from Health Canada to begin supplying radioisotopes to Royal University Hospital and the first use of radioisotopes produced by the cyclotron in research. “These are tremendous achievements, for the Fedoruk Centre…

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