[F-18] Fdg Production Facility At The Joint Research Centre Cyclotron (Ispra Site - Italy)

The Joint Research Centre (JRC) MC40 Cyclotron is successfully used for routine [F-18] FDG production in compliance with the Marketing Authorization under a commercial partnership between JRC and General Electric Healthcare (GE HC). The commercial production has been operational since April 2004 without any significant interruption. This radiopharmaceutical site has been the first producing centre authorised in Italy. As regard to F-18 production, the cyclotron is running every night during about 6 hours. The [F-18] FDG radiopharmaceutical is distributed to hospitals and diagnostic centres in the north and central regions of Italy. The radiopharmaceutical is commercially recorded under the brand name SteriPET. This commercial activity does not interfere with other research projects that normally take place during daytime working hours.