NEA Urges End To Gov’t Funding In Bid To Solve Supply Problems :: The Independent Global Nuclear News Agency: Ending funding for the commercial production of the medical radioisotope technetium-99m (Tc-99m) by governments of producing countries could help solve continuing supply problems, a Nuclear Energy Agency report says.
According to the report, the current structure of the supply chain for medical radioisotopes leaves some participants unable to increase the prices of their services to levels that would cover costs.
The discontinuation of government funding would compel producers to increase prices. This could destabilise supply in the short-term and would need to be accompanied, at least temporarily, by measures to help ensure that price increases are passed on through the supply chain.
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