{"id":28128,"date":"2019-05-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ashleydev.com\/2019\/05\/13\/nuclear-researchers-produce-the-rarest-drug-on-earth-2\/"},"modified":"2020-08-27T11:26:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:26:41","slug":"nuclear-researchers-produce-the-rarest-drug-on-earth-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cna.ca\/fr\/2019\/05\/13\/nuclear-researchers-produce-the-rarest-drug-on-earth-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Nuclear researchers produce the rarest drug on&nbsp;Earth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-21164\" src=\"https:\/\/cna.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Actinium-editorial.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cna.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Actinium-editorial.jpg 808w, https:\/\/cna.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Actinium-editorial-300x221.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cna.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Actinium-editorial-768x565.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 808px) 100vw, 808px\" \/>In September, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL) and TRIUMF announced they were teaming up on the commercial production of what\u2019s been called \u201cthe rarest drug on earth.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Actinium-225 is an alpha-emitting isotope with a short half-life that can be combined with a protein or antibody that specifically targets cancer cells. It has shown promise in experimental uses on late stage cancer patients to kills cancer cells.<\/p>\n<p>Each year, the entire world only makes an amount equal to the weight of a few grains of sand.<\/p>\n<p>The TRIUMF cyclotron centre in Vancouver had been discarding substantial amounts of Ac-225 for years, unaware of its potential.<\/p>\n<p>Under terms of the partnership, TRIUMF\u2019s high energy proton beam will be used to manufacture the isotope, while CNL\u2019s nuclear-licensed handling and production facilities will be used to process the material.<\/p>\n<p>The partnership could see an increase of hundreds of thousands of treatments globally, according to Triumf.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are delighted to partner with CNL on this important initiative, which has the potential to transform the lives of people who suffer from untreatable cancers,\u201d said Kathryn Hayashi, Chief Executive Officer of TRIUMF Innovations, the laboratory\u2019s commercialization arm, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/globenewswire.com\/news-release\/2018\/09\/27\/1577288\/0\/en\/TRIUMF-and-CNL-to-Form-Strategic-Partnership-to-Enable-Ground-breaking-Cancer-Treatment.html\">statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis agreement will allow TRIUMF to leverage one of our core assets, the 520 MeV cyclotron, and our scientists and engineers, to produce this isotope on a scale that would enable more clinical development to make treatment available for patients with a wide spectrum of cancers that we can\u2019t fight effectively using today\u2019s technologies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith over one billion medical treatments conducted using isotopes produced at the Chalk River Laboratories, CNL has served as a global leader in nuclear medicine for decades,\u201d said Mark Lesinski, President and CEO of CNL, in a statement. \u201cWe view this agreement with TRIUMF as a natural evolution of this work, which will require industry-tested proficiencies in target manufacturing, radiochemistry, radioisotope analysis, and nuclear and chemical by-product management.<\/p>\n<p>CNL and TRIUMF also recently announced that they will co-host the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tat11.com\/\">11th Targeted-Alpha-Therapy Symposium<\/a> (TAT11), a global forum for academic and industry leaders to meet and discuss the latest technical, regulatory and clinical developments in targeted radiopharmaceutical therapy. 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