The structure of the medical radioisotope supply chain is impeding the provision of technetium-99m (Tc-99m), a new report by an OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) high-level group has found. Supplies of the world's most widely used medical radioisotope remain fragile. No medical radioisotope is more important than Tc-99m, NEA Director General William Magwood said at the launch of The Supply of Medical Radioisotopes: An Economic Diagnosis and Possible Solutions on 18 November.
 

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