Progress

General Electric Awarded Contract for Cyclotron Procurement
(originally posted January 18, 2012 by Luke Brzozowski, Ph.D)

A new 4600 sq ft cyclotron radiochemistry lab is being constructed in the basement of theToronto General Hospital of the University Health Network. The facility is co-funded by the Canadian Foundation for Innovation and the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation through the Ride to Conquer Cancer program. As part of the Techna Network, the facility will be a great asset for the research and clinical agendas, permitting rapid access to radioisotopes and studies of new radiopharmaceuticals. The facility will be managed in-part by CanProbe, a joint not-for-profit venture of the Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization (CPDC) and the University Health Network.

General Electric has won the contract to supply the cyclotron. Construction will be carried out by Ira McDonald Construction Ltd. in partnership with H&H Design Build.