GALWAY, IRELAND--December 11, 2024--Written by Martin Lynch, European News Editor for Industrial Info (Galway, Ireland)--As big pharma moves to crack new therapies based on radiation, ground has been broken on an Advanced Thorium Extraction Facility (ATEF) in Bessines-sur-Gartempe in Haute-Vienne, western France, by the medical subsidiary of uranium mining and fuel producer Orano Group (Paris, France).

Within this article: Details construction start of new new thorium-228 plant in France by Orano Med, key ingredient for lead-212, for radioligand therapies for cancer treatment, timeline, investment, growing pharma investment into radioligand sector