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ARTMS Inc. announces Health Canada submission for Ga-68 production and tri-party collaboration to advance Ga-68 imaging products

Press releases may be edited for formatting or style | October 15, 2021 Molecular Imaging
BURNABY, British Columbia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ARTMS Inc. (ARTMS), the global leader in developing and commercializing novel products enabling cyclotron production of the world’s most needed medical radioisotopes, is pleased to announce the submission of a Type 1 Master File with the Health Products & Food Branch, Health Canada (HC) for the production of gallium-68 (Ga-68). Gallium-68 is a critical medical isotope of significant clinical importance in nuclear medicine diagnostic procedures utilizing Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging. ARTMS’ Health Canada filing will help alleviate the current supply constraints and provide innovators the ability to advance new radiopharmaceutical drugs into development.

On the basis of the filing, ARTMS has also entered into a tri-party co-operation with fellow industry leaders, POINT Biopharma (NASDAQ: PNT) and the Canadian Molecular Imaging Probe Consortium (CanProbe), a joint venture between the Centre for Probe Development and Commercialization (CPDC) and the University Health Network (UHN), for the development and clinical use of innovative radiopharmaceuticals in Canada.

“The Ga-68 regulatory filing in Canada is the next step in ARTMS’ goal to prevent the significant supply issues of this important medical isotope. The current supply chain of germanium/gallium generators is inefficient, high cost and at risk for interruption at any time. Any interruptions to the supply chain will negatively impact patients and drug innovators,” explained Charles S. Conroy, Chief Executive Officer of ARTMS. “Our collaborative working relationship with POINT and CanProbe will leverage ARTMS’ proprietary solid target approach to bring important new medicines to Canadians.“
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“Increasing the availability and scale of Ga-68 supply through cyclotron production will be important in further accelerating the development and commercialization of next generation radiopharmaceutical therapies,” said Dr. Joe McCann, Chief Executive Officer of POINT Biopharma. “We believe ARTMS’ solid target approach to Ga-68 production will play a key role in increasing the availability of this important isotope. We are excited to work with ARTMS and CanProbe in the creation of POINT’s new Ga-based based molecular imaging agents that will enable the development and commercialization of our next generation radiopharmaceutical therapies.”

Dr. Bruno Paquin, President of CanProbe and CEO of CPDC, remarked, “Gallium-68 is the critical active component of many radiopharmaceuticals used in the diagnosis and staging of important medical conditions such as prostate cancer and neuroendocrine tumours.” Dr. Paquin further commented that, “ARTMS’ QUANTM Irradiation System enables our facility a 100-fold increase in the availability of Ga-68 over the current generator supply. This significant increase in isotope supply directly impacts our ability to work with innovators such as POINT to meet end-patient needs.”

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