Covidien, Poland to supply medical isotope

Irish medical supplier Covidien PLC says it will cooperate with Poland's Nuclear Energy Institute to develop a rare but medically useful isotope used to diagnose cancer, kidney and heart ailments.

The company, based in Dublin, said Wednesday it will work with the Maria Research Reactor just outside of Warsaw to produce the radioactive isotope Technetium 99m, which is made with Molybdenum 99.
Technetium 99m is used in some 35 million procedures each year to diagnose kidney and heart ailments along with cancer.
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