“Accomplishing the design, development, installation, and implementation milestones of a complex project such as the IPS demands a high level of expertise and commitment,” said François Gauché, Director of Framatome Healthcare at Framatome. “We congratulate our Isogen project team working with Bruce Power, who achieved each milestone with tenacity, and we are looking forward to the first delivery of lutetium-177 to ITM. We applaud Bruce Power’s commitment to innovation that supports the continuous production of both electricity and medical isotopes, and to harnessing the therapeutic power of nuclear energy. We are proud to play a critical role in developing this production system that supports the value chain for the radiopharmaceutical isotopes used for diagnostic imaging and therapeutic purposes.”

ITM will receive exclusive access to the irradiation service provided by the IPS for the production of lutetium-177, further expanding its capabilities of producing this high-quality isotope at a large scale for hospitals worldwide, global partners, and ITM’s own clinical pipeline of radiopharmaceuticals for hard-to-treat cancers.


“This cutting-edge, first-of-its-kind irradiation site is the result of the combined expertise of Bruce Power, Isogen and ITM, the great commitment of our partners and our joint belief in the importance of lutetium-177 in novel cancer therapy,” said Steffen Schuster, CEO at ITM. “The exclusive access to the new Isotope Production System will allow ITM to further scale our global pharmaceutical n.c.a. lutetium-177 production, which is critical to meet the growing demand of high-quality medical isotopes for use in Targeted Radionuclide Therapy for cancer patients worldwide.”

Bruce Power will market the new isotope supply in an historic collaboration partnership with Saugeen Ojibway Nation (SON). The partnership project with SON, named Gamzook’aamin Aakoziwin, includes an equity stake for SON and a revenue-sharing program that provides a direct benefit to the community.

“Today’s announcement is a big win for our Gamzook’aamin Aakoziwin project, which is on track to meet the increasing demand from doctors and cancer patients around the world for medical isotopes,” said Chief Veronica Smith, Chippewas of Nawash Unceded First Nation. “We all know somebody who has been affected by cancer, and Saugeen Ojibway Nation is proud of the part we have played, and will continue to play, in this project to help those who need treatment from these innovative medicines.”

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