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US 2026/0216381 A1Published application
Method for preparing a radiopharmaceutical and radium-224 radiopharmaceutical
AssigneesNippon Nuclear Fuel Development Co., Ltd., Kyoto University
InventorsTetsuo FUKASAWA, Yuji KITSUNAI, Toru HIGUCHI, Masaaki KANEKO, Tomoo YAMAMURA, Shoji FUTATSUKAWA
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Abstract
To provide a method for preparing a radiopharmaceutical that can relatively easily prepare radium-224, a progeny (daughter) nuclide, from thorium-232, which exists in relatively large amounts in nature. A method for preparing a radiopharmaceutical, comprising separating and recovering and purifying the progeny (daughter) nuclide radium-224 from thorium-232 by chemical operation, and using it as a targeted α-ray therapeutic agent.
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A method for preparing a radiopharmaceutical,
- comprising separating and recovering and purifying the progeny (daughter) nuclide radium-224 from thorium-232 by chemical operation, and using it as a targeted α-ray therapeutic agent.
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