The department of Radiopharmaceutical Production, Research and
Development (RPRD) was established in 1994 and medical cyclotron (13 MeV, Ebco,
Canada) was installed in the basement of SNUH in 1995. [18F]FDG for
glucose metabolism, [15O]Water & [13N]Ammonia for
brain & cardiac perfusion images was synthesized in 1995. After that, we
have been produced a variety of radiopharmaceuticals such as [11C]PIB,
[11C]Raclopride, [18F]FDOPA, [18F]FLT, [18F]AV1451,
etc for clinical research, diagnosing and treating disease. Also, 68Ge
/ 68Ga Generator was used in 2005, the first time in Korea and
collaborate with many other countries for lung cancer clinical research with [68Ga]RGD.
In 2011, we moved to Cancer Imaging Center of Cancer Hospital and have the state-of-the-art
facilities to comply with the GMP regulations. In addition, we installed new
medical cyclotron (16.5 MeV, GEMS, Sweden) and produced many radionuclides (11C,
13N, 15O, 18F) including metal radionuclide (64Cu,
89Zr, etc).