The University of Oklahoma’s College of Pharmacy is putting a major piece of high-tech hardware on the OU Health campus: a new cyclotron facility that will let the school produce PET radiopharmaceuticals in-state. University leaders say the project should cut down on long drives, higher costs and treatment delays for patients across Oklahoma. The cyclotron will generate short-lived radioisotopes for advanced PET imaging and emerging “theranostic” cancer therapies, building on services the college already provides through its nuclear pharmacy.
Project cost and schedule
Local reporting puts the College of Pharmacy’s investment at about $16 million for the construction and equipment, and officials expect the facility and installation to be finished by…..