Elekta, Nucletron join forces for oncology software

Elekta and Nucletron have reached an agreement to market and license Elekta's software system Mosaiq, in response to Nucletron's recent decision to cease development, sales and marketing of its Oncentra Visir and Oncentra Information Management product lines.

As part of the agreement, Nucletron's existing Oncentra Visir and Oncentra Information Management customers will be offered Mosaiq from the Stockholm, Sweden-based Elekta. The Utrecht, Netherlands-based Nucletron said it will now focus efforts on innovations in brachytherapy and treatment planning for external beam radiation therapy.

"The decision to phase-out Oncentra Visir and Oncentra Information Management will enable us to further increase our efforts to innovate within the areas of brachytherapy and treatment planning for external beam," said Jos Lamers, CEO of Nucletron.

Mosaiq is an oncology information management system that features an image-enabled EMR fully integrated with administrative management functionality that provides workflow automation designed specifically for the oncology specialty, Nucletron said.

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