Sectra and McBrothers partner for Russian distribution agreement

Sectra has signed a distribution agreement with McBrothers, a medical technology company based in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Through this partnership, McBrothers becomes a distributor of Sectra’s medical systems in the western regions of Russia. According to the Linköping, Sweden-based developer of IT systems and products for radiology, the agreement includes Sectra PACS and Sectra’s digital mammography solution, Sectra MicroDose Mammography.

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