Eckert & Ziegler hired to produce radiotherapeutic cancer drug

Eckert & Ziegler has been commissioned by Cambridge, Mass.-based Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals to produce a radiotherapeutic cancer medication.

The compound, Onalta, is a new radiotherapeutic product candidate under development for the treatment of certain neuroendocrine tumors, according to the company. The delivery peptide will be combined with a therapeutic radioisotope (90Y edotreotide) at Eckert & Ziegler’s plant in Braunschweig, Germany.

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