Executive Summary of the performance

Radiation Technologies & Applications

 During 2007-2008, more than 51,000 consignments of various isotope products and round the clock radiation processing services were provided to customers across the length and breadth of the country as well as some located abroad bringing in a sales turnover of Rs. 4500 lakhs.

 Healthcare

14000  consignments of ready to use radiopharmaceuticals of 131I, 32P, 51Cr and 153Sm were supplied to various Nuclear Medicine centers. Majority of these contained 131I radiopharmaceuticals, which amounted to about 500 Ci and consisting of ; 12000 consignments. 455 Ci of 99Mo(TCM-2) was supplied for extraction of 99mTc at hospitals. In addition to this various accessories of 99mTcSolvent extraction generator system and other products were supplied. About 48,000  Cold  Kits for the formulation of 99mTc radiopharmaceuticals (Code-TCK; 11 products) were supplied to various Nuclear Medicine centers worth Rs. 2.5 crore.

 A very important product useful in the treatment of joint disease has been developed namely 32P Samarium Phosphate colloid-injection and its multi-center clinical trials are over .

 The ongoing work of monoclonal antibody (ch TNT 1/B) labeling with 1 for M/S. Peregrine Pharmaceuticals Inc., USA is continuing.  During 2007,  labelling services  worth USD 150,000 were made. In 2007, for the production and supply of 131I mIBG (therapeutic doses) infrastructure and logistics preparation have been completed and the first therapeutic dose trial consignment supplied to RMC, BARC.

 More than 9688 kits of RIA and IRMA were supplied during the year to 300 immunoassay laboratories throughout the country.

 Nuclear & Biotechnological Tools

 Labelled Compounds Group is engaged in the synthesis and supply of a variety of ¹⁴C, ³H and ³⁵S-labelled products and oligonucleotides (DNA primers). In addition, the group has been concentrating on the production and supply of tritium filled sources of various types as per the orders received. This work is a defence oriented programme especially undertaken to cater to the demand and requirements of  defence establishments and army workshops in the country for the illumination of  various types of military gadgets and instruments. Tritium Labelling Service (TLS) was carried out to meet the specific requirements from a few researchers . 

 Radioisotope Sources.

During April-December  2007, sealed radiation sources of total activity of about 600 kCi were fabricated, processed, supplied and loaded for use in various types of industrial applications.  Cobalt-60 sources were supplied for Blood Irradiators,  Gamma Chambers and industrial irradiators. Co-60 Teletherapy sources were also fabricated and supplied to number of hospitals..

 Gamma Radiation Processing Services

ISOMED processed more than  5400 cubic meters of different types of products between April 2007 and November 2007 generating a revenue of Rs. 240 lakhs. By March 2008, the plant is expected to process around 8200 cubic meters of medical products yielding a revenue of Rs. 3.5 crores.  The low dose loop of ISOMED has been commissioned and has got license for onion & potato irradiation.  

Radiation stability testing of materials and equipment carried out at PANBIT for various DAE units such as NPCIL, BARC, ECIL etc. to assess their suitability for use in various nuclear installations.

 Radiation Processing Plant, Vashi, continued offering its radiation processing services to all its customers from all over the country. More than 1000  MT of spices and allied products were processed during April to November 2007  earning a revenue of Rs. 60 lakhs. It is expected to earn a total revenue of Rs.1.0 crore during 2007-2008.

KRUSHAK (Krishi Utpadan Sanrakshan Kendra) carried out radiation processing of mangoes for export to USA after the clearance from USDA.160 tons of mangoes were processed during May-June 2007 yielding a revenue of about Rs. 3.7 lakhs. 

 Radiation Processing Plants in Private Sector

 3 new plants have been commissioned during the period of this report namely Microtrol Sterilization’s plant at Bangalore; Agrosurg Irradiators plant at Vasai and Gamma Agro Medical Processing Plant at Hyderabad.

 Technology Transfer of Hydrogel

Hydrogel Burn & Injury dressing technology was transferred to another party namely M/s. VIRIDIS Bio-pharma Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai

Customer Support Services Cell 

 During the year 2007-08, Customer Relationship Cell (CRC) continued serving customers and  made it more convenient to customers to interact with the officials of BRIT and regulatory authorities in matters relating to procurement and use of radioisotope products and equipment.  The  retail outlet for supply of cold kits  set up for the benefit of nuclear medicine user institutions in and around Mumbai continued serving customers bringing in a revenue of approximately Rs. 8 lakhs.

 The transportation of about 41,000 consignments of  radioisotope and allied products, majority of them by air, was carried out in a safe manner till December 2007. . Major transportation activities carried out during the year includes movement of kilocurie amounts of radioactive sources from RAPPCOF, Kota to Mumbai,; Mumbai to Vadodara and Mumbai to Ambernath ;  teletherapy sources from Mumbai to various cancer hospitals in the country and Gamma Chamber and Blood Irradiator units to various research centres and hospitals.     

Radioisotopes and allied products supplied by BRIT