Brachytherapy seed manufacturer Theragenics has signed on Nihon Medi-Physics (NMP) to sell and distribute its brachytherapy seeds in Japan.
Under the deal, Theragenics will serve as NMP's exclusive radioactive seed supplier in Japan, while NMP will exclusively distribute the firm's radioactive seeds in Japan. Theragenics received Japanese manufacturing and marketing authorization for its AgX100 iodine-125 seeds in March and began shipping AgX100 products to Japan on June 3.