Panel. Alternative isotopes: are Lu-177 and Ac-225 enough? @WithTheEconomist
Panel. Alternative isotopes: are Lu-177 and Ac-225 enough?  @WithTheEconomist
Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
Supported by Astral Systems

Radioligand therapy relies heavily on a few isotopes. What alternatives could expand the toolkit, and what would it take to make them in large quantities?

Moderator: Elizabeth Sukkar, Senior research manager, policy and insights, Economist Impact
Anikitos Garofalakis, Senior medical radioisotopes advisor, OECD Nuclear Energy Association
Nadezda Gracheva, chief operating officer nuclear medicine, Swiss Rockets
Tom Wallace-Smith, co-founder and chief technology officer, Astral Systems
Richard Wahl, professor of radiology and radiation oncology, Washington University
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Panel. Alternative isotopes: are Lu-177 and Ac-225 enough?

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