Report about the
14th International Symposium on Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry
and the
12th International Symposium on Radiopharmacology
in Interlaken/Switzerland
June 10 - June 15, 2001
A record number of about 640 participants met at these two most important
symposia in the radiopharmaceutical sciences field in Interlaken to discuss
new developments in radiopharmaceutical sciences. In 12 oral and 5 poster
sessions presentations were given about novel radiopharmaceuticals labelled
with positron emitting radionuclides and halides, about Tc/Re-carbonyl chemistry,
radiometal labelled radiopharmaceuticals, target and radionuclide chemistry,
radiotherapeutics and miscellaneous subjects.
The high number of participants was met by the high quality of the work
presented. There are very exiting new results in Tc-chemistry as well as
in PET-chemistry, which translate also into novel radiopharmaceuticals.
Radiotherapeutics are a field of (renewed) high interest.
The proceedings appeared in the J. Labelled Cpd. Radiopharm. 44 Suppl 1 (2001)
and the Quarterly Journal of Nuclear Medicine 45 No.2 (2201).
The responsible boards took an important decision. A new society with the
most likely name
"International Society of Radiopharmaceutical Chemistry and Biology"
has been founded. The society will include radiochemists, radiopharmacists
and radiopharmacologists. To the important goals of the new society belongs
the funding of the education of the young in the radiopharmaceutical specialities
and the providing of a platform for all issues relevant for pharmaceutical
science. The official journal of the new society will be the J Nucl Med Biol.
The next symposia are scheduled to take place in Sydney (Dr.S.Carr) August
11th- 15th, 2003; Northamerica 2005 (?) and Aachen
2007 (Prof.H.Coenen).
Prof. Dr. P.A. Schubiger
From Left to right
(standing):
Bill Eckelmann, Mrs. Schubiger, Mike Welch (president of the new society),
August Schubiger (symposia organizer), Wynn Volkert;
(sitting):
Mrs. Volkert, Mrs. Vaalburg, Willem Vaalburg, Mrs. Tendon (symposia secretary),
Simon Ametamey.