Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Benefit from New Premier Agreements for PET Isotopes

CHARLOTTE, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Premier healthcare alliance today announced that new agreements for positron emission tomography isotopes have been awarded to Cardinal Health Inc. of Dublin, Ohio; IBA Molecular North America Inc. of Dulles, Va.; and UPPI PET, LLC of Suwanee, Ga.

Effective June 1, 2011, the agreements are available to acute care and continuum of care members of Premier.

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