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24 October 2019

3 questions to Alexandre Hamlyn, co-founder of Coriolis Composites

From Start-up to industrial SME, Coriolis Composites is a remarkable success story. The company, specialised in the manufacture of robotic cells and software for the production of composite parts, now employs 170 persons and is entering the market of non...

26 September 2019

EANM 2019 – Booth 94: discover the Lemer Pax and Medisystem Therapy and Diagnostic offer at Barcelona

Now a worldwide reference in its field, the European Association of Nuclear Medicine, (EANM) is organising its 32nd annual congress at Barcelona, Spain, to be held from 12 to 16 October 2019. Once again, Lemer Pax and Medisystem are participating...

19 September 2019

Cathpax® AIR: a radiation protection cabin intended for interventional procedures

The last few years have seen considerable technical progress in the field of Interventional Cardiology with a significant increase in the number and complexity of procedures. These changes have resulted in greater exposure of doctors and patients to X-rays and...

26 August 2019

Lemer Pax upgrades its information system with the Sage 100cloud solution

In 2017, Lemer Pax decided to upgrade its enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. They chose a solution composed of several Sage modules to create a unified information system integrating all the company’s business lines to best meet the needs of...

26 July 2019

3 questions for Karen Chamoulaud, RPO at the Centre Hospitalier Sud Francilien

The guardian angel of nuclear medicine services is playing an increasingly important role The use of ionising radiation has diversified, with the emergence of new procedures, and the function of RPO, radiation protection officer, is adapting to this change. With...

4 July 2019

MEDICIS-Promed: from fundamental research to hospitals

Created in 2015, the MEDICIS-Promed* (“MEDICIS-produced radioisotope beams for medicine”) project is an innovating training network. This truly European network is part of the European Union framework programme dedicated to research and innovation: 2020 horizon. Take a look back to...

27 June 2019

Acquisition of SIRP: Lemer Pax increases its leadership in the field of non-destructive testing

Lemer Pax, global innovation leader in the field of radiation protection, is taking over the medical and industrial radiation protection activities of its competitor the SIRP (Société Industrielle de Radio-Protection), a company created in 1989. For many years, LEMER Pax...

thumbnail picture 4 steps shielding a radiology room

28 May 2019

The 4 steps for shielding a radiology room

You are embarking on a project involving ionising radiation! Have you decided to create your own shielded radiology room (radiology or nuclear medicine centre, radioiodine treatment room) or do you plant to begin doing non-destructive testing? Here are the 4...

Vignette photo Maddalena Maietta, physicienne italienne

25 April 2019

Mission accomplished for Maddalena Maietta and Lemer Pax

On 13 December last year, Maddalena Maietta, a young Italian physicist, was the first of the 15 PhD students participating in the European MEDICIS-Promed* project (MEDICIS-produced radioisotope beams for medicine), to defend her thesis “Aspects of radiation protection associated with...

1 March 2019

STMN, JFMN & DGN: the Posijet® is setting out on its spring tour

With spring coming closer, the Posijet® is getting ready to travel! The independent fractionation and injection unit for high energy radiopharmaceuticals, designed and manufactured by Lemer Pax, will be under the spotlight in the next editions of the STMN, JFMN...

21 February 2019

3 questions for Alexandre Milochévitch, Head of Bessé Nuclear Solutions®

Bessé – 100 million euros in revenue, 450 employees in Nantes, Paris and London – is a family business, founded 60 years ago. The first years were marked by a close partnership with the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyards, in the...

6 February 2019

Radioactivity in question

Radioactivity in question Types of radiation and their penetration power Helium core: the alpha emission can be stopped by a simple sheet of paper Electron: the beta emission can be stopped by a few millimetres of aluminium Gamma: Gamma...

31 January 2019

Colibri-30 Type B: the ultimate Lemer Pax transport container

As part of the Medicis-Promed* project, Lemer Pax designed and produced a new type B container, a first for the company! Its objective: transport exotic isotopes[1] from their place of production to hospitals or radiopharmacies. This year, the Colibri (COLIs...

21 January 2019

ALARA: the golden rule in radiation protection

In preventing occupational hazards, radiation protection is the field in which the precautionary principle of ALARA (As Low As Reasonably Achievable) was first applied. It is one of the basic principles of protection against ionizing radiation. This precautionary, optimising principle...

11 January 2019

Retrospective 2018

Ongoing projects, success stories, technological innovations, events and business news… our digital retrospective takes a look back at Lemer Pax highlights of the past year!

2 January 2019

3 questions to Jean-François Chatal, pioneer of Nuclear Medicine in France

Professor Jean-François Chatal is former director of the nuclear medicine department at Nantes University Hospital, as well as the city’s Cancer Centre. He and his team were responsible for the installation of a high energy/high intensity cyclotron known as Aronax,...