About Us

We Make a Difference

We are one of the world’s foremost global health and life sciences companies, exporting medical isotopes, radiotherapeutics and related technologies to more than 50 countries around the world.

Every day, MDS Nordion products and services are used in hospitals and clinics, by large medical supply companies, biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies and by food processors and manufacturers. We set the bar for many global industry standards and practices and are leaders in each unique industry we serve.

  • Partner of choice for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies – providing integrated molecular imaging services and technologies for drug discovery and development

  • Supply over half of the global demand for molybdenum-99, the source of technetium-99m, the most widely used isotope for diagnosing disease

  • Supply over 75 percent of global demand for cobalt-60 used to sterilize medical products to prevent infection and the spread of disease

  • Supply, manufacture or distribute the only two U.S. FDA-approved radioimmunotherapeutics for the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma