Radiopharmaceutical
The radiopharmaceutical is a branch of Pharmacy , devoted to the synthesis , the modeling and the pharmacological properties of radio therapeutics and diagnostic agents ( radiopharmaceuticals concerned, isotopically-labeled drugs).
Radiolabelling also plays an important role in the development phase of new drugs, since the pharmacokinetics of the active ingredients can be researched using tracers .
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- Pharmacy in our time , 34 (6)