Re: Radioactive licenses in China

[mozley@darius.pet.upenn.edu (P. David Mozley, M.D.)]

Is the "compund" for human use?  If so, the FDA will go ballistic.

>Hi Everyone,
>
>I have a quick question that I am hoping that someone may have the answer to.
>We are shipping some radioactive material to China.  The material is one of
>our
>compounds that we have developed here at our institution.  When I inquired
>about
>a radioactive materials license from the facility, one of our researchers here
>said that the medical institutions in China did not have or need licenses to
>posess radioactive material.  Has anyone had to deal with this??  I don't want
>to be in violation of my license by shipping materials to someone who doesn't
>have a license of their own.
>
>Thanks
>Jon Dillon
>jdillon@ligand.com