Welcome to the survey site where you can answer the questionnaire regarding the global future demand for technetium-99m (99mTc) for medical use.
The OECD Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) has become involved in global efforts to ensure a reliable supply of molybdenum-99 (99Mo) and its decay product, 99mTc. The NEA is seeking to better understand future demand for 99Mo/99mTc and/or related nuclear medicine procedures, given the uncertainty in future 99mTc demand and the lack of a long-term comprehensive demand overview that includes recent changes in the supply chain. As a result, the NEA has partnered with the Technopolis Group to assess future demand of 99Mo/99mTc out to 2020 and 2030.
Forecasting is not easy, especially when the future horizon is far ahead in time. However, forecasting is important to get an understanding of what actions need to be taken today to meet tomorrow’s demand. Therefore, we are seeking your expert opinion about the future medical demand for 99mTc. Your answers will be important for policy and decision making processes that can affect the future production of 99mTc.
To ensure the best forecast possible, we are inviting experts from a wide range of related disciplines to respond to the survey (such as nuclear medicine practitioners, users of alternative imaging modalities, and others involved in 99mTc-based medical imaging). We would be grateful if you could take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete the following survey.
Each page has a status bar indicating your progress. It is possible to browse between pages, but please make sure that you answer as many questions as possible. The survey addresses the following topics:
- General information about you.
- Drivers of change of 99mTc demand.
- Price elasticity and supply.
- Strategies to deal with the 99mTc shortage.
- Imaging technologies in your country.
- Future of diagnostic imaging.
- Future of 99mTc-based imaging.
This survey is being sent to a broad audience. As a result, there may be some questions that you will not be able to answer based on your experience. In this case, please feel free to leave the question unanswered; however, please answer all the questions where you have experience/knowledge.
It is OECD/Technopolis policy to protect the privacy of the respondents to this survey at all times. Therefore, results will not be connected to individuals or institutions. Any reference to survey results will only include a list of participating disciplines and countries.
In case you still have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. For more information about the NEA's work related to medical isotopes, click here.
Thank you very much for your cooperation.
Kind regards,
Chad Westmacott
+33 (0)1 45 24 11 48
chad.westmacott@oecd.org
www.oecd-nea.fr