AREVA Med has launched its Maurice Tubiana facility located at Bessines-sur-Gartempe, France, following administrative authorizations and completing technical testing. The facility began production to extract and purify lead-212 for medical use.   Lead-212 is a rare metal used in the development of treatments for certain cancers that do not respond to other conventional methods. Nuclear medicine is dependent on the availability of high purity isotopes and the production at the Maurice Tubiana fa...