IBA : 28-01-2015 - IBA Proton Therapy IBA Signs Contract to Install First Proton Therapy Center in North China

Ion Beam Applications, SA (IBA) specializes in the design, manufacture, and marketing of cancer treatment and diagnosis equipment. Net sales break down by family of products as follows: - diagnosis and therapeutic treatment equipment and systems (85.1%): proton therapy equipment (71.2% of net sales; No. 1 worldwide), and particle accelerators (28.8%) used in the production of radioisotopes (cyclotrons) and in the development of sterilization and ionization solutions (Rhodotron® and Dynamitron®); - equipment and solutions of dosimetry (14.9%; No. 1 worldwide): measurement and analysis tools of the radiation doses in medical imaging and radiation therapy. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: Belgium (1.2%), the United States (35.3%) and other (63.5%).