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Elekta radiotherapy system designed for changing cancer landscape now available for U.S. patients

ATLANTA, June 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) announced today that its Elekta Harmony* radiation therapy system recently received U.S. FDA 510(k) clearance, paving the way for U.S. clinics to harness the system to treat a comprehensive range of indications using the latest radiotherap...

2021-06-17 14:38 15027

Year-end report, May-April 2020/21

Accelerated order growth STOCKHOLM, May 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- During Elekta's fourth quarter, we drove strong order growth in all regions – both from market growth and market share gain – and we received our 100th Unity order. Installation volumes were similar to levels in the fourth quarter ...

2021-05-28 14:24 12858

Elekta appoints Johan Adebäck as Chief Financial Officer

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) announced today that Johan Adebäck has been appointed as permanent Chief Financial Officer with immediate effect. He has held the position of Acting CFO sinceJune 2, 2020. Prior to the Acting CFO position, Johan Adebäck had been Group Tr...

2021-02-25 14:52 4825

Elekta establishes office in Egypt to meet growing need for precision radiation medicine

STOCKHOLM, Feb. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) announced today that it will establish a permanent office inCairo, Egypt, to address the shortage of radiotherapy delivery systems and software solutions that play an integral part in treating cancer and brain disorders. To strengthen i...

2021-02-22 15:03 6337

Elekta's ProKnow to help standardize radiotherapy for veterans

Cloud-based ProKnow will enable peer review across Veterans Affairs network ATLANTA, Feb. 10, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta announced today that the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Radiation Oncology Program is poised to pair its major radiotherapy quality program with El...

2021-02-10 21:25 6011

Elekta divests its stake in ViewRay

STOCKHOLM, Jan. 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta AB (EKTA-B.ST) announced today that it has sold its 7.3 percent of the outstanding common stock (11,501,597 shares) in ViewRay, Inc. (Nasdaq:VRAY). Elekta has no remaining shares in ViewRay after the transaction. The shares in ViewRay were purchase...

2021-01-22 14:51 4838

Elekta reports major milestones achieved in MR-guided radiotherapy

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 8, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- During the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO) and American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) Annual Meetings, users of the Elekta Unity MR-Linac presented 69 abstracts recounting the past years' worth of clinical experience with thi...

2020-12-08 15:30 2653

With Elekta Studio, Elekta brings complete image-guided brachytherapy workflow to a single room

VEENENDAAL, The Netherlands, Nov. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) today introduced Elekta Studio with its launch of the ImagingRing, an advanced interventional CT system that revolves around the patient and enables clinicians to conduct the entire brachytherapy workflow - including ap...

2020-11-19 15:16 4037

Elekta Files Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against ZAP Surgical Systems Inc.

SUNNYVALE, California, April 26, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta (EKTA-B.ST), a pioneer in development of precision radiation therapy, radiosurgery and clinical software for the treatment of cancer and neurological disorders, announced today it has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against ZAP Surg...

2019-04-26 22:44 5234

Elekta Hits Radiotherapy Milestone With 5,000th Linear Accelerator Manufactured

STOCKHOLM, March 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- With the number of new cancer cases globally expected to rise by about 70 percent over the next two decades[1-2], access to radiotherapy - a key treatment modality for up to 60 percent of cancer patients - is more critical than ever. Since the manufacture ...

2019-03-08 15:02 6942

Genesis CancerCare Queensland is First in Asia-Pacific Region to use Elekta's Venezia Brachytherapy Applicator

BRISBANE, Australia, Sept. 11, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- On June 13, clinicians at Genesis CancerCare Queensland delivered the first of three high dose rate brachytherapy treatments to a woman with loco-regionally advanced stage (IIB) cervical cancer. The patient's post-chemoradiation brachytherapy bo...

2017-09-11 15:01 4020

Elekta Introduces Advanced Cancer Treatment to Kingdom of Bhutan

THIMPHU, Bhutan, July 24, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) announced today that it has been chosen to deliver the first ever radiation therapy system to the Kingdom ofBhutan. The National Referral Hospital, the largest hospital in the Kingdom, will install an Elekta Compact™ linear acceler...

2017-07-24 15:45 2342

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