Amersham International acquires 20% of
Nihon Medi-Physics Co Ltd (NMP), the leading nuclear medicine
company in Japan. NMP was founded in 1973 as a joint venture
between Medi-Physics Inc (USA) and Sumitomo Chemical Co Ltd
of Japan. Amersham upped its stake in 1996 and now owns 50%
of NMP in partnership with Sumitomo. This photo of the top
executives of Nihon Medi-Physics and the Imaging business
was taken in Tokyo in 2000.
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