Radiopharmacy Advanced

Booking for the March 2025 course will open mid-September. 

This course will take place in London at the Waterloo Campus. There is limited availability on the course.

A four-day lecture and practical course covering advanced topics in radiopharmaceutical science. Topics include radiopharmaceutical chemistry, biologicals (proteins, peptides, and cells), positron emission tomography (PET), molecular radiotherapy, and selected clinical topics.

This live course  in London builds on the introductory Postgraduate Course in Radiopharmacy and is intended for people with at least 1 year's hands on experience in radiopharmacy. It provides greater depth in topics such as radiopharmaceutical chemistry, biologicals (proteins, peptides, and cells), positron emission tomography (PET), molecular radiotherapy, and selected clinical topics. The course includes a practical session involving protein labelling techniques utilising Tc-99m

The course programme covers the following topics:

Day 1

• Advances in Tc-99m radiopharmaceutical chemistry
• Stability of radiopharmaceuticals in vivo
• Challenges in radiopharmacy
• Formulation and stability of Tc-99m kits
• Formulation of other radiopharmaceuticals

Day 2

• Clinical topics: gastric emptying; sentinel node
• Antibodies and peptides as radiopharmaceuticals
• Advanced cell isolation and labelling: beyond inflammation
• Non imaging studies: GFR, red cell mass
• Selection of radionuclides for therapy
• Therapeutic nuclear medicine

Day 3 - half day

• Laboratory practical - protein radiolabelling

Day 4

• PET chemistry F-18 and automation
• PET chemistry radiometals Cu-62/64 and Zr-89
• Multi modal imaging
• Ga-68 generators and labelling
• Clinical trials of radiopharmaceuticals

A deeper understanding of radiopharmaceutical science, including design and development of radiopharmaceuticals, formulation, biologicals, molecular radiotherapy, and selected clinical topics. With respect to positron emission tomography (PET), an appreciation of the challenges in production of PET radiopharmaceuticals, emerging radionuclides (Ga-68, Cu-62/64, Zr-89), and multi modal imaging.

The course is suitable for the following:

• People who have previously taken the introductory Postgraduate Course in Radiopharmacy
• Pharmacists in radiopharmacy
• Chemists in radiopharmacy
• Nuclear medicine technologists/radiographers who have direct involvement in radiopharmacy
• Medical radiation technicians and pharmacy technicians who work in radiopharmacy
• Radiopharmaceutical research personnel

This is a 4 day course. The course is run annually in central London and consists of a series of 16 lectures and 1 day in the lab. It is supported by written material.

• The course fee is £540
• The course will take place in London.
• There are limited places on this course. Please book early to secure a place.

Course booking applications will close earlier if the course gets fully booked before the application deadline date.

Employer Funded - Payment by Invoice

This option is only available if your course fee is being paid for by your employer or company. If you are eligible for any discounts, you will be able to select this during the checkout process.

Please note you will need to provide the following information during checkout:

• full name of the company
• web URL address of the company
• company finance department address to which the course fee invoice will be posted to
• email address where the invoice can be sent
• purchase order reference (if needed) – this is a reference which your company may need to be shown on the invoice in order to make payment to King’s
• the name of the individual at the company, responsible for approving the invoice from King’s
• the contact details of this individual, including their job title, department; email and telephone number

Please note that King’s College London payment terms are 30 days from the date of the invoice.