Oct. 6, 2026 — The American College of Radiology (ACR) has recognized Mercy Medical Center’s Tyanna O’Brien Center for Women’s Imaging as a Comprehensive Breast Imaging Center (CBIC), a designation that recognizes breast imaging facilities that achieve excellence through participation in the ACR’s rigorous breast-imaging accreditation programs.

Oct. 6, 2026 — OXOS Medical has been awarded a $9.6 million base cost-share contract by the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA), part of the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response (ASPR) within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The total contract is valued at $24 million, if all potential options are exercised.

Oct. 5, 2026 — The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) recognized the recipients of its 2026 Gold Medal awards and other high-profile honors at a ceremony during the ASTRO Annual Meeting in Boston. Complete information on this year's honorees can be found it the latest issue of ASTROnews.

Oct. 5, 2026 — GE HealthCare has announced a definitive agreement to acquire SOFIE Biosciences, a U.S.-based CMO for PET radiopharmaceuticals, from Trilantic North America, for a purchase price of $945 million paid in cash. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2027, at which time SOFIE Biosciences will become part of GE HealthCare’s PDx segment.

Oct. 1, 2026 — At ASTRO 2026 Elekta highlighted new data showing unprecedented long-term survival outcomes for patients with localized pancreatic cancer treated with high-dose, adaptive radiotherapy on Elekta Unity MR-Linac. The study, conducted at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, U.S., followed patients who were not eligible for surgical resection, a group with a historically dismal prognosis.