Bringing theragnostics closer to patients

Sometimes, the smallest actions can make the biggest difference.

This spring, we turned our daily breaks into a source of hope for children battling cancer! Taking a short walk, each workday during the challenge, resulted in a donation of 100 SEK per walk and person to Barncancerfonden.

Our Steps Towards Reduced Carbon Emissions in 2024

For the Financial Year 2024, we’ve made a remarkable reduction from 2023, cutting our emissions close to half. In 2024, we have taken several actions to reduce our climate impact - this is how:

Transport – We have optimised our logistics flows and switched to HVO100 for several transports, significantly reducing emissions.

Digital Meetings & Train Travel – By prioritising digital meetings and opting for trains instead of flights, we have saved hundreds of kilos of CO₂e. One example: 12 hours of train travel to EANM in Hamburg saved approximately 800 kg of CO₂e.

IT Management – By sending back IT equipment we no longer use, we have saved over 1 tonne of CO₂e and given technology a new life.

Procurement – Almost all suppliers have signed our Code of Conduct, strengthening our shared environmental responsibility.

Public Transport as a Benefit – We encourage our co-workers to travel sustainably by offering public transportation cards, and they are widely used.

Small steps together make a big difference, every gram of carbon dioxide counts. 💚

Theranostics or theragnostics? – We find many names for those we love

This is our perspective on recent years’ debate regarding how to spell this fascinating word: “Theranostics” or “Theragnostics”? Both spellings have a long history of use. It is understood that both versions refer to the treatment strategy that combines therapeutics with diagnostics, and the word is derived from the Greek words therapia and diagnosis.

In our search for answers following the debate in recent years, we came upon an interesting article¹. We believe that Prof. George Babiniotis, Emeritus and Honorary Professor of Linguistics and former Rector (2000–2006) of the University of Athens, has excellent and credible thoughts. Our position is based on his reasoning. In the article, Prof. Babiniotis explains the following: 

“Theragnostics is the better term. In theranostics, the second part of the word “nostics” refers more to the disease than diagnostics. Linguistically, the better approach is a synergy of the two words therapo-gnostics because “thera” alone does not refer to therapy and could be confused with the Greek word for hunting.” 

Babiniotis argues that it is essential to understand that the key to the term “theragnostics” is “gnosis”, not “agnosis”, whereas “agnosis” is derived from the Greek word agnosia , which means a lack of knowledge. Thus, “theragnostics” is a better term emphasising knowledge, and as the article elegantly summarises “, nuclear medicine with its combination of molecular imaging and molecular radiotherapy does indeed offer knowledge-based precision medicine”.