Ion Beam Applications

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IBA (Ion Beam Applications SA) is a medical technology company based in Louvain-la-Neuve. The company was founded in 1986 by Yves Jongen within the Cyclotron Research Center of the University of Louvain (UCLouvain) and became a university spin-off. It employs about 1500 people in 40 locations.[1] The company developed cyclotrons and integrated proton therapy centers is active in the field of proton therapy, dosimetry, radiopharmacy solutions and industrial sterilisation.[2]

IBA installed its first proton therapy equipment for Boston's Massachusetts General Hospital in 2001,[3] and for Philadelphia's Penn Hospital in 2009.[4]

It supplied equipment and services to Proton Partners International which was developing three proton beam therapy centers in the United Kingdom.[5][6]

In 2017, IBA invested €16 million in the construction of a new logistics and production center in Louvain-la-Neuve.[7]

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