09/09/2008 (Agence Europe) - During the informal meeting of European health ministers, on Monday 8 and Tuesday 9 September, Roselyne Bachelot of France and her counterparts called for a “coordinated European response” to be found concerning the shortage of technetium-99m in Europe since early September. The isotope in question, which is used for scintigraphies, is no longer produced on the European continent since the main reactor for production, located in the Netherlands, broke down....