Québec to acquire 12 Elekta Versa HD linear accelerators to meet growing need for advanced cancer care
Provincial government to upgrade and standardize its fleet of linear accelerators to deliver precision radiation therapyQUÉBEC, Canada, February 11, 2020 – Elekta (EKTA-B.ST) announced today that the Québec government’s procurement agency for medical technologies, Groupe d’Approvisionnement Commun de l’Est du Québec (GACEQ), has awarded Elekta an order for 12 Versa HD™ linear accelerators (linacs) over the next five years for an order value of approximately CAD 38.5 million (SEK 275 million). CAD 16 million will be booked in the fourth quarter of Elekta’s fiscal year 2019/20. The remainder