Radiation therapy firm Varian Medical Systems has booked a $77 million contract with a Saudi Arabian firm to equip a new proton therapy facility.
Varian will equip the Saudi Particle Therapy Center at King Fahd Medical Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with a ProBeam system for five treatment rooms and also two TrueBeam medical linear accelerators, according to the firm.
Varian expects to begin delivering and installing equipment in the spring of 2013; patient treatments are scheduled to begin in late 2014. The agreement with King Fahd Medical Center will also include a multiyear service contract, Varian said.
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