Sociedad Qu mica y Minera de Chile S.A. and GE Healthcare's Pharmaceutical Diagnostics business have announced a long-term agreement, to secure its supply of iodine, a key ingredient for contrast media products used in X-Ray and Computed Tomography (CT) procedures globally. The agreement will see SQM increase supply of iodine raw material year-on-year and is part of GE Healthcare's broader commitment and investment plan to enable the production of 30 million more patient doses of iodinated contrast media annually by 2025.