${}^{117m}\mathrm{Sn}$ and ${}^{119}\mathrm{Sb}$, the latter of which is produced via a ${}^{119m}\mathrm{Te}$ generator, are promising radionuclides for the targeted treatment of both osteoarthritis and small mass tumors via Auger therapy. Experiments were conducted at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Brookhaven National Laboratory to measure the ${}^{\mathrm{nat}}\mathrm{Sb}(\mathrm{p},\mathrm{x}){}^{117m}\mathrm{Sn}$ and ${}^{\mathrm{nat}}\mathrm{Sb}(\mathrm{p},\mathrm{x}){}^{119m}\mathrm{Te}$ cross sections for incident proton energies up to 200 MeV. Additional measurements for coproduced isotopes are included as well. In addition to this dataset, this paper investigates improvements for proton-induced reaction modeling capabilities through comparison of these experimental dataset against theoretical models in TALYS 1.95. Parameter adjustments affecting level density, optical model potential, and preequilibrium emission were explored, with a goodness-of-fit metric established by the largest independent cross-section channels and cross-validated with remaining channels.

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• H & He induced nuclear reactions
• Isomer decays
• Level densities
• Models & methods for nuclear reactions
• Nuclear engineering
• Nuclear reactions
• Nuclear spin & parity
• 90 ≤ A ≤ 149