Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations
−Removed: The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read together with the consolidated financial statements and the related notes included in Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K (“Form 10-K”).
This discussion contains forward-looking statements related to future events and our future financial performance that are based on current expectations and subject to risks and uncertainties.
Our actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors, including those set forth in Part I, Item 1A.
−Removed: “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements.” included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K.
+Added: “Risk Factors” and “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward Looking Statements.” included in this Form 10-K.
This section discusses 2024 and 2023 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2024 and 2023.
Discussions of 2022 items and year-to-year comparisons between 2023 and 2022 have been excluded from this Form 10-K and can be found in “Part II, Item 7.
−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 23, 2023.
+Added: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2024.
We are the leading radiopharmaceutical-focused company, delivering life-changing science to enable clinicians to Find, Fight and Follow disease to deliver better patient outcomes.
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Radiopharmaceutical Oncology, Precision Diagnostics, and Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue.
−Removed: Our Radiopharmaceutical Oncology diagnostics and therapeutics help healthcare professionals (“HCPs”) Find, Fight and Follow cancer, with a focus on prostate cancer.
+Added: Our leading Radiopharmaceutical Oncology products help healthcare professionals (“HCPs”) Find, Fight and Follow cancer.
Our leading Precision Diagnostic products assist HCPs to Find and Follow diseases, with a focus in cardiology.
−Removed: Our Strategic Partnerships focus on enabling precision medicine through the use of biomarkers, digital solutions and pharma solutions platforms.
+Added: Our Strategic Partnerships include biomarkers and digital solutions in support of our partners’ therapeutic development, out-licensing agreements for non-core assets and optimization of our assets geographically.
Our commercial products are used by cardiologists, internal medicine physicians, nuclear medicine physicians, oncologists, radiologists, sonographers, technologists, and urologists working in a variety of clinical settings.
−Removed: We believe that our diagnostic products provide improved information that enables HCPs to better detect and characterize, or rule out, disease, with the potential to achieve better patient outcomes, reduce patient risk and limit overall costs throughout the healthcare system.
−Removed: We produce and market our products throughout the United States (the “U.S.”), selling primarily to hospitals, independent diagnostic testing facilities, and radiopharmacies.
+Added: We believe that our diagnostic products provide information that enables HCPs to better detect and characterize, or rule out, disease, with the potential to achieve better patient outcomes, reduce patient risk and limit overall costs.
+Added: We produce and market our products throughout the United States (the “United States” or “U.S.”), selling primarily to hospitals, independent diagnostic testing facilities, and radiopharmacies.
We sell our products outside the U.S.
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Our executive offices are located in Bedford, Massachusetts, with additional offices in North Billerica, Massachusetts;
−Removed: Somerset, New Jersey;
Montreal, Canada;
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Recent Developments
−Removed: CEO Succession Plan
−Removed: On January 23, 2024, we announced that, effective March 1, 2024, Brian Markison, our current Chair of the Board, will become our Chief Executive Officer, and Mary Anne Heino, our current Chief Executive Officer, will retire and become the Chair of the Board.
−Removed: As part of this leadership transition, Mr.
−Removed: Markison assumed the role of Executive Chair of the Board as of January 23, 2024 until the effectiveness of his Chief Executive Officer appointment in March, and Board Member Julie McHugh became Lead Independent Director.
−Removed: Strategic Agreements with Perspective Therapeutics
−Removed: On January 9, 2024, we announced that we entered into multiple strategic agreements with Perspective, a radiopharmaceutical company that is pursuing advanced treatment applications for cancers throughout the body.
+Added: During 2024, we executed on our strategy to evolve into a fully integrated radiopharmaceutical company, supported by our increasingly diversified portfolio and our targeted initiatives to expand our pipeline, commercial, development and manufacturing capabilities.
+Added: Over the course of the year and into 2025, we announced multiple strategic transactions, which furthered our goal to focus on new high growth markets and expand and diversify our capabilities and development pipeline with complementary assets.
+Added: A brief description of these transactions is summarized below.
+Added: Pending Acquisition of Life Molecular Imaging
+Added: On January 13, 2025, we announced that we entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Life Molecular Imaging Ltd.
+Added: (“Life Molecular”).
+Added: Life Molecular is based in Berlin, Germany and is dedicated to advancing novel PET radiopharmaceutical diagnostics.
+Added: The definitive agreement provides for an upfront payment of $350.0 million and up to an additional $400.0 million in potential earn-out and milestone payments.
+Added: The transaction is expected to close in the second half of 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary regulatory and closing conditions.
+Added: Previously, on July 3, 2024,we acquired from Life Molecular the global rights to its clinical stage RM2, a gastrin-releasing peptide receptor (“GRPR”)-targeting agent, including the associated novel, clinical-stage radiotherapeutic and radiodiagnostic pair, previously referred to as 177Lu-DOTA-RM2 and 68Ga-DOTA-RM2 (and which we now refer to as LNTH-2402 and LNTH-2401, respectively), for an upfront payment of $35.0 million plus a $1.0 million payment made prior to the acquisition, and potential regulatory milestone payments plus royalties (the “RM2 Asset Purchase”).
+Added: GRPR is a member of the bombesin G protein-coupled receptor family, which has been found to be overexpressed in multiple cancers, including prostate, breast and lung.
+Added: First-in-human dosimetry showed a favorable safety and dosimetry profile and confirmed preclinical data demonstrating dose-dependent efficacy of LNTH-2402.
+Added: We intend to begin a Phase 1/2a study with LNTH-2402 in prostate cancer patients in 2025.
+Added: We expect LNTH-2401 could be used as a companion diagnostic, and that together, LNTH-2401 and LNTH-2402 could potentially allow us to enter into new disease areas.
+Added: For more information on the acquisition of the global rights to RM2, see Note 21, “Acquisition of Assets” to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.
+Added: Pending Acquisition of Evergreen Theragnostics
+Added: On January 27, 2025, we announced that we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Evergreen Merger Agreement”) with Evergreen Theragnostics, Inc.
+Added: (“Evergreen”) and Shareholder Representative Services LLC, pursuant to which we will acquire Evergreen by means of a statutory merger of our subsidiary with and into Evergreen, with Evergreen surviving as our wholly-owned subsidiary (the “Evergreen Merger”).
+Added: Evergreen is a clinical-stage radiopharmaceutical company engaged in contract development and manufacturing services, as well as drug discovery and commercialization of proprietary products.
+Added: Pursuant to the Evergreen Merger Agreement, we will pay an upfront amount of $250 million, payable in cash at closing and subject to customary adjustments as set forth in the Evergreen Merger Agreement, and milestone payments in an aggregate additional cash amount of up to $752.5 million upon the occurrence of certain Milestone Trigger Events (as set forth in the Evergreen Merger Agreement).
+Added: We also agreed to provide up to $18 million in unsecured loans to Evergreen on the terms set forth in the Merger Agreement.
+Added: The Evergreen Merger is expected to close in the second half of 2025, subject to the satisfaction of customary regulatory and closing conditions.
+Added: Acquisition of NAV-4694
+Added: On June 18, 2024, we acquired Meilleur Technologies Inc.
+Added: (“Meilleur”), including its asset NAV-4694, a late-stage investigational F-18-positron emission tomography (“PET”) imaging agent that targets beta amyloids in Alzheimer’s disease.
+Added: Under the terms of the agreement, we paid the stockholders of Meilleur (“Meilleur Stockholders”) an upfront payment of $32.9 million and paid an additional $10.0 million in August 2024 after the successful completion of a technology transfer.
+Added: We could pay additional milestone payments upon achievement of specified U.S.
+Added: regulatory milestones related to NAV-4694.
+Added: We could also pay double-digit milestone payments upon achievement of specified annual commercial sales and double-digit royalty payments for research revenue and commercial sales.
+Added: Research revenue is derived from partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and academic institutions that use NAV-4694 in clinical trials.
+Added: NAV-4694 is currently in Phase 3 development and is also being used in academic and industry sponsored clinical trials.
+Added: We expect to submit an NDA for NAV-4694 in 2026.
+Added: For more information, see Note 21, "Acquisition of Assets" to our consolidated consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.
+Added: Exclusive License for Radiopharm Theranostics Limited
+Added: On June 15, 2024, we entered into an agreement with Radiopharm to acquire global, exclusive rights to two licensed preclinical assets for an upfront payment of $2.0 million (the “Radiopharm Asset Purchase”).
+Added: We acquired global, exclusive rights to both a monoclonal antibody that targets LRRC15, a preclinical therapeutic candidate targeting osteosarcoma, and a Trophoblast cell surface antigen 2 (“TROP2”)-targeted nanobody, a preclinical stage therapy.
+Added: In connection with this acquisition, we are assuming the underlying license agreements related to the two preclinical assets, together with their respective milestone and royalty payment obligations.
+Added: For more information, see Note 21, "Acquisition of Assets" to our consolidated consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.
+Added: Strategic Agreements with Perspective Therapeutics, Inc.
+Added: On January 8, 2024, we entered into multiple strategic agreements with Perspective Therapeutics, Inc.
+Added: (“Perspective”), a radiopharmaceutical company that is pursuing advanced treatment applications for cancers throughout the body.
Under the agreements, we obtained an option to exclusively license Perspective’s Pb212-VMT- ⍺-NET, a clinical stage alpha therapy in development for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors, and an option to co-develop certain early-stage therapeutic candidates targeting prostate cancer using Perspective’s innovative platform technology for an aggregate upfront payment of $28.0 million in cash.
−Removed: We also agreed to purchase up to 19.9% of Perspective’s outstanding shares of common stock for up to approximately $33 million, subject to Perspective’s completion of a qualified third-party financing transaction and certain other closing conditions.
−Removed: In addition, Perspective agreed to acquire the assets and associated lease of our radiopharmaceutical manufacturing facility in Somerset, New Jersey, subject to customary closing conditions, including regulatory approval.
−Removed: On January 22, 2024, following the satisfaction of applicable closing conditions, our subsidiary, Lantheus Alpha, purchased 56,342,355 shares of Perspective’s common stock at a purchase price of $0.37 per share in a private placement transaction.
−Removed: The total consideration for the purchase was approximately $20.8 million in cash, which resulted in Lantheus Alpha holding approximately
−Removed: 10.74% of Perspective’s common stock as of the purchase date and retaining the right to purchase additional shares to bring its ownership up to an aggregate of 19.9%.
−Removed: Exclusive License for PNT2002 and PNT2003
−Removed: On December 20, 2022, we announced the closing of a set of strategic collaborations with POINT Biopharma Global Inc.
−Removed: (“POINT”), in which we were granted a license to exclusive worldwide rights (excluding Japan, South Korea, China (including Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan), Singapore, and Indonesia) to co-develop and commercialize POINT’s PNT2002 and PNT2003 product candidates.
−Removed: On December 27, 2023, Eli Lilly announced the completion of its acquisition of POINT.
−Removed: The acquisition is no expected to impact the status of the PNT2002 License Agreement, the PNT2003 License Agreement, or the work being performed in connection with those agreements and our collaboration with POINT.
−Removed: With respect to PNT2002, POINT is generally responsible for funding and development activities required for FDA approval, including generating all clinical and nonclinical data, analysis and other information, and we are responsible for preparing for and seeking regulatory approval for PNT2002, as well as performing and funding all future development and commercialization following such approval.
−Removed: POINT will be responsible for all manufacturing of PNT2002, subject to certain exceptions described in the license and collaboration agreement between Lantheus Two and POINT, dated November 11, 2022 (the “PNT2002 License Agreement”).
−Removed: In April 2023, we announced with POINT that the FDA had granted Fast Track designation for PNT2002.
−Removed: Fast Track is a process designed to facilitate the development and expedite the review of drugs to treat serious conditions and address unmet needs.
−Removed: On December 18, 2023, we announced positive topline results from SPLASH, the Phase 3 registrational trial for PNT2002.
−Removed: SPLASH was designed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of PNT2002 in patients with mCRPC who have progressed following treatment with an androgen receptor pathway inhibitor (“ARPI”).
−Removed: The SPLASH trial met its primary endpoint, demonstrating a median radiographic progression-free survival (rPFS) per blinded independent central review of 9.5 months for patients treated with PNT2002, compared to 6.0 months for patients treated with ARPI in the control arm, a statistically significant 29% reduction in the risk of radiographic progression or death (hazard ratio (“HR”) 0.71;
−Removed: At the time of the analysis, interim overall survival (OS) results were immature (46% of protocol-specified target OS events reached), and the HR was 1.11.
−Removed: We expect more mature overall survival data in 2024 prior to the potential submission of a New Drug Application (“NDA”).
−Removed: PNT2002 demonstrated a favorable safety profile with grade ≥3 treatment-emergent adverse events (TEAEs) per Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events, serious TEAEs, and TEAEs leading to discontinuation occurring at lower rates in the PNT2002 arm than in the control arm (30.1%, 17.1%, and 1.9% versus 36.9%, 23.1%, and 6.2%, respectively).
−Removed: The open-label study randomized 412 patients with PSMA-expressing mCRPC who had progressed on ARPI therapy and either refused or were not eligible for chemotherapy, in a 2:1 randomization ratio.
−Removed: At the time of the analysis, 84.6% of patients who experienced progressive disease in the control arm subsequently crossed over to receive PNT2002.
−Removed: SPLASH was conducted across the U.S., Canada, Europe, and the United Kingdom.
−Removed: Eighty percent of SPLASH patients resided in North America and approximately ten percent of all participants were Black or African American.
−Removed: During 2023, we worked on establishing an EAP, for PNT2002.
−Removed: EAPs, which are also referred to as compassionate use programs, provide a potential pathway for patients with serious or life-threatening conditions to gain access to an investigational drug for treatment outside of a clinical trial.
−Removed: We expect to enroll the first patient in the EAP for PNT2002 during the first quarter of 2024.
−Removed: With respect to PNT2003, POINT is responsible for curating all data, analysis and other information necessary for regulatory approval, and supporting us in the preparation of regulatory filings.
−Removed: We are responsible for preparing for and seeking regulatory approval of all such applications, as well as performing and funding all future development and commercialization following such approval.
−Removed: POINT will be responsible for all manufacturing of PNT2003, subject to certain exceptions described in the license and collaboration agreement between Lantheus Three and POINT, dated November 11, 2022 (the “PNT2003 License Agreement”).
−Removed: On January 11, 2024, we announced that our ANDA for PNT2003 had been accepted for filing by the FDA.
−Removed: Based on the most recent update to the FDA’s online paragraph IV database listings, we believe we are the first applicant to have filed a substantially complete ANDA for Lutetium Lu 177 Dotatate containing a Paragraph IV certification under the provisions of the Hatch-Waxman Act.
−Removed: As the first applicant, we believe we will be eligible for 180 days of generic marketing exclusivity in the U.S.
−Removed: On January 26, 2024, we were sued in the District Court for the District of Delaware by Advanced Accelerator Applications USA, Inc.
−Removed: and Advanced Accelerator Applications SA, each a Novartis entity, for patent infringement in response to the Company’s ANDA filing and Paragraph IV
−Removed: certification, consistent with the process established by the Hatch-Waxman Act.
−Removed: Under the terms of the Hatch-Waxman Act, FDA approval of our ANDA filing could be subject to a stay of up to 30-months.
−Removed: If our filing is stayed for the full 30-month period and we are successful in obtaining FDA approval, we would expect to launch PNT2003 in 2026, although no assurance of that approval or timing can be assured.
−Removed: For more information, see Note 21, “Acquisition of Assets” in our consolidated financial statements included herein.
−Removed: Acquisition of Cerveau Technologies, Inc.
−Removed: On February 6, 2023, we announced that we acquired Cerveau.
−Removed: Cerveau holds the rights under a license agreement to develop and commercialize MK-6240, an investigational second-generation F 18-labeled PET imaging agent that targets Tau tangles in Alzheimer’s disease.
−Removed: Under the terms of the agreement, we paid the Selling Stockholders an upfront payment of $35.0 million in February 2023 and an additional $10.0 million in May 2023 upon the successful completion of a technology transfer.
−Removed: The Selling Stockholders are also eligible to receive additional development and commercial milestone payments.
−Removed: Additionally, we will pay double-digit royalty payments for research revenue and commercial sales.
−Removed: Research revenue is derived from existing partnerships with pharmaceutical companies that use MK-6240 in clinical trials and includes milestone and dose-related payments.
−Removed: Pursuant to the terms of the stock purchase agreement for Cerveau, certain members of the Selling Stockholders will also provide transition and clinical development services for a prescribed time following the closing of the transaction.
+Added: On January 22, 2024, we purchased 56,342,355 shares of Perspective’s common stock (“Perspective Shares”) at a purchase price of $0.37 per share in a private placement transaction, for approximately $20.8 million in cash.
+Added: We were also granted certain pro rata participation rights to maintain our ownership position in Perspective in the event that Perspective makes any public or non-public offering of any equity or voting securities, subject to certain exceptions.
+Added: On March 1, 2024, we transferred the fixed assets and associated lease of our Somerset, New Jersey facility (the “Somerset Facility”) to Perspective, and the parties entered into a transition services arrangement pursuant to which we provided certain services relating to final disposal of radioactive waste and certain other related services.
+Added: On March 6, 2024, we purchased 60,431,039 Perspective Shares at a price of $0.95 per share.
+Added: The total consideration for this additional purchase was approximately $57.4 million, resulting in Lantheus Alpha holding approximately 19.90% of the outstanding Perspective Shares (or 17.35% on a fully diluted basis) as of March 6, 2024.
+Added: On June 14, 2024, Perspective effected a 1-for-10 reverse stock split, after which we held 11,677,339 Perspective Shares.
+Added: For more information, see Note 21, "Acquisition of Assets" to our consolidated consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.
+Added: Chief Executive Officer Transition
+Added: On March 1, 2024, Brian Markison, our then Chair of our Board of Directors (the “Board”), became our Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”), and Mary Anne Heino, retired as our CEO and became the Chair of our Board.
+Added: As part of this leadership transition, Mr.
+Added: Markison assumed the role of Executive Chair of the Board as of January 23, 2024 until the effectiveness of his CEO appointment in March, and Board Member Julie McHugh became Lead Independent Director.
+Added: Other Strategic Changes
+Added: As part of our evolution into a fully integrated radiopharmaceutical company, during 2024, we reviewed our current capabilities and skillsets and began implementing organizational changes deemed necessary to best position us to execute on our long-term strategy.
+Added: These changes included transitioning approximately 60 employees out of the Company.
+Added: In connection with these changes, we approved equity modifications that allowed grants of stock options and restricted stock units (“RSUs”) issued to those impacted by this event to continue to vest in 2024 and 2025 with any unvested stock option and RSU grants as of December 31, 2025 to be cancelled.
+Added: Total stockholder return awards granted to these individuals will continue to vest on their original vesting schedule but any shares issued will be issued in a pro-rated amount based on the time served during the performance period.
+Added: On February 6, 2023, we acquired Cerveau, which holds the rights under a license agreement to develop and commercialize MK-6240, an investigational late-stage F-18-labeled PET imaging agent that targets tau tangles in Alzheimer’s disease.
+Added: Under the terms of the purchase agreement, we paid the stockholders of Cerveau (“Cerveau Stockholders”) an upfront payment of $35.3 million in February 2023 and an additional $10.0 million in May 2023 upon the successful completion of a technology transfer.
+Added: The Cerveau Stockholders are also eligible to receive additional development and commercial milestone payments.
+Added: We will pay double-digit royalty payments for research revenue and commercial sales.
+Added: Research revenue is derived from partnerships with pharmaceutical companies and academic institutions that use MK-6240 in clinical trials and includes milestone and dose-related payments.
In September 2023, MK-6240 was granted Fast Track designation by the FDA.
−Removed: For more information, see Note 21, “Acquisition of Assets” in our consolidated financial statements included herein.
+Added: In February 2024, we announced the inclusion of MK-6240 in the National Institute on Aging-sponsored study called CLARiTI that enables the consortium to use MK-6240 in its investigation of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias.
+Added: The CLARiTI study will involve all 37 Alzheimer’s Disease Research Centers in the United States and will recruit 2,000 subjects and collect their imaging and blood-based biomarker data to generate etiologic profiles for cases of mixed dementia.
+Added: In 2024, we held a pre-NDA meeting with the U.S.
+Added: Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) and we expect to submit an NDA for MK-6240 in 2025, but we can provide no assurance that we will meet that expected timeline, that our NDA will be accepted by the FDA, that MK-6240 will be approved by the FDA or, if approved, that we will be successful in commercialization.
+Added: For more information, see Note 21, "Acquisition of Assets" to our consolidated consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.
Sale of RELISTOR Licensed Intangible Asset Associated with Net Sales Royalties
−Removed: On August 2, 2023, we sold the right to our RELISTOR net sales royalties, which is classified as a licensed intangible asset (“RELISTOR royalty asset”), under our license agreement with Bausch;
+Added: On August 2, 2023, we sold the right to our RELISTOR net sales royalties, which is classified as a licensed intangible asset (“RELISTOR royalty asset”), under our license agreement with Bausch Health Companies, Inc.
we retained the rights to future sales-based milestone payments.
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Decreases of $63.6 million of license assets and $17.5 million of associated accumulated amortization, as well as a gain of $51.8 million were recorded as a result of the sale.
−Removed: During the fourth quarter of 2023, the Company earned a $15 million sales-based milestone payment.
−Removed: For more information, see Note 10, “Intangibles, Net and Goodwill” in our consolidated financial statements included herein.
+Added: No sales-based milestone payment was earned in 2024.
+Added: In 2023, we earned a $15.0 million sales-based milestone payment as the net sales threshold (as defined in the license agreement with Bausch) was met.
+Added: For more information, see Note 10, “Intangibles, Net and Goodwill” to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.
Discontinuation of AZEDRA
−Removed: On August 15, 2023, we announced our decision to discontinue the production and promotion of AZEDRA and that we would be winding down our Somerset, New Jersey manufacturing site.
−Removed: We will continue manufacturing AZEDRA into the first quarter of 2024, to the extent feasible, with the goal of providing doses of AZEDRA to current patients so they can complete their treatment regimen.
−Removed: For more information, see Note 10, “Intangibles, Net and Goodwill” in our consolidated financial statements included herein.
−Removed: Refinancing of 2019 Facility
−Removed: In December 2022, we refinanced our existing credit facility, consisting of (i) a $200.0 million five-year term loan facility (the “2019 Term Facility”) and (ii) a $200.0 million five-year revolving credit facility (the “2019 Revolving Facility” and, together with the 2019 Term Facility, the “2019 Facility”), with a new $100.0 million delayed draw term loan facility (the “2022 Term Facility” and, the loans thereunder, the “Term Loans”) and a new $350.0 million five-year revolving credit facility (the “2022 Revolving Facility” and, together with the 2022 Term Facility, the “2022 Facility”).
−Removed: We used approximately $7.8 million of cash on hand to primarily repay the principal amount of the loans outstanding related to the 2019 Facility through the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: In addition, we used approximately $167.6 million of cash on hand to repay in full the aggregate remaining principal amount of the loans outstanding under the 2019 Facility and to pay related interest, transaction fees and expenses.
−Removed: While the 2022 Term Facility allowed for a delayed draw term loan, the loan was not drawn upon.
−Removed: We recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $0.6 million related to the write-off of unamortized debt issuance costs and debt discounts associated with the 2019 Term Facility.
−Removed: In addition, we incurred and capitalized $2.7 million of new deferred financing costs related to the refinancing.
−Removed: Issuance of Convertible Notes
−Removed: On December 8, 2022, we issued $575.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.625% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”), which includes $75.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes sold pursuant to the full exercise of the initial purchasers’ option to purchase additional Notes.
−Removed: The Notes were issued under an indenture, dated as of December 8, 2022 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, LMI, as Guarantor, and U.S.
−Removed: Bank, as Trustee.
−Removed: The net proceeds from the issuance of the Notes were approximately $557.8 million, after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and offering expenses payable by us.
+Added: On August 15, 2023, we announced that we would discontinue the production and promotion of AZEDRA and wind down our Somerset Facility.
+Added: We continued manufacturing AZEDRA during the first quarter of 2024, to provide doses of AZEDRA to then-current patients so they could complete their treatment regimen.
+Added: No AZEDRA was manufactured after March 1, 2024, when we transferred the assets and associated sublease of our Somerset Facility to Perspective.
+Added: For more information, see Note 10, “Intangibles, Net and Goodwill” to our consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.
+Added: Amendment of Credit Facility
+Added: In December 2024, we amended our five-year revolving credit facility (as amended, the “2022 Revolving Facility”).
+Added: The amendment, among other things, extended the maturity date from December 2, 2027 to December 19, 2029, increased the 2022 Revolving Facility from $350.0 million to $750.0 million and increased the additional amount that we may request to add to the increased revolving commitment by $350.0 million.
+Added: The amendment also, among other things, (i) reduces the ranges of margins based on our Total Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the 2022 Revolving Facility) used to calculate interest for the revolving loans and (ii) reduces the maximum unused commitment fee from 0.35% per annum to 0.30% per annum.
Key Factors Affecting Our Results
−Removed: Our 2023 financial performance incorporates the results of the Cerveau Acquisition since the February 6, 2023 closing date.
+Added: Our financial performance incorporates the results of our acquisition of Cerveau on February 6, 2023 and Meilleur on June 18, 2024.
Our business and financial performance have been, and continue to be, affected by the following:
Continued Growth of PYLARIFY
−Removed: PYLARIFY, an F 18-labeled PET imaging agent targeting PSMA, was approved by the FDA in May 2021 and commercially launched in the U.S.
+Added: PYLARIFY, an F-18-labeled PET imaging agent targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen (“PSMA”), was approved by the FDA in May 2021 and commercially launched in the U.S.
in June 2021.
−Removed: PYLARIFY is indicated for PET imaging of PSMA-positive lesions in men with prostate cancer with suspected metastasis who are candidates for initial definitive therapy and in men with suspected recurrence based on elevated PSA levels.
−Removed: Both the National Comprehensive Cancer Center guidelines and the Society for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging appropriate use criteria note that PSMA PET imaging agents, including PYLARIFY, can be used for patient selection for PSMA-targeted radioligand therapy.
+Added: PYLARIFY is indicated for PET imaging of PSMA-positive lesions in patients with prostate cancer with suspected metastasis who are candidates for initial definitive therapy and in patients with suspected recurrence based on elevated prostate-specific antigen levels.
PYLARIFY is available through a diverse, multi-partner network of PET manufacturing facilities (“PMFs”), including both commercial and academic partners.
−Removed: The successful growth of PYLARIFY is dependent on our ability to sustain PYLARIFY as the leading PSMA PET imaging agent in an increasingly competitive marketplace.
−Removed: PYLARIFY’s competition includes two commercially available gallium-68-based PSMA imaging agents, an approved fluorine-18-based PSMA imaging agent, and other non-PSMA-based imaging agents commonly referred to as conventional imaging.
−Removed: We previously hired additional employees to assist us with the commercialization of PYLARIFY, including in Sales, Marketing, Reimbursement, Quality and Medical Affairs, and we will continue to make commercial investments necessary to drive PYLARIFY awareness and adoption.
+Added: The successful growth of PYLARIFY is dependent on our ability to maintain PYLARIFY as the most utilized PSMA PET imaging agent in an increasingly competitive space.
+Added: PYLARIFY’s competition includes two commercially available gallium-68-based PSMA imaging agents, an approved F-18-based PSMA imaging agent, and other non-PSMA-based imaging agents commonly referred to as conventional imaging.
+Added: The potential for future generic entrants to the market due to the expiry of PYLARIFY’s new chemical entity exclusivity period in 2026 could also generate increased competition for PYLARIFY.
+Added: We will continue to make investments necessary to drive PYLARIFY awareness and adoption.
We believe that PYLARIFY currently has the largest dedicated field-based commercial team in the PSMA PET imaging agent space.
−Removed: Continued growth and revenue contribution from PYLARIFY will also depend on our ability to differentiate PYLARIFY in light of the potential loss of TPT Status, including through flexible and dependable access to PYLARIFY nationally, a best in class customer experience and through long-term strategic contracts.
−Removed: Our HCPCS code, which enables streamlined billing, went into effect as of January 1, 2022.
−Removed: In addition, effective January 1, 2022, CMS granted TPT Status in the hospital outpatient setting for PYLARIFY, enabling traditional Medicare to provide an incremental payment for PET/CT scans performed with PYLARIFY in that setting.
−Removed: TPT Status for PYLARIFY could expire on December 31, 2024.
−Removed: In 2023 rulemaking for the 2024 payment calendar year, CMS recognized the challenges of patient access to diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals and requested feedback on various payment alternatives that could provide separate reimbursement for these items, but the agency did not adopt any of these proposals in the final rule, while stating that it would continue to evaluate this issue in subsequent rulemaking.
−Removed: We intend to submit comments in connection with CMS’s 2024 rulemaking for 2025 payment calendar year to request that CMS establish separate payment for diagnostics instead of the current packaged payment following expiration of TPT Status.
−Removed: Our plan to successfully grow PYLARIFY has also included highlighting its commercial and clinical value, as well as through strategic partnerships and collaborations, both for the commercialization of our product outside of the United States as well as for the use of our product potentially for additional indications or in connection with the development of PSMA-targeted therapeutics.
−Removed: With respect to commercializing PYLARIFY outside of the U.S., we previously licensed exclusive rights to Curium to develop and commercialize piflufolastat F 18 in Europe.
−Removed: In July 2023, Curium announced that it received marketing authorization for piflufolastat F 18 from the European Commission, which will be commercialized in the EU under the brand name PYLCLARI.
−Removed: With respect to the use of PYLARIFY in connection with the development of PSMA-targeted therapeutics, we have entered into multiple strategic collaborations with pharmaceutical companies.
−Removed: Additional information on collaborations using PYLARIFY are described further under Part I, Item 1.
−Removed: “Business - Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue – Oncology.”
−Removed: In connection with the acquisition of Progenics in June 2020, we issued CVRs tied to the financial performance of PYLARIFY.
+Added: Continued growth and revenue contribution from PYLARIFY will also depend on our ability to differentiate PYLARIFY in light of the loss of transitional pass-through payment status (“TPT Status”) and changes to Medicare fee-for-service (“FFS”) hospital outpatient payment, including through flexible and dependable access to PYLARIFY nationally, a best-in-class customer experience and through long-term strategic partnerships.
+Added: Our Healthcare Procedure Coding System code, which enables streamlined billing, went into effect as of January 1, 2022.
+Added: In addition, from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024, PYLARIFY had TPT Status from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (“CMS”) in the hospital outpatient setting, enabling traditional Medicare FFS to provide separate payment for PYLARIFY in addition to the payment for the PET/computed tomography (“CT”) procedure in that setting.
+Added: In November 2024, CMS released the final rule for its calendar year 2025 Medicare Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (the “CMS 2025 OPPS Rule”), which recognizes the value and need for broad access to diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals.
+Added: The rule provides separate payment for those diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals with per day costs greater than $630 based on mean unit cost (“MUC”) for the approximately 20% of patients with traditional Medicare FFS insurance coverage who are treated in the hospital outpatient setting.
+Added: Effective January 1, 2025, CMS is maintaining separate payment for PYLARIFY based on MUC, which is lower than the ASP-based payments that were made during TPT Status.
+Added: Our plan to successfully grow PYLARIFY includes conveying its commercial and clinical value, expanding its use in appropriate new patient populations, and through strategic partnerships and collaborations, including outside of the U.S.
+Added: Internationally, we previously licensed exclusive rights to Curium to develop and commercialize piflufolastat F-18 in Europe, where it is being commercialized in the EU under the brand name PYLCLARI.
+Added: We have entered into strategic collaborations with pharmaceutical companies for the use of PYLARIFY in connection with their development of PSMA-targeted therapeutics.
+Added: Additional information on these collaborations are described further under Part I, Item 1.
+Added: “Business - Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue – Oncology” of this Form 10-K.
+Added: In connection with the acquisition of Progenics in June 2020, we issued contingent value rights (”CVRs”) tied to the financial performance of PYLARIFY.
We paid $99.6 million to the CVR holders during May 2023 in full satisfaction of our obligations under the CVRs.
−Removed: PYLARIFY AI Use
−Removed: During 2021, we announced that EXINI was granted 510(k) clearance by the FDA in the U.S.
−Removed: and received CE marking in Europe for aPROMISE.
−Removed: We commercially launched aPROMISE under the name PYLARIFY AI in the U.S.
−Removed: in November 2021.
−Removed: During the second quarter of 2022, we received a new 510(k) clearance for an updated version of our PYLARIFY AI platform.
−Removed: PYLARIFY AI is artificial intelligence medical device software designed to assist with the reading and quantification of PYLARIFY scans.
−Removed: The technology automatically analyzes a PSMA PET/CT image to segment anatomical regions – 51 bones and 12 soft tissue organs.
−Removed: This image segmentation enables automated localization, detection and quantification of potential PSMA-avid lesions in a PSMA PET/CT image, which data is then incorporated into the reporting system used by physicians.
−Removed: During the third quarter of 2023, in collaboration with Curium, we customized and released our PYLARIFY AI platform for use in Europe.
−Removed: At the European Association of Nuclear Medicine meeting in Vienna, the PYLARIFY AI presentation was awarded the Top Rated Oral Presentation for response evaluation of metastatic prostate cancer patients.
−Removed: Also in the third quarter of 2023, we announced a data agreement with the Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial Consortium (PCCTC) on its IRONMAN Registry for development and validation of PSMA biomarkers with PYLARIFY AI.
−Removed: The IRONMAN is the International Registry for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer, the Registry is accumulating contextualized clinical and imaging data from more than 100 institutions across the globe.
−Removed: During 2023, we also entered into an agreement with PIONEER (Prostate Cancer DIagnOsis and TreatmeNt Enhancement through the Power of Big Data in EuRope), led by the European Association of Urology (project Coordinator) and Bayer AG (private leader) to use our AI technology to help validate the clinical utility of PYLARIFY AI enabled PSMA biomarker to diagnose, treat and monitor prostate cancer patients.
−Removed: PIONEER is a European Network of Excellence for Big Data in Prostate Cancer, consisting of 34 private and public stakeholders in prostate cancer research and clinical care from across 9 countries.
Continued Growth of DEFINITY
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segment for ultrasound enhancing agents in echocardiography procedures.
−Removed: As we continue to grow our microbubble franchise, our activities include:
−Removed: • Patents - We continue to actively pursue additional patents in connection with DEFINITY and DEFINITY RT, both in the U.S.
+Added: As we continue to grow our microbubble platform, our activities include:
+Added: • Expansion of Label – In March 2024, we received FDA approval for our supplemental new drug application for the use of DEFINITY in pediatric patients with suboptimal echocardiograms.
+Added: The FDA decision was based on usage data from three pediatric clinical trials conducted with DEFINITY.
+Added: • Patents - We continue to actively pursue additional patents in connection with DEFINITY, both in the U.S.
and internationally.
−Removed: for DEFINITY, we have six Orange Book-listed method-of-use patents, one of which expires in 2035 and five of which expire in 2037, as well as additional manufacturing patents that are not Orange Book-listed expiring in 2037.
−Removed: For DEFINITY RT, we have eight Orange Book-listed patents, including two composition of matter patents which expire in 2035
−Removed: • VIALMIX RFID – DEFINITY is activated through the use of medical devices branded as VIALMIX and VIALMIX RFID.
−Removed: The activation rate and time are controlled by VIALMIX RFID through the use of radio-frequency identification technology (“RFID”) to ensure reproducible activation of DEFINITY.
−Removed: The RFID tag, which is affixed to the vial label, enables the DEFINITY vial to be appropriately activated with the VIALMIX RFID activation device.
−Removed: • DEFINITY RT - The formulation of DEFINITY that we have branded as DEFINITY RT allows both storage and shipment at room temperature and provides clinicians an additional choice and use in broader clinical settings.
−Removed: Given its physical characteristics, we believe DEFINITY RT is also well-suited for inclusion in kits requiring microbubbles for other indications and applications (including in kits developed by third parties of the type described further in the paragraph entitled “Microbubble Franchise” below).
+Added: for DEFINITY, we have Orange Book-listed method-of-use patents, as well as additional manufacturing patents that are not Orange Book-listed.
Expansion of Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue
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We are evaluating a number of different opportunities to collaborate, in-license or acquire additional products, product candidates, businesses and technologies to drive our future growth.
−Removed: In particular, we are focused on late-stage radiopharmaceutical therapeutic and diagnostic product opportunities in oncology and other strategic areas that will complement our existing portfolio.
−Removed: Our Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue category includes our Strategic Partnerships, Pharma Solutions, and Digital Solutions businesses and is focused on enabling precision medicine with biomarkers and digital solutions.
−Removed: • Strategic Partnerships – We seek to monetize our assets through our Strategic Partnerships business, by optimizing core assets geographically and by driving value through non-core assets.
−Removed: For example, we have licensed the development and commercialization rights of PYLARIFY in Europe to Curium.
−Removed: Similarly, we licensed the commercialization rights for flurpiridaz fluorine-18 to GE Healthcare Limited.
−Removed: • Pharma Solutions – We use our Pharma Solutions business to offer our Biomarkers and Microbubble Platforms to pharmaceutical and start-up companies to support their research and development of therapeutic drugs and devices.
−Removed: The strategic goal of our Pharma Solutions business is to gain early access to innovation, de-risk the development, data generation
−Removed: and co-funding of our pipeline through collaborations, embed our technologies in the clinical ecosystem and establish the clinical utility of product candidates and research tools in our pipeline.
−Removed: Our Biomarkers are intended to support patient selection and the monitoring of disease progression.
−Removed: For example, piflufolastat F 18 is currently being used by Curium and Regeneron in those companies’ prostate cancer therapeutic drug development programs, and was also used in the development of PNT2002.
−Removed: Our acquisition of Cerveau in February 2023 added MK-6240 to our biomarker portfolio.
−Removed: MK-6240 is currently being used in more than ninety active clinical trials for several Alzheimer’s disease therapeutic candidates.
−Removed: Most recently, in collaboration with Ratio, we completed a Phase 1 study for LNTH-1363S, our novel fibroblast activation protein, alpha targeted, copper-64 labeled PET imaging agent candidate, to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, biodistribution and radiation dosimetry in adult healthy volunteers and plan to initiate a Phase 1/2a study in patients in 2024.
−Removed: With respect to our Microbubble Platform, we generally enter into collaborations with partners that are designed to include our microbubble as part of a kit used with our partner’s medical device for therapeutic applications.
−Removed: In these collaborations, our microbubble is intended to be used as a vehicle to deliver a therapeutic drug.
+Added: In particular, with respect to our Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue category, we are focused on radiopharmaceutical diagnostic and therapeutic product opportunities in oncology, neurology, and other strategic areas that will complement our existing portfolio.
+Added: Our Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue category includes our Strategic Partnerships, Digital Solutions, and Biomarker Solutions businesses and is focused on enabling precision medicine with biomarkers and digital solutions.
+Added: • Strategic Partnerships – We seek to monetize our assets through our Strategic Partnerships business, which includes biomarkers and digital solutions in support of our partners’ therapeutic development, out-licensing agreements for non-core assets and optimization of our assets geographically.
+Added: For example, we licensed the commercialization rights for piflufolastat F-18 in Europe to Curium, where it is now commercialized under the brand name PYLCLARI, and for flurpiridaz, which received FDA approval in 2024 under the brand name Flyrcado, to GE Healthcare Limited (“GE Healthcare”).
• Digital Solutions – Our Digital Solutions are designed to enhance imaging value and the throughput, reproducibility and reliability of image analysis, as well as to inform treatment selection and response to therapy.
−Removed: Our Digital Solutions include aPROMISE and aBSI (as defined below), both of which are FDA cleared and CE marked.
−Removed: aPROMISE, which is currently sold as PYLARIFY AI in the U.S., is artificial intelligence medical device software that is designed to allow healthcare professionals and researchers to perform standardized quantitative assessment of PSMA PET/CT images in prostate cancer, including those images obtained by using PYLARIFY.
−Removed: Automated Bone Scan Index (“aBSI”) automatically calculates the disease burden of prostate cancer by detecting and classifying bone scan tracer uptakes as metastatic or benign lesions using an artificial neural network.
−Removed: The software is currently used as one of the correlative objectives of the DORA trial, an open-labeled, randomized, Phase 3 study of docetaxel versus docetaxel in combination with radium-223 (Ra-223) in subjects with mCRPC.
We offer our Digital Solutions to HCPs for clinical use and to pharmaceutical companies for development purposes, and in some cases, we also obtain clinical imaging data that we may use to further develop artificial intelligence solutions .
−Removed: Global Mo-99 Supply
−Removed: We currently have Mo-99 supply agreements with Institute for Radioelements (“IRE”), running through December 31, 2024, with auto-renewal provisions that are terminable upon notice of non-renewal, and with NTP Radioisotopes (“NTP”), acting for itself and on behalf of its subcontractor, the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (“ANSTO”), running through December 31, 2024.
−Removed: Although we believe we have the most globally diverse Mo-99 supply with IRE in Belgium, NTP in South Africa, and ANSTO in Australia, we still face supplier and logistical challenges in our Mo-99 supply chain.
−Removed: When one supplier experiences outages, we generally rely on Mo-99 supply from the other suppliers to limit the impact of the outages.
−Removed: We believe we effectively manage these various supply chain challenges, but depending on reactor and processor schedules and operations, at times we have not been able to fill some or all of the demand for our TechneLite generators on certain manufacturing days.
−Removed: A prolonged disruption of service from one of our three Mo-99 processing sites or one of their main Mo-99-producing reactors could have a negative effect on our business, results of operations, financial condition and cash flows.
+Added: Our Digital Solutions include artificial intelligence medical device software, such as aPROMISE and Automated Bone Scan Index (“aBSI”), both of which are FDA cleared and received a European Conformity Marking (“CE mark”).
+Added: • Biomarker Solutions – We use our Biomarker Solutions business to offer our Biomarker and Microbubble Platforms to pharmaceutical companies to support their research and development of therapeutic drugs and devices.
+Added: The strategic goal of our Biomarker Solutions business is to gain early access to innovation, de-risk the development, generate data, embed our technologies in the clinical ecosystem and establish the clinical utility of product candidates and research tools in our pipeline.
+Added: Our biomarkers are intended to support patient selection and the monitoring of disease progression.
+Added: For example, piflufolastat F-18 is currently being used by Curium Pharma and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals in their respective prostate cancer therapeutic drug development programs, and was also used in the development of PNT2002.
+Added: MK-6240 is a widely utilized tau PET tracer in Alzheimer’s disease studies with over 100 ongoing academic and industry sponsored clinical trials, many for late-stage therapeutic candidates.
+Added: NAV-4694 is also being used in academic and industry sponsored clinical trials.
Inventory Supply & Third Party Suppliers
We obtain a substantial portion of our imaging agents from third-party suppliers.
−Removed: Jubilant HollisterStier (“JHS”) is currently a significant supplier of DEFINITY and our sole source manufacturer of NEUROLITE, CARDIOLITE and evacuation vials.
+Added: Jubilant HollisterStier (“JHS”) is currently a significant supplier of DEFINITY and our sole source manufacturer of NEUROLITE, CARDIOLITE and evacuation vials, the latter being an ancillary component for our TechneLite generators.
Our manufacturing and supply agreement with JHS (the “JHS MSA”) runs through December 31, 2027 and can be further extended by mutual agreement of the parties.
−Removed: The JHS MSA requires us to purchase from JHS specified percentages of our total requirements for DEFINITY, as well as specified quantities of NEUROLITE, CARDIOLITE and evacuation vial products, each year during the contract term.
+Added: The JHS MSA requires us to
+Added: purchase from JHS specified percentages of our total requirements for DEFINITY, as well as specified quantities of NEUROLITE, CARDIOLITE and evacuation vial products, each year during the contract term.
Either party can terminate the JHS MSA upon the occurrence of certain events, including the material breach or bankruptcy of the other party.
−Removed: In addition to JHS, we rely on SBL as our sole source manufacturer of DEFINITY RT.
−Removed: In 2021, we completed the construction of a specialized in-house manufacturing facility at our North Billerica campus to produce the formulation of DEFINITY that requires refrigerated storage.
+Added: In 2021, we completed the construction of a specialized in-house manufacturing facility at our North Billerica campus to produce DEFINITY.
On February 22, 2022, we received FDA approval of our supplemental new drug application authorizing commercial manufacturing of DEFINITY at our new facility.
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Radiopharmaceuticals are decaying radioisotopes with half-lives ranging from a few hours to several days.
−Removed: Radiopharmaceutical finished goods, such as doses of PYLARIFY, cannot be kept in inventory because of their limited shelf lives and are subject to just-in-time manufacturing, processing and distribution, which takes place at our 54 PMF manufacturing sites across the U.S., with respect to PYLARIFY, and at our facilities in North Billerica, Massachusetts, with respect to our TechneLite generators and Xenon
+Added: Radiopharmaceutical finished goods, such as doses of PYLARIFY, cannot be kept in inventory because of their limited shelf lives and are subject to just-in-time manufacturing, processing, and distribution, which takes place at multiple PMF manufacturing partner sites that produce and deliver doses for us across the U.S.
+Added: Our TechneLite generators and Xenon-133 are manufactured at our facilities in North Billerica, Massachusetts.
Research and Development Expenses
−Removed: To ensure we remain the leading radiopharmaceutical-focused company in our industry, we have historically made and will continue to make substantial investments in new product development and lifecycle management for existing products, including:
−Removed: • For PYLARIFY, we recently enrolled the first patient in a clinical trial to determine whether PYLARIFY can accurately detect the presence or absence of prostate cancer beyond the prostate gland in patients with favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer, as well as how it may change the patient’s intended management.
−Removed: We are also exploring opportunities for the use of PYLARIFY beyond prostate cancer.
+Added: To ensure we remain the leading radiopharmaceutical-focused company, we have historically made and will continue to make substantial investments in new product development and lifecycle management for existing products, including:
+Added: • For PYLARIFY, we are conducting a clinical trial to determine whether PYLARIFY can detect the presence or absence of additional prostate cancer lesions in patients with favorable intermediate-risk prostate cancer, as well as how it may change the patient’s intended management.
+Added: We also continue to support investigator sponsored research with the potential to expand the clinical utility of PYLARIFY.
• For PNT2002 and PNT2003, we were granted a license to exclusive worldwide rights (excluding certain countries) for $260.0 million in upfront payments during the fourth quarter of 2022 and will potentially make additional payments as described below.
−Removed: We also filed an ANDA for PNT2003 as described further in the section entitled “Exclusive License for PNT2002 and PNT2003” above.
−Removed: • For LNTH-1363S, in collaboration with Ratio, we recently completed a Phase 1 study for LNTH-1363S to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, biodistribution and radiation dosimetry in adult healthy volunteers.
−Removed: We plan to initiate a Phase 1/2a study in patients in 2024.
−Removed: • For 1095, our PSMA-targeted iodine-131-labeled small molecule product candidate, we enrolled the last patient in our ARROW Phase 2 study during the second quarter of 2022.
−Removed: Patients in this study will be followed for one year after their first treatment for all efficacy endpoints and survival and safety data will be collected for an additional year.
−Removed: Under the terms of the PNT2002 License Agreement, Lantheus Two paid POINT an upfront cash payment of $250.0 million, and could pay up to an additional $281.0 million in milestone payments upon the achievement of specified U.S.
−Removed: regulatory milestones related to PNT2002.
+Added: We also filed an ANDA for PNT2003 as described further in the section entitled “Exclusive License for PNT2002 and PNT2003” in Part I, Item 1.
+Added: “Business - Other Notable Transactions” of this Form 10-K.
+Added: • For MK-6240, we acquired the right to the investigational asset for an upfront payment of $35.3 million in February 2023 and an additional $10.0 million in May 2023 upon the successful completion of a technology transfer and will potentially make additional milestone and royalty payments.
+Added: In 2024, we held a pre-NDA meeting with the FDA and are expecting to submit an NDA for MK-6240 in 2025.
+Added: • For NAV-4694, we acquired the rights to the investigational asset for an upfront payment of $32.9 million in June 2024 and an additional $10.0 million in August 2024 upon the successful completion of a technology transfer and will potentially make additional milestone and royalty payments.
+Added: • For LNTH-1363S, in collaboration with Ratio Therapeutics LLC (previously Noria Therapeutics, Inc.), we completed a Phase 1 study to evaluate the pharmacokinetics, biodistribution, and radiation dosimetry in adult healthy volunteers.
+Added: We initiated a Phase 1/2a study in patients in 2024.
+Added: • For RM2, we acquired global rights for an upfront payment of $35.0 million plus a $1.0 million payment made prior to the acquisition, and will potentially make additional milestone and royalty payments.
+Added: We plan to initiate a Phase 1/2a study in prostate cancer patients in 2025.
+Added: • For LRRC15 and TROP2, we acquired the rights to the preclinical assets and the underlying license agreements for $2.0 million and will potentially make additional milestone and royalty payments.
+Added: For more information on potential milestone and royalty payments related to the product candidates listed above, see Note 21, "Acquisition of Assets" to our consolidated consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.
+Added: Under the terms of the PNT2002 License Agreement, we paid POINT Biopharma Global Inc.
+Added: (“POINT”) an upfront cash payment of $250.0 million, and could pay up to an additional $281.0 million in milestone payments upon the achievement of specified U.S.
+Added: regulatory milestones.
POINT is also eligible to receive up to $1.3 billion in sales milestone payments upon the achievement of specified annual sales thresholds of PNT2002.
−Removed: In addition, after Lantheus Two achieves $500.0 million in cumulative gross profit, POINT is eligible to receive royalty payments of twenty percent of net sales of PNT2002.
−Removed: Prior to achieving that financial recoupment threshold, POINT is eligible to receive royalty payments of twenty percent on that portion of annual net sales of PNT2002 that generate annual gross profit in excess of specified levels.
−Removed: Under the terms of the PNT2003 License Agreement, Lantheus Three, LLC paid POINT an upfront cash payment of $10.0 million, and could pay up to an additional $34.5 million in milestone payments upon the achievement of specified U.S.
−Removed: regulatory milestones related to PNT2003.
+Added: In addition, after Lantheus Two achieves $500.0 million in cumulative gross profit, POINT is eligible to receive royalty payments of 20% of net sales of PNT2002.
+Added: Prior to achieving that financial recoupment threshold, POINT is eligible to receive royalty payments of 20% on that portion of annual net sales of PNT2002 that generate annual gross profit in excess of specified levels.
+Added: Under the terms of the PNT2003 License Agreement, we paid POINT an upfront payment of $10.0 million, and could pay up to an additional $34.5 million in milestone payments upon the achievement of specified U.S.
+Added: regulatory milestones.
POINT is also eligible to receive up to $275.0 million in sales milestone payments upon the achievement of specified annual sales thresholds of PNT2003.
−Removed: In addition, POINT is eligible to receive royalty payments of fifteen percent of net sales of PNT2003.
+Added: In addition, POINT is eligible to receive royalty payments of 15% of net sales of PNT2003.
Our investments in these additional clinical activities and lifecycle management opportunities will increase our operating expenses and impact our results of operations and cash flow, and we can give no assurances as to whether any of these clinical development candidates or lifecycle management opportunities will be successful.
Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue
−Removed: We continue to seek ways to further increase the overall value of our portfolio of products and product candidates.
−Removed: We are evaluating a number of different opportunities to collaborate, in-license or acquire additional products, product candidates, businesses and technologies to drive our future growth.
−Removed: In particular, we are focused on therapeutic and diagnostic radiopharmaceutical product opportunities in oncology and other strategic areas that will complement our existing portfolio.
−Removed: As we continue to pursue expanding our strategic partnerships, our Pharma Solutions activities in oncology are designed to enable precision medicine using biomarkers and digital solutions that augment diagnostic productivity.
+Added: As we continue to pursue expanding our strategic partnerships, our Biomarker Solutions activities in oncology are designed to enable precision medicine using biomarkers and digital solutions that augment diagnostic productivity.
For example, in prostate cancer, we collaborate with pharmaceutical companies by supplying them with piflufolastat F-18 for use in their therapeutic drug development programs.
−Removed: For immuno-oncology, we intend to offer NM-01, a novel technetium-99m SPECT imaging agent that we are developing to assess PD-L1 expression in cancer cells, for potential use as an efficacy and safety biomarker in immuno-oncology therapies.
−Removed: With respect to pan-oncology, we are further exploring the use of LNTH-1363S as an innovative imaging biomarker that targets fibroblast activation protein.
−Removed: Microbubble Franchise
−Removed: In addition, we continue to expand our microbubble franchise.
−Removed: Some of our microbubble collaborations are with the following parties:
−Removed: (i) Cerevast Medical, Inc.
−Removed: (“Cerevast”), in which our microbubbles will be used in connection with Cerevast’s ocular ultrasound device to improve blood flow in occluded retinal veins in the eye;
−Removed: (ii) CarThera SAS, for the use of our microbubbles in
−Removed: combination with SonoCloud, a proprietary implantable device in development for the treatment of recurrent glioblastoma;
−Removed: (iii) Insightec Ltd.
−Removed: (“Insightec”), which will use our microbubbles in connection with the development of Insightec’s transcranial guided focused ultrasound device for the treatment of glioblastoma as well as other neurodegenerative conditions;
−Removed: (iv) Allegheny Health Network (“AHN”), which will use our microbubbles in combination with AHN’s ultrasound-assisted non-viral gene transfer technology for the development of a proposed treatment of xerostomia;
−Removed: and (v) SonoThera, which will use our microbubbles in combination with their ultrasound-guided, non-viral, gene therapy platform and treatments.
−Removed: In September 2022, we announced with our strategic partner GE Healthcare Limited (“GE Healthcare”) that the recent Phase 3 clinical trial of our investigational radiotracer, flurpiridaz, had met its co-primary endpoints of exceeding a 60% threshold for both sensitivity and specificity for detecting coronary artery disease (“CAD”).
−Removed: The findings, shared at an American Society of Nuclear Cardiology conference, also demonstrated that cardiac PET imaging with flurpiridaz has higher diagnostic efficacy and image quality in patients with suspected CAD, compared with single photon emission computed tomography (“SPECT”) Myocardial Perfusion Imaging (“MPI”), the predominant procedure currently used in nuclear cardiology.
−Removed: We believe SPECT MPI represents approximately 6 million procedures per year in the U.S.
−Removed: Under a Collaboration and License Agreement we entered into with GE Healthcare in 2017, GE Healthcare has led the funding and development of flurpiridaz, and, if the imaging agent is approved, will have the global commercialization rights for it.
−Removed: GE Healthcare recently announced that it had filed an NDA with the FDA for flurpiridaz.
−Removed: Assuming regulatory approval, we anticipate commercialization by GE Healthcare beginning in the second half of 2024.
−Removed: If flurpiridaz receives regulatory approval and is commercially successful, we will receive:
+Added: In addition, with respect to our microbubble platform, we collaborate with strategic partners to provide microbubbles to be used in combination with those partners’ devices currently under development.
+Added: In September 2024, GE Healthcare announced that it had received FDA approval of Flyrcado (flurpiridaz F-18) for coronary artery disease diagnosis.
+Added: Under a Collaboration and License Agreement, GE Healthcare has led the funding and development of flurpiridaz F-18, and has the global commercialization rights for it.
+Added: We have the right to receive:
• up to $60 million in regulatory and sales milestone payments,
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Generally, our costs in connection with the strategic partnerships relate to intellectual property, the supply of drug and other ancillary expenses and the benefits can include possible supply, milestone and royalty payments, additional intellectual property rights and strategic relationships.
−Removed: For flurpiridaz, under the Collaboration and License Agreement, we retained ownership of all of the licensed intellectual property and bear the cost of patent prosecution and maintenance.
−Removed: We can give no assurance as to if or when or if any of these collaborations and other new initiatives, including our collaboration for flurpiridaz, will be successful or accretive to earnings.
+Added: For flurpiridaz F-18, under the Collaboration and License Agreement, we retained ownership of all of the licensed intellectual property and bear the cost of patent prosecution and maintenance.
Results of Operations
The following is a summary of our consolidated results of operations:
+Added: Year Ended December 31, 2024 vs.
2023 2023 vs.
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Total operating expenses 539,727 344,901 545,508 194,826 56.5 % (200,607) (36.8) %
−Removed: Gain on sales of assets — — 15,263 — N/A (15,263) N/A
−Removed: Operating income (loss) 364,642 36,195 (60,825) 328,447 907.4 % 97,020 (159.5) %
+Added: Gain on sale of assets 8,415 — — 8,415 100.0 % — — %
+Added: Operating income 456,979 364,642 36,195 92,337 25.3 % 328,447 907.4 %
Interest expense 19,669 20,019 7,185 (350) (1.7) % 12,834 178.6 %
−Removed: Loss (gain) on extinguishment of debt — 588 (889) (588) (100.0) % 1,477 (166.1) %
+Added: Investment in equity securities - net unrealized loss 43,564 — — 43,564 100.0 % — — %
+Added: Loss on extinguishment of debt — — 588 — N/A (588) (100.0) %
Other (income) loss, net (37,231) (66,320) 1,703 29,089 (43.9) % (68,023) (3,994.3) %
−Removed: Income (loss) before income taxes 410,943 26,719 (75,038) 384,224 1,438.0 % 101,757 (135.6) %
+Added: Income before income taxes 430,977 410,943 26,719 20,034 4.9 % 384,224 1,438.0 %
Income tax expense (benefit) 118,535 84,282 (1,348) 34,253 40.6 % 85,630 (6,352.4) %
−Removed: Net income (loss) $ 326,661 $ 28,067 $ (71,279) $ 298,594 1,063.9 % $ 99,346 (139.4) %
+Added: Net income $ 312,442 $ 326,661 $ 28,067 $ (14,219) (4.4) % $ 298,594 1,063.9 %
Comparison of the Periods Ended December 31, 2024 and 2023
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Radiopharmaceutical Oncology consists of PYLARIFY and AZEDRA.
−Removed: In 2023, we announced our decision to discontinue the production and promotion of AZEDRA and we do not expect AZEDRA to contribute to the business after the first quarter of 2024.
+Added: In 2024, we discontinued the production of AZEDRA.
Precision Diagnostics includes DEFINITY, TechneLite and other diagnostic imaging products.
−Removed: Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue primarily includes out-licensing arrangements and partnerships that focus on facilitating precision medicine through the use of biomarkers, digital solutions and radiotherapeutic platforms.
+Added: Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue primarily includes biomarkers and digital solutions in support of our partners’ therapeutic development, out-licensing agreements for non-core assets and optimization of our assets geographically, and includes revenue derived from the research use of MK-6420 and NAV-4694.
Revenues are summarized by product category on a net basis as follows:
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Total revenues $ 1,533,910 $ 1,296,429 $ 935,061 $ 237,481 18.3 %
−Removed: The increase in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the prior year period, is primarily due to increased PYLARIFY and DEFINITY sales volume and RELISTOR milestone achievement of $15.0 million earned in the fourth quarter of 2023.
−Removed: The increase is offset, in part, by a decrease in Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue due to the revenue recognized from the Novartis licensing agreement in the prior year described further under Note 3, “Disaggregation of Revenue” below and the sale of the RELISTOR royalty revenue asset.
+Added: The increase in revenues for the year ended December 31, 2024, as compared to 2023, is primarily due to increased PYLARIFY and DEFINITY sales volume, as well as revenue generated from sales for investigational use of NAV-4694 and MK-6240.
+Added: The increase is offset, in part, by a decrease in net sales royalties in 2024 primarily due to the sale of the rights to our RELISTOR royalty revenue asset in 2023.
+Added: Net sales royalties related to RELISTOR were recorded in Strategic Partnerships and Other Revenue prior to the sale.
Rebates and Allowances
Estimates for rebates and allowances represent our estimated obligations under contractual arrangements with third parties.
−Removed: Rebate accruals and allowances are recorded in the same period the related revenue is recognized, resulting in a reduction to revenue and the establishment of a liability which is included in accrued expenses.
+Added: Rebate accruals and allowances are recorded in the same period the related revenue is recognized, resulting in a reduction to revenue and the establishment of a liability which is included in accrued expenses and other liabilities in our consolidated balance sheets.
These rebates and allowances result from performance-based offers that are primarily based on attaining contractually specified sales volumes and growth, Medicaid rebate programs for our products, administrative fees of group purchasing organizations and certain distributor related commissions.
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Provision related to current period revenues 63,504
−Removed: Adjustments relating to prior period revenues (453)
Payments or credits made during the period (54,326)
Balance, December 31, 2024 $ 25,248
−Removed: The increase in gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2023, as compared to the prior year period, is primarily due to increased PYLARIFY and DEFINITY sales volume and a RELISTOR milestone achievement, partially offset by the impairment of the AZEDRA currently marketed intangible asset, the Novartis licensing payment in the prior year, amortization of Cerveau intangible assets, and the loss of RELISTOR royalty revenue due to the sale of the asset.
+Added: The increase in gross profit for the year ended December 31, 2024, as compared to the prior year period, is primarily due to an increase in PYLARIFY and DEFINITY sales volume in 2024 and the impairment of the AZEDRA intangible asset recorded in 2023.
+Added: This is partially offset by a decrease in RELISTOR net royalty sales due to the sale of the rights to the royalties in 2023.
Sales and Marketing
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Other costs included in general and administrative expenses are professional fees for information technology services, external legal fees, consulting and accounting services, as well as bad debt expense, certain facility and insurance costs, including director and officer liability insurance.
−Removed: General and administrative expenses decreased $8.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 compared to the prior year period.
−Removed: This was primarily driven by a $44.1 million net reduction for the fair value adjustments to the contingent asset and liabilities (refer to Note 4, “Fair Value of Financial Instruments”, for further details on contingent consideration liabilities, including CVRs) and an insurance settlement in 2023.
−Removed: These reductions were partially offset by increased employee-related costs, investments in technology, new lease expense, and increased professional fees.
+Added: General and administrative expenses increased $68.2 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 compared to the prior year period.
+Added: This was primarily driven by an increase in investment in technology, primarily related to our implementation of a new enterprise resource planning system in 2024, higher stock compensation, increased employee-related costs, and higher professional fees primarily related to business development activity.
Research and Development
−Removed: Research and development expenses relate primarily to the development of new products to add to our portfolio and costs related to our medical affairs, medical information and regulatory functions.
−Removed: Research and development expenses decreased $234.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the prior year period.
−Removed: This was primarily driven by the $260.0 million upfront payment in 2022 for the two agreements with POINT, partially offset by in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) impairment loss of $15.6 million in connection with our discontinuation of the production and promotion of AZEDRA and higher employee related costs driven by increased headcount.
−Removed: Interest Expense
−Removed: Interest expense for the year ended December 31, 2023 increased $12.8 million as compared to the prior year period due to the issuance of the Notes on December 8, 2022.
−Removed: Loss on Extinguishment of Debt
−Removed: During the year ended December 31, 2022, we realized a $0.6 million loss on extinguishment of debt related to the refinancing of our existed indebtedness.
−Removed: There were no extinguishments on debt for the year ended December 31, 2023.
−Removed: Other (Income) Loss
−Removed: Other (income) loss increased by $68.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2023 as compared to the prior year period primarily due to the gain on sale of the RELISTOR licensed intangible asset associated with net sales royalties of $51.8 million and an increase in interest income.
−Removed: Income Tax Expense (Benefit)
+Added: Research and development expenses relate primarily to the development of product candidates and costs related to our medical affairs, medical information and regulatory functions.
+Added: Research and development expenses increased $90.4 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the prior year period.
+Added: This was primarily driven by in-process research and development (“IPR&D”) expense of $36.0 million related to the RM2 Asset Purchase, $2.0 million related to the Radiopharm Asset Purchase, and an upfront option payment of $28.0 million to Perspective.
+Added: In addition, there was an increase in employee-related costs resulting from an increase in headcount and increased project costs, including MK-6240 research and development expenses.
+Added: This increase was offset, in part, by a non-cash impairment charge in the prior year associated with an IPR&D asset of $15.6 million and lower clinical expenses related to our Phase 2 study we conducted for 1095, our PSMA-targeted iodine 131-labelled small molecule product candidate.
+Added: Gain on Sale of Assets
+Added: Gain on sale of assets includes a $6.3 million gain resulting from the sale of the Somerset Facility to Perspective in March 2024.
+Added: In addition, we recorded a $2.1 million gain on sale of assets in December 2024 related to the sale of a portion of our North Billerica campus.
+Added: Investment in Equity Securities - Net Unrealized Loss
+Added: Investments in equity securities - net unrealized loss increased $43.6 million in 2024.
+Added: Each quarter our investments in equity securities of Radiopharm Theranostics Limited (“Radiopharm”) and Perspective, which were purchased in 2024, are revalued to market price.
+Added: For the year ended December 31, 2024, we recorded unrealized losses on the investments in Radiopharm and Perspective of $2.6 million and $41.0 million, respectively.
+Added: Other Income, Net
+Added: Other income, net decreased by $29.1 million for the year ended December 31, 2024 as compared to the prior year period primarily due to the gain on sale of the RELISTOR licensed intangible asset associated with net sales royalties of $51.8 million recorded in 2023, for which there is no comparable amount in 2024.
+Added: This is partially offset by a $17.2 million increase in interest income in 2024, as compared to 2023, due to higher average cash balances in 2024.
+Added: Income Tax Expense
Our effective tax rate for each reporting period is presented as follows:
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Our effective tax rate in fiscal 2024 differs from the U.S.
−Removed: statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the income tax benefits associated with stock compensation deductions, additional net operating losses available for utilization under Internal Revenue Code Section 382 as a result of the sale of our RELISTOR royalty asset, and the release of uncertain tax positions, partially offset by state income taxes.
+Added: statutory rate of 21% primarily due to state income taxes and the valuation allowance established on the current year net unrealized loss on our investment in equity securities.
+Added: The increase in the effective tax rate in 2024 is primarily due to the valuation allowance established on the current year unrealized loss on our investment in equity securities, and a benefit recorded in 2023 related to our RELISTOR royalty asset, which resulted in additional net operating losses becoming available for utilization under Internal Revenue Code Section 382.
+Added: There was no such comparable amount recorded in 2024.
In accordance with our accounting policy, the change in the tax liabilities, penalties and interest associated with our uncertain tax positions (net of any offsetting federal or state benefit) is recognized within income tax expense (benefit).
−Removed: Our uncertain tax positions include indemnified liabilities, in accordance with the Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement entered into with BMS in 2008.
+Added: Our uncertain tax positions include indemnified liabilities, in accordance with the Stock and Asset Purchase Agreement entered into with Bristol Myers Squibb (“BMS”) in 2008.
Changes in the liability result in offsetting changes in the indemnification receivable.
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During 2023, the Company released a significant portion of its indemnified liability due to the settlement of these positions in certain states at a cost significantly less than our accrual resulting in $5.2 million (net of federal or state benefit) income tax benefit.
−Removed: Refer to Note 5, Income Taxes.
−Removed: Our effective tax rate in fiscal 2022 differs from the U.S.
−Removed: statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the income tax benefit for the release of a portion of our uncertain tax positions and the tax benefit associated with stock compensation deductions offset by tax expense from the change in fair value of contingent consideration and expense generated on the revaluation of the Company’s deferred state tax rate.
−Removed: During 2022, the Company released a significant portion of its indemnified liability due to the settlement of these positions in various states at a cost significantly less than our accrual resulting in $9.6 million (net of federal or state benefit) income tax benefit.
+Added: For more information see Note 5, “Income Taxes” to our consolidated consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.
+Added: Our effective tax rate in fiscal 2023 differed from the U.S.
+Added: statutory rate of 21% primarily due to the income tax benefits associated with stock compensation deductions, additional net operating losses available for utilization under Internal Revenue Code Section 382 as a result of the sale of our RELISTOR royalty asset, and the release of uncertain tax positions, partially offset by state income taxes.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
The following table provides information regarding our cash flows:
+Added: Year Ended December 31,
(in thousands) 2024 2023 2022
Net cash provided by operating activities $ 544,750 $ 305,260 $ 281,781
−Removed: Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities $ 5,939 $ (276,547) $ 3,683
+Added: Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities $ (226,015) $ 5,939 $ (276,547)
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities $ (118,536) $ (13,062) $ 311,691
For a discussion of our liquidity and capital resources related to our cash flow activities for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, see Part II, Item 7.
−Removed: Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our annual report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022, filed with the SEC on February 23, 2023.
+Added: “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” of our Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, filed with the SEC on February 22, 2024.
Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities
−Removed: Net cash provided by operating activities of $305.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2023 was primarily comprised of net income adjusted for the net effect of non-cash items such as impairment of long-lived assets, depreciation, amortization and accretion expense, gain on sale of our RELISTOR royalty asset, deferred income taxes, and stock-based compensation expense.
+Added: Net cash provided by operating activities of $544.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2024 was primarily comprised of net income adjusted for the net effect of non-cash items such as unrealized loss on investment in equity securities, charges incurred in connection with the Perspective IPR&D exclusive license options, charges related to Radiopharm’s licensed assets, charges related to Life Molecular’s RM2 license, gains on disposal of our Somerset Facility and a portion of our North Billerica, Massachusetts facility, depreciation, amortization and accretion expense and stock-based compensation expense.
+Added: The primary working capital sources of cash is attributable to an increase in income taxes payable in 2024.
+Added: The primary working capital uses of cash were due to the timing of payments to large vendors, an increase in trade receivables associated primarily with the increase in PYLARIFY revenues, and an increase in inventory related to the timing of batch processes.
+Added: Net cash provided by operating activities of $305.3 million during the year ended December 31, 2023 was primarily comprised of net income adjusted for non-cash items such as impairment of long-lived assets, depreciation, amortization and accretion expense,
+Added: gain on sale of our RELISTOR royalty asset, deferred income taxes, and stock-based compensation expense.
The primary working capital sources of cash were the timing of payments to large vendors.
The primary working capital uses of cash were a decrease to accruals related to the CVR payment, an increase in trade receivables associated primarily with the increase in PYLARIFY revenues, and an increase in inventory related to the timing of batch processes.
−Removed: Net cash provided by operating activities of $281.8 million during the year ended December 31, 2022 was primarily comprised of net income adjusted for charges incurred in connection with acquired IPR&D and the net effect of non-cash items such as depreciation, amortization and accretion expense, the change in fair value of contingent assets and liabilities of $34.7 million (refer to Note 4, “Fair Value of Financial Instruments”, for further details on contingent consideration liabilities, including CVRs), and stock-based compensation expense.
−Removed: The primary working capital sources of cash were the increase in accruals associated with PYLARIFY sales.
−Removed: The primary working capital uses of cash were an increase in trade receivables associated primarily with the increase in PYLARIFY revenues.
−Removed: Net Cash Provided by (Used in) Investing Activities
+Added: Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Investing Activities
+Added: Net cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2024 was driven by an upfront option payment of $28.0 million to Perspective, $36.0 million of payments for the RM2 Asset Purchase, $42.9 million payments to the Meilleur Stockholders for the acquisition of Meilleur, $2.0 million for the Radiopharm Asset Purchase, $83.2 million for the purchase of equity securities in Perspective and Radiopharm, and $51.6 million of capital expenditures, partially offset by net cash proceeds of $17.8 million from the sale of the Somerset Facility and a portion of our North Billerica, Massachusetts facility, and associated assets.
Net cash provided by investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2023 was primarily due to net cash proceeds of $97.8 million from the sale of our RELISTOR royalty asset offset by $45.3 million for our asset acquisition of Cerveau and $46.6 million of capital expenditures.
−Removed: Net cash used in investing activities during the year ended December 31, 2022 was primarily due to the $260.0 million upfront payment to POINT and the $18.3 million of capital expenditures partially offset by $1.8 million received from the sale of our Puerto Rico subsidiary.
Net Cash (Used in) Provided by Financing Activities
−Removed: Net cash used in financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2023 is primarily attributable to the payments for minimum statutory tax withholding related to net share settlement of equity awards of $14.4 million and the CVR initial valuation as of June 30, 2020 of $3.7 million, offset by proceeds of $3.8 million from stock option exercises.
−Removed: Net cash provided by financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2022 is primarily attributable to the proceeds of $557.8 million received from the issuance of the Notes, proceeds of $7.5 million from stock option exercises and proceeds of $5.6 million from the voluntarily terminated interest rate swap contracts in connection with the refinancing of debt.
−Removed: These amounts were offset by payments on long-term debt and other borrowings of $175.0 million, repurchase of common stock of $75.0 million and payments for minimum statutory tax withholding related to net share settlement of equity awards of $7.8 million.
+Added: Net cash used in financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2024 is primarily attributable to the repurchase of our common stock for approximately $100.0 million, the payments for minimum statutory tax withholding related to net share settlement of equity awards of $22.6 million and the payment of $2.3 million of financing costs related to the refinancing of our credit facility described below, offset by proceeds of $6.7 million from stock option exercises.
+Added: Net cash used in financing activities during the year ended December 31, 2023 was primarily attributable to the payments for minimum statutory tax withholding related to net share settlement of equity awards of $14.4 million and the CVR initial valuation as of the acquisition date of $3.7 million, offset by proceeds of $3.8 million from stock option exercises.
External Sources of Liquidity
−Removed: In December 2022, we voluntarily repaid our 2019 $200.0 million five-year term loan facility.
−Removed: In addition, we replaced our $200.0 million revolving facility with the 2022 Revolving Facility.
−Removed: The terms of the 2022 Revolving Facility are set forth in the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 2, 2022, by and among us, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Citizens Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent (the “2022 Credit Agreement”).
−Removed: We have the right to request an increase to the 2022 Revolver Facility or request the establishment of one or more new incremental term loan facilities, in an aggregate principal amount of up to $335.0 million or consolidated EBITDA for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended, plus additional amounts, in certain circumstances.
−Removed: The Company used approximately $7.8 million of cash on hand to primarily repay the principal amount of the loans outstanding related to the 2019 Facility through the nine months ended September 30, 2022.
−Removed: In addition, in December 2022, the Company used approximately $167.6 million of cash on hand to repay in full the aggregate remaining principal amount of the loans outstanding under the 2019 Facility and to pay related interest, transaction fees and expenses.
+Added: In December 2024, we entered into an amendment to the 2022 Revolving Facility that, among other things, extended the maturity date from December 2, 2027 to December 19, 2029, increased the 2022 Revolving Facility from $350.0 million to $750.0 million and increased the additional amount that LMI may request to add to the increased revolving commitment by $350.0 million.
+Added: The amendment also, among other things, (i) reduces the ranges of margins based on our Total Net Leverage Ratio (as defined in the 2022 Revolving Facility) used to calculate interest for the revolving loans and (ii) reduces the maximum unused commitment fee from 0.35% per annum to 0.30% per annum.
+Added: The full terms of the 2022 Revolving Facility are set forth in the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 2, 2022, by and among us, the lenders from time to time party thereto and Citizens Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent, as amended.
+Added: We have the right to request an increase to the 2022 Revolving Facility or request the establishment of one or more new incremental term loan facilities, in an aggregate principal amount of up to the greater of $685.0 million (so that the total amount available is $1.44 billion) or 100% of consolidated earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization for the four consecutive fiscal quarters most recently ended, plus additional amounts, in certain circumstances.
Under the terms of the 2022 Revolving Facility, the lenders thereunder agreed to extend credit to us from time to time until December 19, 2029 consisting of revolving loans in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $750.0 million at any time.
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The Letters of Credit, Swingline Loans and the borrowings under the 2022 Revolving Facility are expected to be used for working capital and other general corporate purposes.
−Removed: Please refer to Note 12, “Long-Term Debt, Net, and Other Borrowings” for further details on the 2022 Facility.
+Added: For more information on the 2022 Revolving Facility, see Note 12, “Long-Term Debt, Net, and Other Borrowings” to our consolidated consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.
As of December 31, 2024, we were in compliance with all financial and other covenants under the 2022 Credit Agreement.
−Removed: On December 8, 2022, we issued $575.0 million in aggregate principal amount of the Notes, which includes $75.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Notes sold pursuant to the full exercise of the initial purchasers’ option to purchase additional Notes.
+Added: On December 8, 2022, we issued $575.0 million in aggregate principal amount of 2.625% Convertible Senior Notes due 2027 (the “Notes”), which includes $75.0 million in aggregate principal amount of Notes sold pursuant to the full exercise of the initial purchasers’ option to purchase additional Notes.
The Notes were issued under an indenture, dated as of December 8, 2022 (the “Indenture”), among the Company, LMI, as Guarantor, and U.S.
+Added: Bank Trust Company, National Association (“U.S.
Bank”), as Trustee.
The net proceeds from the issuance of the Notes were approximately $557.8 million, after deducting the initial purchasers’ discounts and offering expenses payable by us.
−Removed: On March 31, 2021, we voluntarily repaid in full the entire outstanding principal on outstanding debt of Progenics that we assumed as a result of the Progenics Acquisition.
−Removed: The total amount we paid was $30.9 million, which included a prepayment amount of $0.5 million.
+Added: On August 2, 2023, we sold the right to our RELISTOR royalty asset under our license agreement with Bausch;
+Added: we retained the rights to future sales-based milestone payments.
+Added: We received an initial payment of approximately $98.0 million in connection with the sale and have the right to receive an additional $5.0 million payment if worldwide net sales of RELISTOR in 2025 exceed a specified threshold.
+Added: The additional payment would be recognized upon achievement of the specified threshold.
+Added: Following such sale, we no longer receive tiered, sales-based royalties on worldwide net sales of RELISTOR related to the second quarter of 2023 and subsequent quarters.
+Added: In November 2024, our Board authorized a program to repurchase up to $250 million of our common stock during the next twelve months (the “2024 Program”).
+Added: Such repurchases may be made from time to time via open market purchases at prevailing market prices, in privately negotiated transactions, block trades, or pursuant to trades intending to comply with Rule 10b5-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended or through other legally permissible means, depending on market conditions and in accordance with applicable rules and regulations.
+Added: The actual timing, number and dollar amount of repurchase transactions will be determined by our management, in its discretion and will depend on a number of factors, including but not limited to, the market price of our common stock.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, cumulative shares purchased under the 2024 Program were approximately 1.1 million shares for approximately $100.0 million.
Our ability to fund our future capital needs will be affected by our ability to continue to generate cash from operations and may be affected by our ability to access the capital markets, money markets or other sources of funding, as well as the capacity and terms of our financing arrangements.
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• The level of product sales and the pricing environment of our currently marketed products, particularly PYLARIFY and DEFINITY, as well as any additional products that we may market in the future;
−Removed: • Revenue mix shifts and associated volume and selling price changes that could result from contractual status changes with key customers and additional competition;
+Added: • Revenue mix shifts and associated volume and selling price changes that could result from additional competition or changes in customers’ product demand;
• The continued costs of the ongoing commercialization of our products;
−Removed: • Our investment in the further clinical development and commercialization of products and development candidates, including PNT2002, PNT2003, 1095 and MK-6240;
+Added: • Our investment in the further clinical development and commercialization of products and development candidates, as well as whether we exercise our option and co-development rights under the Perspective agreements;
• The costs of acquiring or in-licensing, developing, obtaining regulatory approval for, and commercializing, new products, businesses or technologies, including any potential related milestone or royalty payments, together with the costs of pursuing opportunities that are not eventually consummated;
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• The impact of sustained inflation on our costs of goods sold and operating expenses.
−Removed: Disruption in our financial performance could occur if we experience significant adverse changes in product or customer mix, broad economic downturns, sustained inflation, adverse industry or company conditions or catastrophic external events, including pandemics such as COVID-19, natural disasters and political or military conflict.
+Added: Disruption in our financial performance could occur if we experience significant adverse changes in product or customer mix, broad economic downturns, sustained inflation, adverse industry or company conditions or catastrophic external events, including pandemics, natural disasters and political or military conflict.
If we experience one or more of these events in the future, we may be required to further implement expense reductions, such as a delay or elimination of discretionary spending in all functional areas, as well as scaling back select operating and strategic initiatives.
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Future interest payments associated with the Notes total $44.6 million, with $15.1 million payable within twelve months.
+Added: We may redeem for cash all or any portion of the Notes, at our option, on or after December 22, 2025 if the closing sale price per share of our common stock exceeds 130% of the conversion price of the Notes for a specified period of time.
+Added: For more information on our cash requirements under the Notes, see Note 12, “Long-Term Debt, Net, and Other Borrowings” to our consolidated consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.
We have operating lease arrangements for certain facilities, including corporate and manufacturing space.
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These amounts do not include potential milestone or contractual payment obligations contingent upon the achievement or occurrence of future milestones or events under our license agreements, because they are contingent and the amounts and timing of such potential obligations are unknown or uncertain.
−Removed: We may be required to pay additional amounts up to approximately $264.4 million in contingent payments under our license agreements.
+Added: We may be required to pay approximately $3.7 billion in contingent payments under our license agreements.
Asset Acquisitions
During 2022, we entered into the POINT License Agreements, in which we made upfront payments of $260.0 million, and under which we may make additional milestone payments.
−Removed: The additional milestone payments are based on FDA approval and net sales and commercial milestones.
+Added: The additional milestone payments are based on FDA approval and net sales and
+Added: commercial milestones.
Under the terms of the PNT2002 License Agreement, we have the potential to pay up to an additional $281.0 million in milestone payments and up to $1.3 billion in sales milestone payments upon the achievement of specified annual sales thresholds.
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As of December 31, 2024, these contingent payments were not expected to be payable due to the uncertainty around the timing of the future cash flows.
−Removed: On February 6, 2023, the Company acquired Cerveau and made an upfront payment of approximately $35.3 million to the Selling Stockholders.
−Removed: The Company paid the Selling Stockholders an additional $10.0 million in May 2023 upon the successful completion of a technology transfer.
−Removed: The Company could pay up to an additional $51.0 million in milestone payments upon achievement of specified U.S.
+Added: On February 6, 2023, we acquired Cerveau and made an upfront payment of approximately $35.3 million to the Cerveau Stockholders.
+Added: We paid the Cerveau Stockholders an additional $10.0 million in May 2023 upon the successful completion of a technology transfer.
+Added: We could pay up to an additional $51.0 million in milestone payments upon achievement of specified U.S.
regulatory milestones related to MK-6240.
−Removed: The Selling Stockholders are also eligible to receive up to $1.2 billion in sales milestone payments upon the achievement of specified annual commercial sales thresholds of MK-6240 in the event the Company pursues commercialization, as well as up to $13.5 million in research revenue milestones upon achievement of specified annual research revenue thresholds.
−Removed: Additionally, the Company will pay to the Selling Stockholders up to double-digit royalty payments for research revenue and commercial sales.
+Added: The Cerveau Stockholders are also eligible to receive up to $1.2 billion in sales milestone payments upon the achievement of specified annual commercial sales thresholds of MK-6240, as well as up to $13.5 million in research revenue milestones upon achievement of specified annual research revenue thresholds.
+Added: Finally, we will pay to the Cerveau Stockholders up to double-digit royalty payments for research revenue and commercial sales.
As of December 31, 2024, these contingent payments were not expected to be payable due to the uncertainty around the timing of the future cash flows.
+Added: On June 18, 2024, we acquired Meilleur, including its asset NAV-4694, an investigational F-18-labeled PET imaging agent that targets beta amyloids in Alzheimer’s disease.
+Added: We made an upfront payment of approximately $32.9 million to the Meilleur Stockholders on June 18, 2024 and paid an additional $10.0 million in August 2024 after the successful completion of a technology transfer.
+Added: We could pay up to an additional $43.0 million in milestone payments upon achievement of specified U.S.
+Added: regulatory milestones related to NAV-4694.
+Added: The Meilleur Stockholders are also eligible to receive up to $830.0 million in sales milestone payments upon the achievement of specified annual commercial sales thresholds of NAV-4694 as well as up to $4.0 million in remaining research milestones upon achievement of specified clinical studies at academic institutions thresholds.
+Added: Additionally, we could pay the Meilleur Stockholders up to double-digit royalty payments for research revenue and commercial sales.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, these contingent payments were not expected to be payable due to the uncertainty around the timing of the future cash flows.
+Added: For further information on possible funding requirements resulting from our asset acquisitions, see Note 21, "Acquisition of Assets" to our consolidated consolidated financial statements included in Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” of this Form 10-K.
Other Long-Term Liabilities
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Asset Retirement Obligation
−Removed: We are required to provide the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection financial assurance demonstrating our ability to fund the decommissioning of our North Billerica, Massachusetts and Somerset, New Jersey production facilities, respectively, upon closure.
+Added: We are required to provide the Massachusetts Department of Public Health financial assurance demonstrating our ability to fund the decommissioning of our North Billerica, Massachusetts production facility, upon closure.
We have provided this financial assurance in the form of a $30.3 million surety bond (the “Surety Bond”).
−Removed: As of December 31, 2023, the liability, which was approximately $22.9 million, was measured at the present value of the obligation expected to be incurred of approximately $25.1 million.
+Added: As of December 31, 2024, the liability for this decommissioning obligation, which was approximately $23.3 million, was measured at the present value of the obligation expected to be incurred of approximately $25.1 million.
These contingent payments are not expected to be payable within twelve months due to the uncertainty around the timing of the future cash flows related to the decommissioning of our radioactive operations.
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
−Removed: As noted above, we have provided the Surety Bond to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health and New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
+Added: As noted above, we have provided the Surety Bond to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Since inception, we have not engaged in any other off-balance sheet arrangements, including structured finance, special purpose entities, or variable interest entities.
Effects of Inflation
−Removed: We do not believe that inflation has had a significant impact on our revenues or results of operations.
+Added: We do not believe that inflation has had a significant impact on our results of operations.
We expect our cost of product sales and other operating expenses will change in the future in line with periodic inflationary changes in price levels.
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Recent Accounting Standards
−Removed: Refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” in the accompanying consolidated financial statements located under Item 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for information regarding recently issued accounting standards that may have a significant impact on our business.
+Added: Refer to Note 2, “Summary of Significant Accounting Policies,” in the accompanying consolidated financial statements located under Item 8 of this Form 10-K for information regarding recently issued accounting standards that may have a significant impact on our business.
Critical Accounting Policies
−Removed: The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with U.S.
+Added: The discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations are based on our consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
The preparation of these consolidated financial statements require us to make estimates and judgments that affect our reported assets and liabilities, revenues and expenses, and other financial information.
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We derive our revenues through arrangements with customers for product sales, as well as licensing and royalty arrangements.
−Removed: We sell our products primarily to hospitals, independent diagnostic testing facilities, and radiopharmacies, and we consider customer purchase orders, which in some cases are governed by master sales or group purchasing organization agreements, to be contracts with
−Removed: our customers.
+Added: We sell our products primarily to hospitals, independent diagnostic testing facilities, and radiopharmacies, and we consider customer purchase orders, which in some cases are governed by master sales or group purchasing organization agreements, to be contracts with our customers.
In addition to these arrangements, we also enter into licensing agreements under which we license certain rights to third parties.
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