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SHINE Closes Lantheus SPECT Deal, Appoints Michael Rossi to Lead SHINE SPECT USA

The purchase brings immediate scale to SHINE’s nuclear medicine business under newly appointed SHINE SPECT USA chief Michael Rossi.

Overview

  • SHINE completed the acquisition of Lantheus’ SPECT business, taking over the North Billerica, Massachusetts manufacturing facility and a portfolio of diagnostic radiopharmaceuticals.
  • TechneLite technetium-99m generators produced at the site for 55 years, along with Cardiolite, NEUROLITE, and Xenon Xe-133, support millions of imaging procedures across North America.
  • The company says the deal adds immediate revenue and operational scale in a nuclear medicine market it pegs at $19 billion.
  • SHINE’s Chrysalis facility in Janesville, Wisconsin remains under development to produce Mo-99 using fusion-based technology for a future integrated supply of Mo-99, Xe-133, and other isotopes.
  • SHINE highlights existing therapeutic capacity with one of the largest Lu-177 operations in the western hemisphere, capable of up to 100,000 doses annually with potential expansion to 200,000.