Curium to acquire Lantheus for up to $8B
Plus: Supernus and Indivior merge as equals into $2.2B CNS drugmaker. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
Plus: Supernus and Indivior merge as equals into $2.2B CNS drugmaker. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
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Curium to acquire Lantheus for up to $8B
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Plus: Supernus and Indivior merge as equals into $2.2B CNS drugmaker. The day's rules, money, and enforcement, sourced and tiered below.
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Deal Confidence: High
Curium, a global radiopharmaceutical maker, is paying up to 8 billion dollars to acquire Lantheus, the US market leader in radioactive imaging drugs used to find and monitor prostate cancer and heart disease.
The deal pays 102.50 dollars a share in cash plus up to 12 dollars more tied to sales targets through 2030, a 38% premium, and combines two of nuclear medicine's largest manufacturers.
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Why it matters
Two of the world's largest makers of radioactive imaging and treatment drugs are combining, a bet that pairing diagnosis and treatment in one company, called theranostics, is the future of nuclear medicine. Watch whether the combined company changes access or pricing for scans used in prostate cancer and heart disease.
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Deal Confidence: High
Supernus and Indivior, two central-nervous-system drugmakers, one known for ADHD and epilepsy medicines and the other for opioid-addiction treatments, are merging as equals to create a 2.2 billion dollar drug company.
Indivior shareholders get 56.5% of the combined company plus a 1 billion dollar cash payout before closing. Supernus CEO Jack Khattar leads the new company, expected to close in Q4 2026.
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Why it matters
Two central-nervous-system drugmakers, one known for ADHD and epilepsy medicines and the other for opioid-addiction treatment, are combining into an 11-medicine company. Watch whether the combined company changes access, marketing, or pricing for these drugs.
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