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Description of Business
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]  
Description of Business
Description of Business
Lantheus Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, is the parent company of Lantheus Medical Imaging, Inc. (“LMI”), also a Delaware corporation.
The Company is a global leader in the development, manufacture and commercialization of innovative diagnostic medical imaging agents and other products that assist clinicians in the diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular and other diseases.
The Company’s commercial products are used by cardiologists, nuclear physicians, radiologists, internal medicine physicians, technologists and sonographers working in a variety of clinical settings. The Company sells its products to radiopharmacies, integrated delivery networks, hospitals, clinics and group practices.
The Company sells its products globally and have operations in the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada and third-party distribution relationships in Europe, Canada, Australia, Asia-Pacific and Latin America.
The Company’s product portfolio includes an ultrasound contrast agent and nuclear imaging products. The Company’s principal products include the following:
DEFINITY is a microbubble contrast agent used in ultrasound exams of the heart, also known as echocardiography exams. DEFINITY contains perflutren-containing lipid microspheres and is indicated in the U.S. for use in patients with suboptimal echocardiograms to assist in imaging the left ventricular chamber and left endocardial border of the heart in ultrasound procedures
TechneLite is a Technetium generator that provides the essential nuclear material used by radiopharmacies to radiolabel Cardiolite, Neurolite and other Technetium-based radiopharmaceuticals used in nuclear medicine procedures. TechneLite uses Moly as its active ingredient.
Sales of the Company’s microbubble contrast agent, DEFINITY, are made in the U.S. and Canada through a DEFINITY direct sales team. In the U.S., the Company’s nuclear imaging products, including TechneLite, Xenon, Neurolite and Cardiolite, are primarily distributed through commercial radiopharmacies, the majority of which are controlled by or associated with Cardinal, UPPI, GE Healthcare and Triad. A small portion of the Company’s nuclear imaging product sales in the U.S. are made through the Company’s direct sales force to hospitals and clinics that maintain their own in-house radiopharmaceutical preparation capabilities. The Company owns one radiopharmacy in Puerto Rico where they sell their own products as well as products of third parties to end-users.
The Company also maintains its own direct sales force in Canada for certain customers so that they can control the importation, marketing, distribution and sale of its imaging agents in Canada in this sales channel. In Europe, Australia, Asia-Pacific and Latin America, the Company relies on third-party distributors to market, sell and distribute its nuclear imaging and contrast agent products, either on a country-by-country basis or on a multi-country regional basis.