Acquisition of Assets

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2024

Business Combination and Asset Acquisition [Abstract]

Acquisition of Assets

Acquisition of Assets

On February 6, 2023, the Company acquired Cerveau. Cerveau holds the rights under a license agreement to develop and commercialize MK-6240, an investigational second-generation F 18-labeled positron emission tomography (“PET”) imaging agent that targets Tau tangles in Alzheimer’s disease. The Company determined that upon review of the Cerveau acquisition, the transaction did not meet the definition of a business combination and is therefore treated as an asset acquisition.

In February 2023, the Company made an upfront payment of approximately $35.3 million to the Selling Stockholders and paid the Selling Stockholders an additional $10.0 million in May 2023 upon the successful completion of a technology transfer. The Company could pay up to an additional $51.0 million in milestone payments upon achievement of specified U.S. regulatory milestones related to MK-6240. 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. Additionally, the Company will pay to the Selling Stockholders up to double-digit royalty payments for research revenue and commercial sales. Research revenue is derived from existing partnerships with pharmaceutical companies that use MK-6240 in clinical trials and includes milestone and dose-related payments. The purchase agreement pursuant to which the Company purchased Cerveau specified, among other things, that certain Selling Stockholders provide transition and clinical development services for a prescribed time following the closing of the transaction.

In December 2022, the Company made upfront payments of $260.0 million to POINT Biopharma Global Inc. (“POINT”) as part of an asset acquisition with the potential for additional milestone payments of approximately $1.8 billion for the two licensed assets based on U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) approval and net sales and commercial milestones.

Under the terms of the license agreement between Lantheus Two and POINT for PNT2002, 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. and ex-U.S. regulatory milestones related to PNT2002. 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.

Under the terms of the license agreement between Lantheus Three and POINT for PNT2003, Lantheus Three 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. and ex-U.S. regulatory milestones related to PNT2003. 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.

Additionally, the Company will pay POINT royalties on net sales, beyond certain financial thresholds and subject to conditions, of 20% for PNT2002 and 15% for PNT2003. Costs of IPR&D projects acquired as part of an asset acquisition that have no alternative future use are expensed when incurred, and therefore, a charge of $260.0 million was recognized in research and development expenses during the year ended December 31, 2022.

On January 8, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement with Perspective to participate in the next qualified financing to purchase shares of Perspective common stock (“Perspective Shares”). On January 22, 2024, the Company purchased 56,342,355 Perspective Shares, representing 11.39% of the outstanding shares of Perspective common stock , at the fair market offering price of $0.37 per share. Included within the agreement is a covenant which allows for the Company to designate one observer to Perspective’s board of directors. The observer will have the option to attend any or all board meetings in a nonvoting capacity, will receive any board materials, except under certain instances where attorney-client privilege is necessary, where the material relates to business or contractual relationship with the Company, to avoid bona fide conflict of interest, exposure of trade secrets or relating to a change of control transaction. The Company also purchased 60,431,039 Perspective Shares at a fair market purchase price of $0.95 per share as an investor in a private placement transaction on March 6, 2024, which resulted in the Company holding a cumulative 19.90% of the outstanding Perspective Shares (or 17.35% on a fully diluted basis) after giving effect to the closing of the private placement transaction. The Company does not have the ability to exercise significant influence over operating and financial policies of Perspective given the Company’s board observer is nonvoting, and there is otherwise no participation in policy-making processes, no interchange of managerial personnel, and no sharing of technology.

Also effective January 8, 2024, the Company obtained the following options and rights from Perspective for an aggregate upfront payment of $28.0 million in cash:

•An exclusive option from Perspective to negotiate for an exclusive license under the rights of Perspective and its affiliates to Perspective’s Pb212-VMT-⍺-NET, a clinical stage alpha therapy developed for the treatment of neuroendocrine tumors , to develop, manufacture, commercialize and otherwise exploit the VMT-α-NET Product.

•A right to co-fund the investigational new drug application (“IND”)-enabling studies for early-stage therapeutic candidates targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen and gastrin releasing peptide receptor and, prior to IND filing, a right to negotiate for an exclusive license to such candidates.

•A right of first offer and last look protections for any third party merger and acquisition transactions involving Perspective for a twelve-month period.

Costs of IPR&D projects acquired as part of an asset acquisition that have no alternative future use are expensed when incurred, and therefore, a charge of $28.0 million was recognized in research and development expenses during the three months ended March 31, 2024.

Also effective January 8, 2024, the Company entered into an agreement with Perspective to transfer the sublease for the property at 110 Clyde Rd, Somerset, New Jersey as well as the associated assets at the Somerset facility for $8.0 million. The transfer of the lease and completion of the asset sale occurred on March 1, 2024 at which time the Company had no further continuing legal obligations related to the lease. See Note 7, “Property, Plant, and Equipment, Net” for additional details.