2024 could be an eventful year for LUTATHERA and radioligand therapies (RLTs) around their future commercial prospects.
On April 23, 2024, the FDA approved LUTATHERA (lutetium Lu 177 dotatate) for the treatment of pediatric patients aged 12 years and older with somatostatin receptor (SSTR)-positive gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (GEP-NETs), including foregut, midgut, and hindgut neuroendocrine tumors. Somatostatin receptor type 2 (SSTR2) is expressed in 80-90% of GEP-NET tumors. LUTATHERA has previously received approval in 2018 for the treatment of GEP-NETs in adult patients. This recent approval was based on pharmacokinetic (PK), dosimetry, ...