lutetium-177

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2026 What Radioligand Therapy Is, and Why a Second Lutathera Matters On September 14 the FDA approved Bexlutry, Curium's copy of Novartis's Lutathera — the first "radioligand equivalent" ever cleared. The question underneath the headline: what is a radioligand therapy, what does the evidence say it does for neuroendocrine tumours, and why did it take a Delaware courtroom to get a second one to market? With numbers, and the companies.

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