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PETNET Solutions invests in its network to increase patient access to PET biomarkers and support future biomarker development.

“Opening a new facility in Chicago is an opportunity for us to modernize our operation from top to bottom. With a brand-new building and a highcapacity cyclotron that is replacing an older model,” says Nutting, “we’re able to significantly improve our capacity for today and into the future. We serve a lot of patients in the area and there’s a fair amount of tracer development in the area as well.”

“We’re on track with a plan to put a lot of investment back into our network to make sure we can handle capacity for years to come,” explains Scott. “Today we can reach about 98% of the US population with our pharmacies. To make sure we’ve got horsepower for five years from now, we’ve got to start investing now. It takes a lot of time, financial commitment, and very specialized resources to open new or upgraded facilities. There’s a lengthy regulatory approval process between radiation safety, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the Boards of Pharmacy. With the potential for many new tracers on the horizon, we want to make sure we stay well ahead of the wave, to where we can handle capacity and can always support access for more patients.” 

PETNET’s new and upgraded facilities are not only able to offer quality, consistent tracers, but also the assurance that comes from knowing that everything that went into making that product has the high level of quality built into it. 

“If you think about it,” Nutting suggests, “there is an immunocompromised patient traveling to be injected with a sterile product that has been shipped right from a PETNET facility to an imaging facility. This requires confidence in the safety and quality of that product. Bringing that level of confidence to the patient as well as the caregiver is very important for us.” 

PETNET’s investment into newer, state-of-the-art facilities in its network includes additional locations in the United States and expanding PETNET’s pharmacies in Europe, specifically the United Kingdom and France. Nutting will be onsite in the UK to oversee the development, regulatory inspections, and opening of the new PETNET radiopharmacy there. When it’s operational, the pharmacy will be able to service the entire country with imaging biomarkers.

As developers find successful new agents, they turn to PETNET as a partner and expert resource in commercial tracer production and to take advantage of PETNET’s expansive tracer distribution footprint, as well as bringing new tracers in the market with a deeply experienced customer-facing team. “For PETNET,” Scott emphasizes, “our vision is to be the provider and contract manufacturer of choice in PET radiopharmaceuticals because we believe in supporting the continued growth in PET/CT imaging with FDG and expanding the availability of novel PET imaging agents. We want to ensure new imaging agents are available to our customers, and ultimately for the benefit of more patients.”