Advanced Accelerator Applications announced today that it has entered into an agreement with GE Healthcare in Italy to acquire its Italian FDG-PET imaging agent business (fluorodeoxyglucose photon emission tomography). This acquisition includes the licence to market GE Healthcare’s SteriPET® (FDG) imaging agent in Italy. With this acquisition AAA reinforces its position as one of the leading companies in the PET market in Italy.
Stefano Buono, Chief Executive Officer of AAA, commented: “This acquisition is in line with AAA’s growth strategy of further consolidating our position as a leading pan-European nuclear diagnostics company, alongside exploring additional product pipeline opportunities and avenues for expansion in the United States and outside Europe.”