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Today, Governor Stein announced an Italian diagnostic imaging company will bring its first U.S. manufacturing plant to Sanford.

Bracco will invest $230 million, bringing 200 jobs to the area.

NC Commerce Secretary Lee Lilly released a statement saying, quote, Bracco's decision to choose Lee County reflects the strength of our region's life sciences sector and the momentum we continue to build.

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[upbeat music] In today's episode, I'm joined by David Gordon, who's the CEO of Blue Earth Therapeutics, developing next generation therapies for prostate cancer.

David was part of the founding team of Blue Earth Diagnostics, which he then eventually helped sell to Bracco back in 2019, and then stayed on and built a second company, this time redirecting from diagnosing cancer to actually treating it.

Blue Earth Therapeutics raised 76 and a half million in the Series A at the end of 2024, and currently have two ongoing clinical programs with their actinium trial recently dosing their first patient in a new Phase I trial this July.

We're gonna go into the radioactive world of RLTs, what it's like building companies in this space, and along the way, learn more about David, his views on the future of RLT and some career advice at the same time.