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AstraZeneca invests £1.5bn into US firm Summit for cancer drug tie-up

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Williams, H. (2026, September 29). AstraZeneca invests £1.5bn into US firm Summit for cancer drug tie-up. Evening Standard. https://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/astrazeneca-london-new-york-b1298785.html

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AstraZeneca has invested £1.5 billion into US-based Summit Therapeutics to develop a cancer drug called ivonescimab. The partnership aims to accelerate research and clinical trials, focusing on combining ivonescimab with AstraZeneca’s Sone-Ve drug for gastrointestinal cancer treatment. Both companies will retain rights to their respective drugs while collaborating on joint development efforts and sharing trial costs.

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AstraZeneca invested £1.5 billion into Summit, a US-based pharmaceutical company, to accelerate the development of an experimental cancer drug called ivonescimab. This equity investment aims to speed up the creation and testing of ivonescimab, which targets specific proteins to attack cancer cells and prevent their growth. The two companies will collaborate on combining ivonescimab with AstraZeneca’s existing treatments, including its sonesitatug vedotin (Sone-Ve) drug, particularly for gastrointestinal cancer trials that are scheduled to start soon. Both firms retain the development and commercial rights to their respective medicines under this partnership, highlighting a strategic move in advancing cancer therapy options.

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AstraZeneca invests £1.5bn into US firm Summit for cancer drug tie-up London-listed Astra’s equity investment will help speed up development of Summit’s experimental drug, called ivonescimab, which aims to attack cancer cells and stop them growing by targeting specific proteins. asserted

them → invest → proteins

The firms will collaborate on the new medicine as well as researching how it could be combined with Astra’s treatments, in particular its sonesitatug vedotin (Sone-Ve) drug, with trials in gastrointestinal cancer to begin imminently. uncertain

trials → collaborate → cancer

The firms have formed a tie-up that will see each company contribute their respective medicine for the planned combination trials and jointly contribute to trial costs. asserted

company → form → costs

Each group will retain development and commercial rights to their respective medicines under the agreement, they said. asserted

they → retain → agreement

Susan Galbraith, an executive vice president at AstraZeneca, said: “This opportunity to combine ivonescimab with AstraZeneca’s antibody drug conjugates portfolio, including with Sone-Ve, could enable new regimens that raise the bar for patients with cancer across the treatment landscape.” uncertain

that → say → landscape

Dr Maky Zanganeh, president and co-chief executive of Summit Therapeutics, said: “The developments announced today with AstraZeneca open an exciting new chapter in the advancement of ivonescimab.” asserted

developments → say → ivonescimab

AstraZeneca invests £1.5bn into US firm Summit for cancer drug tie-up

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