Summit Therapeutics Inc.·Healthcare

Summit Therapeutics advances ivonescimab with late-stage NSCLC and CRC studies, with FDA review underway and new partnerships expanding its oncology reach.

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SAN DIEGO, May 04, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Johnson Fistel, PLLP is investigating potential claims on behalf of investors of Summit Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: SMMT). The investigation focuses on Summit's executive officers and whether investor losses may be recovered under federal securities laws.
Summit Therapeutics Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, discovers, develops, and commercializes medicines to treat infectious diseases in the United States and Latin America. It conducts clinical programs focusing on Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI). The company's lead product candidate is ridinilazole, an orally administered small molecule antibiotic that is in Phase III clinical trials for the treatment of CDI. It also offers SMT-738, for combating multidrug resistant infections primarily carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae infections; and DDS-04 series for the potential treatment of infections caused by the Enterobacteriaceae. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
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