BUZZ - Summit shares soar after AstraZeneca injects $2 billions
路透社2026/09/28 22:01September 28 - ** Summit Therapeutics (SMMT.O) shares rose 18% in after-hours trading, closing at $18.2
** AstraZeneca (AZN.L) will invest $2 billion in Summit Therapeutics through convertible preferred stock
** The investment can reportedly be converted to common stock at $18.36 per share, a premium over the day's closing price
** The company reached a clinical collaboration with AstraZeneca to evaluate the efficacy of ivonescimab combined with AstraZeneca's sonesitatug vedotin in the treatment of gastrointestinal cancer
** The company said it plans to assess the combined efficacy of ivonescimab with other AstraZeneca cancer drugs, including antibody-drug conjugates
** The company stated that AstraZeneca's investment is expected to be completed by the end of this week, subject to customary conditions
** As of the previous trading day's close, SMMT had fallen 11.5% year-to-date
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