M&A Deal Summary

Summit Therapeutics Acquires Discuva

On December 23, 2017, Summit Therapeutics acquired life science company Discuva

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Summit Therapeutics’ 1st transaction in the Life Science sector.
  • This is Summit Therapeutics’ 1st transaction in the United Kingdom.

M&A Deal Summary

Date 2017-12-23
Target Discuva
Sector Life Science
Buyer(s) Summit Therapeutics
Deal Type Add-on Acquisition

Target

Discuva

Cambridge, United Kingdom
Discuva Ltd. is a drug discovery company. Discuva was founded in 2007 and is based in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

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Buyer

Summit Therapeutics

Miami, Florida, United States

Category Company
Founded 2003
Sector Life Science
Employees159
Revenue 1M USD (2022)
DESCRIPTION

Summit Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel medicines to treat the fatal muscle wasting disease Duchenne muscular dystrophy and infections caused by the bacteria C. difficile. Summit Therapeutics was founded in 2003 and is based in Miami, Florida.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 1 of 1
Sector: Life Science M&A 1 of 1
Type: Add-on Acquisition M&A Deals 1 of 1
Country: United Kingdom M&A 1 of 1
Year: 2017 M&A 1 of 1
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2009-09-02 Dextra Laboratories

Reading, United Kingdom

Dextra Laboratories Ltd. is involved in developing innovative solutions to minimise costs, reduce technology transfer issues and optimise robust route generation. The company supplies rare sugars, oligosaccharides and chiral molecules for medical research, diagnostics and pharmaceutical applications.

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