Welcome to Summit

Summit plc (formerly VASTox plc) is a leading UK biotechnology company that discovers and develops proprietary new drugs. The Company’s internal drug development programmes are underpinned by its two world-leading technology platforms in carbohydrate chemistry and zebrafish drug screening, which it also provides on a collaborative or fee-for-service basis to the pharmaceutical industry.

Summit plc has a broad range of drug discovery programmes in the clinical, pre-clinical and discovery stages of development, which target serious diseases with a high unmet medical need. These therapeutic areas include neurological disorders, infectious diseases, cancer and ophthalmic diseases.

The company was founded in February 2003 and listed on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in October 2004 – symbol: [SUMM].