Q2 Earnings Conference Call21 Sep 2018 00:23
Impressive plans with single antibiotic targets that will be highly commercial due to their very targeted nature.
This approach is likely to get significant grant funding support, reducing development costs. All very positive.
The issue for shareholders is that current cash will run out in 12 months. This means fundraising and/or early stage deals (as discussed) which can mean giving up significant value.
Also RDZ is forecast to get approval for its main market (USA) in 2022.
Summit is a long term investment, developing some seriously needed lifesaving drugs.Support funding is increasingly coming these way of urgently needed novel antibiotics. The current market cap of £28m might look very attractive to a predator.