Summit Therapeutics to Report Financial Results for the Second Quarter Ended 31 July 2016 on 8 September 2016

Summit Therapeutics plc (AIM:SUMM) (NASDAQ:SMMT), the drug discovery and development company advancing therapies for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and C. difficile infection, will be announcing its financial results for the second quarter and half year ended 31 July 2016 on Thursday, 8 September 2016. 

Summit will host a conference call the same day at 1:00pm BST / 8:00am EDT. Conference call information will be included in the half year results press release and a replay of the call will also be available through the Company's website, www.summitplc.com.

About Summit Therapeutics Summit is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialisation of novel medicines for indications for which there are no existing or only inadequate therapies. Summit is conducting clinical programs focused on the genetic disease DMD and the infectious disease Clostridium difficile infection. Further information is available at www.summitplc.com and Summit can be followed on Twitter (@summitplc).

For more information, please contact:

Summit Therapeutics
Glyn Edwards / Richard Pye (UK office)		Tel: [phone]
Erik Ostrowski / Michelle Avery (US office)		[phone]
Cairn Financial Advisers LLP
(Nominated Adviser)
Liam Murray / Tony Rawlinson		Tel: [phone]
N+1 Singer
(Broker)
Aubrey Powell / Jen Boorer		Tel: [phone]
MacDougall Biomedical Communications
(US media contact)		Tel: [phone]
Chris Erdman / Karen Sharma		[e-mail] /
		[e-mail]
Consilium Strategic Communications
(Financial public relations, UK)		Tel: [phone]
Mary-Jane Elliott / Sue Stuart /		[e-mail]
Jessica Hodgson / Lindsey Neville