(Reuters) -Summit Therapeutics and AstraZeneca are discussing a partnership deal worth as much as $15 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Under the potential deal, AstraZeneca could license Summit’s experimental lung-cancer treatment, ivonescimab, the report said.
Summit did not immediately respond to Reuters request seeking comment, while an AstraZeneca spokesperson declined to comment.
A deal between the companies could include an upfront payment of several billion dollars to Summit and milestone payments later on, Bloomberg News said.
(Reporting by Siddhi Mahatole in Bengaluru; Editing by Shailesh Kuber)
