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How a surfie who never finished uni became a biotech billionaire

How a surfie who never finished uni became a biotech billionaire
Bob Duggan is now said to be worth $25.6 billion. (Image: Summit Therapeutics)
The Wall Street Journal
By David WainerThere is a myth that making money in biotechnology stocks requires an advanced degree. But Bob Duggan, an avid surfie who never graduated from university, has proven that notion wrong. Twice.Duggan’s latest investment, Summit Therapeutics, has become one of the industry’s greatest bets in recent years. The stock is up more than 1,000% in the past 12 months thanks to data from a late-stage trial that showed that its drug, Ivonescimab, beat Merck’s blockbuster cancer drug Keytruda in patients with a form of l...

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