Updated Jul 16, 2026
DUGGAN ROBERT W has filed 5 SEC Form 4 filings across 2 companies in the last 90 days — buying. Lifetime open-market purchases: $87.97M. Historical track record: 4/5 stars across 8 tracked purchases.

Robert W. Duggan is a prominent American biotech investor and entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and longtime executive of Pharmacyclics, a pharmaceutical company that was acquired by AbbVie in 2015 for about $21 billion, a transaction that significantly boosted his prominence in the biotech investment community. In more recent SEC filings, Duggan has been identified as holding leadership roles at Pulse Biosciences, Inc. and Summit Therapeutics Inc., where he serves as Co-Chief Executive Officer and Director. Through philanthropy and strategic investments, he has been a notable figure in the biotech industry for decades.
| Role | Director, 10% Owner |
|---|---|
| Notability | 88/100 |
| Links | Wikipedia |
InsiderAlpha computes a forward-return-based score for every insider with enough Form 4 purchase history. The metrics below reflect realised performance after each tracked open-market purchase.
| InsiderAlpha rating | ★★★★☆ (4/5) |
|---|---|
| Total purchases tracked | 8 |
| Purchases with forward-return data | 8 |
| 30-day win rate | 7500% |
| 90-day win rate | 0% |
| Avg 5-day return | +903.70% |
| Avg 30-day return | +871.21% |
| Avg 90-day return | -339.53% |
| Best 30-day return | +2327.96% |
| Date | Ticker | Company | Code | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-12 | SMMT | Summit Therapeutics Inc. | P — Open-market purchase | 3.81M | $13.12 | $49.99M |
| 2026-06-04 | SMMT | Summit Therapeutics Inc. | P — Open-market purchase | 100.0K | $14.60 | $1.46M |
| 2026-05-15 | PLSE | PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | P — Open-market purchase | 660.2K | $19.69 | $13.00M |
| 2026-05-11 | PLSE | PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | P — Open-market purchase | 660.2K | $19.69 | $13.00M |
| 2025-09-10 | PLSE | PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | P — Open-market purchase | 145.1K | $14.41 | $2.09M |
| 2025-09-10 | PLSE | PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | P — Open-market purchase | 12.8K | $14.77 | $189K |
| 2025-09-10 | PLSE | PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | P — Open-market purchase | 34.7K | $14.66 | $508K |
| 2025-09-10 | SMMT | Summit Therapeutics Inc. | P — Open-market purchase | 5.0K | $18.07 | $90K |
| 2025-09-10 | SMMT | Summit Therapeutics Inc. | P — Open-market purchase | 333.4K | $17.68 | $5.89M |
| 2025-05-30 | SMMT | Summit Therapeutics Inc. | M — Option exercise | 74.5K | $2.64 | $197K |
| 2025-04-08 | SMMT | Summit Therapeutics Inc. | J — Other acquisition / disposition | 3.99M | $1.58 | $6.30M |
| 2024-12-18 | PLSE | PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | J — Other acquisition / disposition | 49.3K | $11.00 | $542K |
| 2024-12-18 | PLSE | PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | J — Other acquisition / disposition | 69.0K | $11.00 | $759K |
| 2024-12-18 | PLSE | PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | J — Other acquisition / disposition | 5.19M | $11.00 | $57.07M |
| 2024-12-17 | PLSE | PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | P — Open-market purchase | 45.4K | $17.13 | $778K |
| 2024-12-13 | PLSE | PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | P — Open-market purchase | 50.0K | $17.42 | $871K |
| 2024-12-13 | PLSE | PULSE BIOSCIENCES, INC. | P — Open-market purchase | 6.1K | $16.74 | $101K |
Robert W. Duggan is a prominent American biotech investor and entrepreneur. He is best known as the founder and longtime executive of Pharmacyclics, a pharmaceutical company that was acquired by AbbVie in 2015 for about $21 billion, a transaction that significantly boosted his prominence in the biotech investment community. In more recent SEC filings, Duggan has been identified…
5 primary Form 4 filings in the last 90 days, covering 2 companies.
Recorded transactions: 12 open-market purchases ($87.97M) and 0 open-market sales () across all tracked filings.
Across 8 tracked purchases, DUGGAN ROBERT W averaged +871.2% avg 30-day return with a 7500% 30-day win rate. InsiderAlpha rates the track record at 4/5 stars.
All Form 4 filings, transaction values, and 10b5-1 plan flags are listed on this page and updated in real time as new SEC EDGAR filings are processed.
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