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1104 2477401 - Disclosure - Related party transactions (Details) Network

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1107 Related Party Name [Domain] Member smmt:RelatedPartyNameDomain
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1111 Amounts payable to related party Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AmountsPayableRelatedPartyTransactions
1112 2478402 - Disclosure - Business combinations - Narrative (Details) Network

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1119 Cash transferred Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CashTransferred
1120 Cash transferred, net of cash acquired Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit smmt:CashTransferredNetOfCashAcquired
1121 Equity interests of acquirer Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityInterestsOfAcquirer
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1124 Goodwill Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Goodwill
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1135 2478403 - Disclosure - Business combinations - Schedule of Assets Acquired and Liabilities Assumed (Details) Network

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1136 Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [table] Table

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1154 Intangible assets - bacterial genetics-based platform Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TechnologybasedIntangibleAssetsRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
1155 Trade and other receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit smmt:TradeAndOtherReceivablesRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
1156 Trade and other payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherPayablesRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
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1158 Deferred tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilitiesRecognisedAsOfAcquisitionDate
1159 Book and fair value of identifiable net assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:IdentifiableAssetsAcquiredLiabilitiesAssumed
1160 Goodwill Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Goodwill
1161 Total consideration Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AcquisitiondateFairValueOfTotalConsiderationTransferred

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