Founded by UK life sciences venture capital firm Medicxi, Centessa Pharmaceuticals is headed up by industry heavyweights. Saurabh Saha, who was formerly Bristol Myers Squibb Company’s head of R&D, has taken the helm as CEO, while GlaxoSmithKline plc veteran and the outgoing scientific head Operation Warp Speed, Moncef Slaoui, has been appointed chief scientific officer.
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Centessa CEO Saurabh Saha Outlines Strategy For New Company Built From A Merger Of 10 Biotechs
With $250m in series A funding, Cambridge, MA-based Centessa is looking to upend traditional biopharma R&D models. The new company was created through the merger of 10 private biotechs, which will sit under the Centessa umbrella as subsidiaries.
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