Centessa ‘Creates Pharma Pipeline Overnight’ Using Novel R&D Approach
Centessa CEO Saurabh Saha Outlines Strategy For New Company Built From A Merger Of 10 Biotechs
Executive Summary
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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