Category: Centessa
The UK’s biotechnology sector is going through a purple patch, attracting almost £1.6 billion ($2.2 billion) in financing in the three months to end-May – which is a record for the industry. The new figures – from the BioIndustry Association and Clarivate – were dominated by more than £1 billion in venture capital funding for […]
Centessa has announced plans for a $100m US IPO just weeks after the company launched with $250m in private backing and an R&D powerhouse driven by the merger of 10 biotechs. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Centessa said it plans to use proceeds to fund the development of the 16 drugs […]
Moncef Slaoui has stepped down from positions at three more companies, shortly after being dismissed from a firm owned by GlaxoSmithKline for alleged sexual harassment. In the space of 24 hours, Slaoui (61) exited as chairman of US vaccine developer Vaxcyte at the request of the company, and resigned from his role at chief scientific […]
GlaxoSmithKline has fired its former research boss Moncef Slaoui from the board of Galvani Bioelectronics, a company it majority owns, after an internal investigation found he sexually harassed a female employee. Slaoui is noted for his work with Operation Warp Speed, the COVID-19 vaccine project launched by the Trump administration, where he was scientific head […]
Operation Warp Speed’s former science chief Moncef Slaoui is to lead research at a new mega-biotech called Centessa, formed by the merger of 10 privately-held life science startups. President Joe Biden asked Slaoui to step down as chief scientific adviser to the US COVID-19 vaccine initiative after the White House administration changed late last month […]