BOSTON and LONDON, Nov. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: CNTA), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company with a mission to discover, develop and ultimately deliver medicines that are transformational for patients, today reported financial results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2024, and provided a business update.

Late-breaking poster presentation of non-human primate (NHP) data support ORX142 as novel drug candidate for the treatment of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) in select neurological, neurodegenerative, and psychiatric disorders

BOSTON and LONDON, Sept. 12, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: CNTA), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that aims to discover and develop medicines that are transformational for patients, today announced the pricing of an upsized underwritten public offering of 15,254,237 of American Depositary Shares (“ADSs”), each representing one ordinary share, at a price to the public of $14.75 per ADS. The aggregate gross proceeds to Centessa from this offering are expected to be approximately $225 million, before deducting underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses payable by Centessa. All ADSs sold in the offering were offered by Centessa. The offering is expected to close on or about September 16, 2024, subject to customary closing conditions. Centessa has also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 2,288,135 ADSs at the public offering price, less underwriting discounts and commissions.

BOSTON and LONDON, Sept. 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: CNTA), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that aims to discover and develop medicines that are transformational for patients, today announced positive interim data from an ongoing Phase 1 trial of its highly potent and selective orexin receptor 2 (OX2R) agonist, ORX750, in acutely sleep-deprived healthy volunteers. ORX750 showed clinically meaningful and statistically significant improvements in mean sleep latency at the first two doses evaluated (1.0 mg and 2.5 mg) in the Maintenance of Wakefulness Test (MWT) compared to placebo. More specifically, the 2.5 mg dose was shown to restore normative wakefulness² with a mean sleep latency of 32 minutes as measured by the MWT. ORX750 was also shown to have a favorable safety and tolerability profile with no observations of frequently reported on-target adverse events (AEs) associated with other OX2R agonists, and no cases of hepatotoxicity or visual disturbances across all three dose levels tested (1.0 mg, 2.0 mg, and 2.5 mg), as of the data cutoff date.¹ Based on the interim data, the Company plans to rapidly advance ORX750 into Phase 2 studies in patients with narcolepsy type 1 (NT1), narcolepsy type 2 (NT2), and idiopathic hypersomnia (IH) beginning in the fourth quarter of 2024.

BOSTON and LONDON, Aug. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: CNTA), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that aims to discover and develop transformational medicines for patients, today announced that members of its management team will participate in the Morgan Stanley 22^nd Annual Global Healthcare Conference in New York, NY. A fireside chat is scheduled for Wednesday, September 4th at 1:05 PM ET.

BOSTON and LONDON, Aug. 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: CNTA), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that aims to discover and develop medicines that are transformational for patients, today reported financial results and business highlights for the second quarter ended June 30, 2024.

BOSTON and LONDON, June 10, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: CNTA), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that aims to discover and develop medicines that are transformational for patients, today announced that John Crowley CPA, has been appointed Chief Financial Officer, and Gregory Weinhoff MD MBA, former Chief Financial Officer, has been appointed to the newly created role of Chief Business Officer, effective June 10, 2024.

BOSTON and LONDON, May 13, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Centessa Pharmaceuticals plc (Nasdaq: CNTA), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company that aims to discover and develop medicines that are transformational for patients, today reported financial results and business highlights for the first quarter ended March 31, 2024.