# Senior Scientist, Safety Assessment & Investigative Toxicology at Centessa Pharmaceuticals

- Company: Centessa Pharmaceuticals
- What the company does: Patient-Centric Mission. Asset-Centric Approach. We’re pursuing our Orexin Receptor 2 Agonist Program to bring potentially transformative treatment options to patients with sleep-wake, neurological, neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders.... Backed by Foresite Capital.
- Company website: https://centessa.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: Boston, MA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $85K to $130K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-22
- Apply by: 2026-11-06
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/centessapharmaceuticalsinc/jobs/6205645004?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
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## About the role

Centessa Pharmaceuticals, a wholly owned subsidiary of Eli Lilly and Company, is a clinical-stage company developing orexin receptor 2 (OX2R) agonists as a new class of medicines for the treatment of narcolepsy and potentially other sleep-wake disorders. Centessa’s lead investigational candidate – cleminorexton (formerly ORX750) – is being developed for narcolepsy type 1, narcolepsy type 2, and idiopathic hypersomnia. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Education: B.S. or M.S. degree in Toxicology, Pharmacology, Cellular/Molecular Biology, Bioinformatics, or a related life sciences discipline
- With an M.S. degree: 6–8+ years of highly relevant biotechnology, pharmaceutical, or tier-one CRO industry experience
- With a B.S. degree: 8–10+ years of extensive industrial drug-development, data management, and toxicology operations experience
- Expert-level understanding of preclinical toxicology datasets , histopathology reporting structures, and study designs

Tags: Non-Clinical

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