** Shares of biotech firm Cerevel Therapeutics Holdings Inc
CERE.O down 2.5% at $30.12 premarket
** Company's Q1 net loss widened to $0.67/shr from $0.46/shr
a year earlier
** Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities as of
March 31, 2023 were $863.0 mln; expected to support seven data
readouts in 2024 and fund operations into 2025
** Cerevel also appoints Ron Renaud as president and chief
executive officer
** Renaud to succeed Tony Coles, as CEO, effective June 12
** Up to last close, stock down 2.04% YTD
(Reporting by Sri Hari N S in Bengaluru)
((SriHari.NS@thomsonreuters.com;))