Health/Life Sciences – Page 11 of 58

Oct 20, 2022, 9:06 AM

Life sciences entrepreneurs offer advice on launching and building startups

The University of Washington recently hosted a panel of five entrepreneurs to discuss what it takes to launch a life… Read More

Oct 19, 2022, 11:57 AM

Zymeworks and Jazz Pharmaceuticals ink $50M deal with potential for more

Zymeworks signed a deal with Jazz Pharmaceuticals to develop and commercialize Zymeworks’ lead drug candidate, zanidatamab, which targets the cancer… Read More

Oct 15, 2022, 10:24 AM

Naveen Jain’s microbiome and diagnostics startup Viome is raising more cash

Seattle-area microbiome and diagnostics startup Viome Life Sciences is raising more cash, according to a new regulatory filing. The filing… Read More

Oct 13, 2022, 6:00 AM

Providence spinout DexCare buys Womp, an e-commerce company that started as a snow report

DexCare, a spinout of Providence’s digital innovation group, has acquired commerce platform Womp Inc., a 12-year old Bellingham, Wash.-based startup.… Read More

Oct 12, 2022, 8:30 AM

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center receives ‘transformative’ $710.5M gift from the Bezos family

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center on Wednesday announced an enormous philanthropic gift of $710.5 million from Jackie and Mike Bezos, the… Read More

Oct 7, 2022, 11:25 AM

TwinStrand CEO and co-founder steps down from Seattle biotech startup amid reported layoffs

TwinStrand Biosciences’ co-founder Jesse Salk has stepped down from the CEO role, according to a statement issued by the Seattle… Read More

Oct 5, 2022, 12:38 PM

How Amazon’s tech and logistics prowess may disrupt healthcare — and spark concern

As Amazon makes bigger moves into healthcare and turns its efficiency machine on medicine, some experts say the industry could… Read More

Sep 29, 2022, 4:20 PM

Promising data from large Alzheimer’s study bodes well for this Seattle startup

Alzheimer’s disease researchers were buoyed by positive data released Tuesday from a large clinical trial of an experimental therapy being… Read More

Sep 28, 2022, 3:20 PM

Startup developing a hand-held ultrasound tool for the bedside lands $57M

EchoNous, which markets a compact, AI-powered ultrasound tool, has raised $57 million. The funding was noted in a recent regulatory… Read More

Sep 28, 2022, 9:20 AM

Amazon’s new Halo Rise bedside device tracks sleep with radar sensor, low-power radio signals

Amazon unveiled a new bedside sleep-tracking device, Halo Rise, expanding its lineup of consumer health devices beyond wristbands for the… Read More

Sep 28, 2022, 8:30 AM

Mental health startup focused on seniors launches with $32M, backing from Arch Venture Partners

The news: Rippl, a Seattle startup focused on the mental health of seniors, launched Wednesday with $32 million in seed… Read More

Sep 27, 2022, 8:00 AM

Madrona Venture Labs spinout aims to take the pain out of insurance claims

Outbound AI has a prescription for one of the biggest headaches of the medical system: interacting with insurance companies and… Read More

Sep 27, 2022, 6:00 AM

Health data company Truveta inks partnership with Boston Scientific, releases COVID-19 data

Seattle-area health data startup Truveta announced a collaboration Tuesday with Boston Scientific, a leading medical device company. The partnership will… Read More

Sep 26, 2022, 10:30 AM

Seagen inks deal with Dutch biotech to develop and commercialize drug candidate

Seagen has inked a deal to develop, manufacture and commercialize an experimental immuno-oncology agent from Lava Therapeutics, a biotech company… Read More

Sep 22, 2022, 4:11 PM

Institute for Systems Biology awarded $13M to study administering cancer drugs in succession

The National Cancer Institute has awarded Seattle’s Institute for Systems Biology $13 million to lead a collaborative cancer center studying… Read More

Sep 22, 2022, 8:00 AM

Allen Institute aims to map whole human brain as part of $173M NIH project

Seattle’s Allen Institute will spearhead a project to create an atlas of the cells in the human brain as part… Read More

Sep 19, 2022, 11:31 AM

Internal memo: PillPack founders will leave Amazon at the end of the month

PillPack co-founders TJ Parker and Elliot Cohen will leave Amazon, four years after the tech giant acquired the online pharmacy… Read More

Sep 19, 2022, 10:46 AM

Amazon Care vets raise $5M for virtual health startup focused on Latino patients

A new virtual healthcare startup, Zócalo Health, has raised $5 million to fuel plans to provide primary care focused on the… Read More

Sep 16, 2022, 9:11 AM

Seattle company developing non-invasive glucose monitor raises more cash in new public offering

Know Labs, a Seattle company aiming to measure glucose levels through the skin using radio waves, added more cash to… Read More

Sep 15, 2022, 1:12 PM

Institute for Protein Design researchers show how AI can generate new protein shapes

The Institute for Protein Design helped usher in an era for scientists to predict the structure of a protein using… Read More

Sep 15, 2022, 9:03 AM

Meet Tom Daniel, the new CEO of Washington Research Foundation

Washington Research Foundation has appointed a new CEO: Tom Daniel, former chairman of the University of Washington’s Department of Biology.… Read More

Sep 13, 2022, 10:14 AM

Tech Moves: Lumen taps former Microsoft exec as CEO; Seattle Children’s hires research officer

— Kate Johnson will become the new CEO of Lumen Technologies, formerly known as CenturyLink. She was also appointed president and… Read More

Sep 12, 2022, 10:29 AM

Adaptive Biotechnologies inks deal with healthcare fund to beef up balance sheet

Adaptive Biotechnologies will raise up to $250 million in a deal announced Monday with healthcare investment firm OrbiMed, which will… Read More

Sep 9, 2022, 9:17 AM

Nearly 400 workers in Washington state will be laid off due to Amazon Care shutdown

Almost 400 workers based in Washington state will be laid off as a result of the company’s decision to shut… Read More

Sep 8, 2022, 8:00 AM

Largest gift in Fred Hutch history: $78M from Stuart and Molly Sloan will support precision oncology

A gift of $78 million will seed a new institute at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and support research into precision… Read More

Sep 7, 2022, 10:43 AM

Roche to acquire Good Therapeutics’ lead drug program for $250M, plus milestone payments

Pharmaceutical giant Roche will acquire Good Therapeutics, reeling in its lead program six years after the Seattle startup was founded… Read More

Sep 7, 2022, 7:30 AM

Life sciences data intelligence startup Amplion acquired by Science and Medicine Group

Amplion, a Bend, Ore,-based life sciences data intelligence company, is being acquired by data and publishing company Science and Medicine… Read More

Sep 1, 2022, 3:55 PM

Seattle biotech company is the first to receive approval to test B cell gene therapy in humans

Seattle biotech startup Immusoft has received approval to begin clinical trials of its novel strategy for treating genetic disease, the… Read More

Aug 29, 2022, 8:00 AM

Sneaky synthetic molecules open the way for new types of drugs and a new startup

Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered how to create peptide molecules that can slip through membranes to enter… Read More

Aug 24, 2022, 1:30 PM

Internal memo: Amazon Care to shut down, ‘not a complete enough offering’ for corporate customers

Amazon will stop offering its Amazon Care primary health-care services at the end of this year, according to an internal… Read More