Health/Life Sciences – Page 11 of 57

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

Aug 24, 2022, 8:41 AM

Seattle mental health startup Alongside raises $5.5M, aims to test app with schools

A new startup is emerging in Seattle with plans to partner with schools to support adolescent mental health. Alongside is… Read More

Aug 22, 2022, 8:09 AM

Seattle startup aiming to detect, treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease raises cash

The news: University of Washington spinout AltPep recently raised $44.4 million, according to a regulatory filing. The company declined to… Read More

Aug 19, 2022, 3:59 PM

Nortis, a Seattle-based startup developing ‘organ-on-a-chip’ tech, raises cash

Nortis, a Seattle-area startup founded in 2011 that markets “organ-on-a-chip” technology, has raised $6 million, according to an SEC filing.… Read More

Aug 18, 2022, 8:00 AM

Startup detects COVID-19 using spit, light, and a computer built to analyze patterns

A Seattle-area startup called Pattern Computer is developing a rapid COVID-19 test based on patterns in light from spit, one of several… Read More

Aug 17, 2022, 2:35 PM

Seattle-area company that aims to treat disease with radio frequency energy files for IPO

EMulate Therapeutics, a 20-year-old Bellevue, Wash.-based company developing radio frequency energy technology to treat a range of diseases, filed to… Read More

Aug 15, 2022, 5:00 AM

Institute for Protein Design spinout Monod Bio raises $25M for molecular biosensors

The news: Monod Bio raised $25 million to develop molecular biosensors that light up when they bind their target. The sensors… Read More

Aug 11, 2022, 3:45 PM

How Amazon’s mandate against media leaks helped to seal its $3.9B deal to acquire One Medical

A new regulatory filing details Amazon’s behind-the-scenes talks for One Medical, leading up to the Seattle tech giant’s agreement to… Read More

Aug 11, 2022, 7:56 AM

Seattle startup HDT Bio lands $1.8M U.S. Army grant to develop nasal spray against viruses

Seattle startup HDT Bio will develop a nasal spray designed to counteract a wide range of respiratory viruses with a… Read More

Aug 10, 2022, 10:34 AM

Publicly traded biotech company Absci lays off employees, citing ‘macro-economic conditions’

Vancouver, Wash.-based drug design and development company Absci laid off employees Tuesday, a little more than a year after going… Read More

Aug 10, 2022, 9:44 AM

Fred Hutch spinout lands $10M for precision test to guide cancer treatment, develop drugs

Seattle startup SEngine Precision Medicine has raised $10 million to propel drug discovery and development and advance its test that… Read More