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Health/Life Sciences

Aug 9, 2022, 8:13 PM

Dr. Anthony Fauci stops in Seattle for Fred Hutch Q&A, throws first pitch at Mariners game

Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical advisor and a leader of the country’s COVID-19 response, made a pit stop in… Read More

Aug 1, 2022, 2:00 PM

Prime healthcare: How Amazon’s $3.9B One Medical deal could boost its subscription program

Will consumers order up healthcare through Amazon Prime as easily as they stream The Boys or buy an Echo speaker?… Read More

Jul 28, 2022, 5:20 PM

Seagen reports $498M in Q2 revenue, stays silent on reported sale to Merck

Seagen reported second quarter revenue of $498 million, up 28%, beating analyst expectations. The company also recently reported “positive” early… Read More

Jul 28, 2022, 4:00 AM

Seattle biotech startup Ozette lands $26M from Microsoft, Madrona, others to analyze immune cells

The news: Single cell analysis startup Ozette Technologies, with deep roots in the Seattle academic and startup community, has raised… Read More

Jul 26, 2022, 1:54 PM

Biotech startup developing therapies that match molecules in human milk withdraws IPO filing

A quiet Seattle biotech company, Intrinsic Medicine, filed to go public in April but withdrew its plans yesterday, according to… Read More

Jul 26, 2022, 10:32 AM

Seagen releases data on combination therapy with Merck drug amid acquisition reports

Seattle area biotech company Seagen released early data on a trial of its drug Padcev combined with Merck’s Keytruda in… Read More

Jul 25, 2022, 10:57 AM

Frazier Healthcare Partners to bring Dutch biotech company public in SPAC deal

Frazier Healthcare Partners’ SPAC has found a partner. The venture firm inked a deal to bring Dutch biotech company NewAmsterdam… Read More

Jul 25, 2022, 8:26 AM

Can Amazon change healthcare? Experts sound off on tech giant’s $3.9B deal to buy One Medical

Amazon’s planned $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical will bring Amazon further into healthcare. But whether the Seattle tech giant will… Read More

Jul 21, 2022, 2:32 PM

Silverback Therapeutics to merge with San Diego biotech company developing EpiPen alternative

Less than two years after its IPO and months after shutting down its once-promising oncology program, Seattle-based Silverback Therapeutics will… Read More

Jul 21, 2022, 5:51 AM

Amazon to acquire One Medical primary care company for $3.9B

Amazon announced a deal to acquire publicly traded primary care company One Medical for $3.9 billion, further fueling the Seattle-based… Read More

Jul 13, 2022, 8:37 AM

Tech Moves: Twilio hires ex-Microsoft engineering leader as CTO; Nintendo adds exec; and more

— Mark Simms, a former longtime Microsoft engineering leader, has joined Twilio as chief technology officer. Simms spent 14 years… Read More

Jul 13, 2022, 8:00 AM

Gates Foundation will boost annual payout 50% to $9B in call to action against ‘huge global setbacks’

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it will increase its annual payout in grants and other financial assistance by… Read More

Jul 12, 2022, 10:50 AM

Fred Hutch and Amazon collaborating on clinical trial to test vaccines against cancer

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is leveraging Amazon’s machine learning expertise to collaborate on an early-stage clinical trial testing an anti-cancer… Read More

Jul 12, 2022, 8:15 AM

Spinning out science startups: UW’s Institute for Protein Design brings research beyond ivory tower

The Institute for Protein Design is an innovation factory. Since launching a decade ago, the University of Washington institution has… Read More

Jul 7, 2022, 9:38 AM

Report: Merck in ‘advanced talks’ to acquire Seattle-area biotech giant Seagen for around $40B

A new Wall Street Journal report revealed that Merck is in “advanced talks” to acquire Seattle-area biotech giant Seagen in… Read More

Jul 2, 2022, 8:53 AM

Life sciences news roundup: COVID-19 vaccines developed in Seattle get green light, and more

Two COVID-19 vaccines developed in Seattle got the nod from regulatory agencies outside the U.S. this week. A University of… Read More

Jul 2, 2022, 8:29 AM

Supple steaks and tasty veggies: Xerox PARC spinout keeps food fresh at freezing temperatures

A new startup aims to change how food is preserved and stored, using tech that keeps meat, fish and produce… Read More

Jun 29, 2022, 3:09 PM

ARCH Venture Partners raises close to $3B for early-stage biotech fund

ARCH Venture Partners has closed a $2.975 billion fund targeted for early-stage biotech companies. The firm’s 12th venture fund comes… Read More

Jun 29, 2022, 10:53 AM

COVID-19 shots with Seattle origins reach regulatory milestones in South Korea, India

Two COVID-19 vaccines with roots in Seattle cleared major regulatory milestones Wednesday. South Korea approved a shot developed by University… Read More

Jun 28, 2022, 2:30 AM

Biotech startups join AWS and other partners in open-source project to help design new proteins

Three Seattle biotech companies are joining forces to support open-access development of protein folding and design software. The project, called… Read More

Jun 27, 2022, 8:48 AM

‘I wouldn’t be an engineer without it’: UW program supports underserved STEM students

A University of Washington program to support STEM students from low-income and underserved backgrounds is now nine years old. And… Read More

Jun 24, 2022, 11:03 AM

Construction begins at new 197K square-foot life sciences building in Seattle near Space Needle

Ground broke on Wednesday at a new 197,000 square foot life sciences building under construction in Seattle at the foot… Read More

Jun 23, 2022, 7:39 AM

Gates Foundation funds biotech company cataloging the viruses that infect bacteria

A Seattle DNA analysis startup is taking on a project with global ambitions with $5.5 million in new funds from… Read More

Jun 22, 2022, 9:35 AM

Athira Pharma shares drop nearly 70% on release of clinical trial data for Alzheimer’s disease

Athira Pharma’s stock plummeted nearly 70% Wednesday after a clinical trial testing its candidate drug for Alzheimer’s disease failed to… Read More

Jun 21, 2022, 12:21 PM

Health data company Truveta to partner with Pfizer on monitoring COVID vaccines and therapies

Seattle-area health data company Truveta announced a partnership Tuesday with biopharma giant Pfizer, which will use Truveta’s platform to monitor… Read More

Jun 21, 2022, 8:01 AM

Q&A with former Facebook exec leading a new health data analytics venture in Seattle

Over the last several months, Julie Rezek has pulled together six healthcare companies under one roof. The combined company, Bellevue-Wash.-based… Read More

Jun 17, 2022, 1:45 PM

Merck reportedly eyeing acquisition of Seattle biotech giant Seagen

Biopharma giant Merck is considering an acquisition of Seagen, the Seattle area’s biggest biotech company, according to a report in… Read More

Jun 15, 2022, 7:09 AM

Adaptive Biotechnologies launches T cell-based test for Lyme disease

Adaptive Biotechnologies unveiled a new type of test Wednesday for Lyme disease that may be most useful at detecting disease… Read More

Jun 14, 2022, 2:10 PM

Biotech training camp founded by students launches in Seattle

Nucleate, a student-run biotech training program, is now in Seattle. The program was founded in 2018 by Harvard graduate students… Read More

Jun 14, 2022, 10:27 AM

Seattle Children’s Research Institute launches $45M program to increase diversity in biotech

Seattle Children’s Research Institute (SCRI) will train scientists from groups historically underrepresented in biotech as part of a new $45… Read More

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