Health/Life Sciences – Page 17 of 58

Jan 30, 2022, 10:12 PM

T-Mobile sets April 2 deadline for office workers to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or lose jobs

T-Mobile will require all of its office workers, with limited exceptions, to be fully vaccinated by April 2, saying in… Read More

Jan 27, 2022, 2:43 PM

Zymeworks aims to raise $100M in public offering amid leadership shakeup

Zymeworks is looking to raise $100 million in a public offering, barely a week since new CEO Kenneth Galbraith took… Read More

Jan 26, 2022, 6:14 PM

What predicts long-COVID? Study led by Seattle researchers provides some answers

What makes some people with COVID-19 develop the often-debilitating symptoms of long-COVID, with its varying effects like brain fog, weakness… Read More

Jan 26, 2022, 1:57 PM

CytoDyn CEO ousted after year of lawsuits, FDA rebuke, ongoing investigations

Nader Pourhassan has been ousted as CEO and president by the board of directors of embattled Vancouver, Wash.-based CytoDyn, the… Read More

Jan 26, 2022, 10:39 AM

Stealthy digital health startup Measure Labs raising cash for remote care tech

The news: A quiet Seattle digital health startup called Measure Labs is raising cash. A new regulatory filing shows $4.7… Read More

Jan 25, 2022, 10:49 AM

Seattle startup Atlas Health raises $40M to connect health systems with philanthropic aid for patients

Atlas Health, a Seattle-based startup that helps healthcare providers connect to sources of philanthropic medical aid, has raised $40 million.… Read More

Jan 20, 2022, 10:40 AM

New CEO at Zymeworks shifts leadership, plans to lay off 25% of staff

Kenneth Galbraith is shaking up Zymeworks within a week of becoming CEO of the Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.-based biotech company.… Read More

Jan 19, 2022, 7:50 AM

AI2 spinout BirchAI lands $3.1M for healthcare customer support platform

A new spinout from the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence, BirchAI, has landed $3.1 million in seed funding for its… Read More

Jan 19, 2022, 7:42 AM

Assistive tech startup led by former NASA engineer uses an AI ‘parrot’ to help people with disabilities

David Hojah is a former NASA engineer, but his real passion is healthcare. Growing up, he saw his family members… Read More

Jan 17, 2022, 12:37 PM

Rep. Pramila Jayapal on vaccine equity, misinformation, preparing for the next pandemic

Rep. Pramila Jayapal knows public health. The 7th congressional district Democrat from Washington state once worked at Seattle global health… Read More

Jan 14, 2022, 10:51 AM

Vir to extend COVID-19 treatment approach to HIV, malaria with $50M from Gates Foundation

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has committed $40 million in equity investment and $10 million in grant funding to… Read More

Jan 13, 2022, 5:27 PM

Juno co-founder launches ambitious new startup with Fred Hutch colleagues to treat cancer

A new cell therapy company is on the block, propelled by powerhouse scientific co-founders from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center… Read More

Jan 13, 2022, 10:30 AM

Providence health-tech spinout DexCare raises $50M

Seattle health-tech startup DexCare, spun out of Providence’s digital innovation group, announced a $50 million funding round Thursday. Providence initially… Read More

Jan 12, 2022, 12:48 PM

Q&A with Fred Hutch’s new chief data officer on building a data ecosystem at an institutional scale

Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has recruited a new vice president and chief data officer: biostatistician and data science… Read More

Jan 11, 2022, 11:28 AM

Bill Gates talks COVID cases after Omicron, lack of pandemic preparation, and those ‘chips in arms’

In a new discussion about the COVID-19 pandemic, Bill Gates said Tuesday that we should expect to see “far fewer… Read More

Jan 10, 2022, 9:06 PM

Bristol Myers Squibb and Century Therapeutics’ deal for $150M could boost Seattle cell research

Cell therapy company Century Therapeutics will receive a $100 million up front payment and $50 million in equity investment from… Read More

Jan 5, 2022, 10:22 AM

Vera Whole Health to acquire publicly-traded Castlight in $370M deal

Seattle-based Vera Whole Health will combine with publicly-traded Castlight Health, acquiring all outstanding shares of the San Francisco-based healthcare data… Read More

Dec 30, 2021, 9:20 AM

Good Therapeutics lands $8M to develop protein drugs that work only where needed in the body

The news: Seattle startup Good Therapeutics has raised $8 million to advance its therapeutic proteins designed to operate only where… Read More

Dec 29, 2021, 10:53 AM

Curi Bio raises $10M for stem-cell based drug discovery platforms

Seattle-based startup Curi Bio has raised $10 million to advance its platforms for drug discovery, based on human stem cells.… Read More

Dec 28, 2021, 9:30 AM

Bristol Myers Squibb exec on the company’s growth in Seattle and beating cancer with immune cells

Pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb has been quietly growing in the Seattle area. Since acquiring Celgene and its Seattle operations… Read More

Dec 23, 2021, 10:25 AM

Omeros sells eye surgery product to Rayner for $126M in cash

Seattle biotech Omeros completed a deal Thursday to sell Omidria, a product used in eye surgery, to Rayner Surgical Group.… Read More

Dec 23, 2021, 9:16 AM

Biosensor startup Monod lands $6M and spins out of Univ. of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design

A new biotech startup has hatched from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design with $6 million in funding… Read More

Dec 21, 2021, 3:17 PM

Washington health officials encourage remote work and boosters amid Omicron surge

Washington state public health officials are urging people to get vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. They also advised employers to… Read More

Dec 21, 2021, 9:25 AM

Bill Gates cancels his holiday plans, says ‘we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic’

Bill Gates is taking the action that many people are perhaps dreading themselves — canceling most of his holiday plans… Read More

Dec 20, 2021, 10:57 AM

Life sciences developer Alexandria grows Seattle area footprint, pays $77.5M for land in Bellevue

Alexandria Real Equities, a life sciences real estate developer, has bought a 5.2-acre property in Bellevue, Wash., for $77.5 million.… Read More

Dec 20, 2021, 10:52 AM

Health software company Edifecs continues acquisition run, swoops up Health Fidelity

Bellevue, Wash.-based health software company Edifecs has acquired Health Fidelity, a San Mateo, Calif.-based startup. The acquisition will enable Edifecs… Read More

Dec 17, 2021, 4:56 PM

Omicron surging rapidly in Seattle area, projections show huge spike within a week

The Omicron COVID-19 variant is surging in the Seattle area with speed that has the potential to overload health care… Read More

Dec 17, 2021, 10:41 AM

Amazon consolidates healthcare groups under veteran exec, shakes up pharmacy leadership

Amazon senior executive Neil Lindsay, a key figure in the growth of the company’s Kindle and Prime businesses, has been… Read More

Dec 17, 2021, 10:41 AM

Seattle startup Tasso lands $100M for self-administered blood collection devices

Seattle-based Tasso, which makes devices for the self-collection of blood samples, has landed $100 million in funding. Tasso’s devices work… Read More

Dec 16, 2021, 11:00 AM

Univ. of Washington AI protein folding discovery wins ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ award from Science

Science magazine has revealed its breakthrough of the year: Artificial intelligence discoveries that predict how proteins fold, forged by researchers… Read More