Health/Life Sciences

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

Dec 15, 2021, 2:07 PM

Omicron variant likely to surge in Seattle area as health officials urge booster shots

Health officials in King County are anticipating a likely surge of the fast-spreading Omicron COVID-19 variant, said county health officer… Read More

Dec 14, 2021, 10:04 AM

COVID-19 misinformation still featured on Amazon, months after inquiries from lawmakers

Amazon’s e-commerce site still prominently features content about COVID-19 that was deemed as misinformation and called out more than two… Read More

Dec 13, 2021, 3:44 PM

Omicron rising rapidly in Washington state, early data suggest

Early data from the University of Washington suggest that the Omicron COVID-19 variant may already be spreading rapidly in Washington… Read More

Dec 8, 2021, 6:00 AM

Review: Amazon’s Halo View health tracker is a good second release, with some awkward quirks

Amazon’s original Halo Band, released last year, was notable both for what it lacked (a screen) and for what it… Read More

Dec 7, 2021, 5:43 PM

Report: Life sciences sector is booming as companies swoop up lab space and raise gobs of cash

It’s hard for life sciences startups to find lab space, and there’s a good reason. The sector has been on… Read More

Dec 6, 2021, 10:53 AM

Funding news: Cyrus lands $18M and buys startup developing COVID-19 therapeutic; Spare Labs snags $18M for mobility software

The news: Seattle-based protein engineering company Cyrus Biotechnology has raised $18 million and acquired Orthogonal Biologics, a spinout from the… Read More

Dec 4, 2021, 8:23 AM