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Health/Life Sciences

Aug 18, 2021, 5:02 PM

New 130K square-foot drug manufacturing plant in Seattle area will develop COVID-19 therapeutics

The Seattle area is home to a new nimble drug manufacturing facility built by Just – Evotec Biologics that was… Read More

Aug 16, 2021, 4:37 PM

Athira Pharma extends Alzheimer’s clinical trial, adds new execs after CEO placed on leave

Athira Pharma is advancing its clinical trials in the wake of allegations of image manipulation in papers authored by its… Read More

Aug 12, 2021, 10:57 AM

Visus Therapeutics lands $20M to develop eye drop that corrects vision loss

Visus Therapeutics, a Seattle-based startup developing a presbyopia-correcting eye drop, raised $20 million. The fresh cash comes just six months… Read More

Aug 11, 2021, 8:36 AM

Seattle startup Lumen Bioscience is working with Google to make drugs using algae

Can machine learning help spur the production of algae-based biologics? That’s the question new research from Seattle biotech startup Lumen… Read More

Aug 10, 2021, 6:56 AM

Eliem is latest Seattle-area biotech to go public, raises $80M to help fuel treatments for nervous system disorders

Eliem Therapeutics joined the ranks of publicly traded companies from Washington state, pricing 6.4 million shares at $12.50 and raising… Read More

Aug 6, 2021, 11:15 AM

After ‘punch in mouth,’ Hillrom will proceed with $367M deal to acquire Seattle’s Bardy Diagnostics

Update: Hillroom’s acquisition of Bardy was completed late in the day on Friday, according to an SEC filing. Original story:… Read More

Aug 5, 2021, 11:01 AM

Vera Whole Health reels in $50M from healthcare arm of JP Morgan Chase

Seattle-based Vera Whole Health has raised $50 million from Morgan Health, the healthcare arm of JP Morgan Chase. The announcement Thursday… Read More

Aug 5, 2021, 10:29 AM

Tadataka Yamada, 1945-2021: Pioneer in drug development led global health at Gates Foundation

Tadataka Yamada, a pioneer in drug and vaccine development who helped forge numerous biotech companies and spent five years at… Read More

Aug 4, 2021, 10:54 AM

Sonoma Biotherapeutics raises $265M to advance therapies for autoimmune, inflammatory diseases

Seattle and South San-Francisco based preclinical biotech company Sonoma Biotherapeutics has raised $265 million in new funding, the company announced… Read More

Jul 29, 2021, 10:21 AM

Icosavax stock skyrockets 200% on first day of trading for newly public Seattle biotech company

Icosavax is having quite the debut as Washington state’s newest public company. Shares of the Seattle-based biotech firm surged more… Read More

Jul 29, 2021, 7:00 AM

‘We’ve been instrumental’: How Seattle became a hub for COVID-19 vaccine research

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, University of Washington scientist Deborah Fuller did a quick pivot to the new virus. Her… Read More

Jul 28, 2021, 1:32 PM

Telehealth giant Amwell to acquire Portland healthtech startup Conversa

National telehealth provider Amwell said it will acquire Portland, Ore.-based healthtech startup Conversa and SilverCloud Health. Conversa, founded in 2014,… Read More

Jul 28, 2021, 9:52 AM

Ex-Amazon and Glossier exec aims to help people live longer, healthier with new startup Modern Age

Helping people live longer and healthier is personal for Melissa Eamer. After her mother died at a relatively young age,… Read More

Jul 28, 2021, 9:31 AM

AdaptX raises $6M, changes name from MDMetrix, expands quest for healthcare data insights

AdaptX, a Seattle-based startup started by an anesthesiologist seeking to improve patient care with better insights from healthcare data, raised… Read More

Jul 26, 2021, 8:10 AM

This Seattle-area startup is building a pill dispenser that reminds people to take their medicine

Big Sky Labs has raised $1 million in seed funding to develop a device to dispense medications and provide other… Read More

Jul 22, 2021, 3:39 PM

How Sean McClain founded Absci at just 22 — and now leads a newly public biotech worth nearly $2B

Biotech CEOs tend to have advanced degrees and multiple academic credentials under their belt. But Sean McClain started Absci as… Read More

Jul 22, 2021, 10:34 AM

Absci shares spike 30% in IPO debut, valuing Washington state biotech company at nearly $2B

Shares of Absci surged more than 30% on Thursday as the Vancouver, Wash.-based biotech company made its debut as a… Read More

Jul 19, 2021, 9:18 PM

Providence-backed Kno2 raises $15M for healthcare communication tech

Kno2, a Boise, Idaho-based startup developing ways for healthcare systems to communicate with each other, has raised $15 million in… Read More

Jul 19, 2021, 11:49 AM

Eliem Therapeutics files for IPO as another Seattle-area biotech firm set to go public

Eliem Therapeutics, a clinical stage biotech company generating therapies for pain, depression and other nervous-system related conditions, has filed to… Read More

Jul 16, 2021, 4:50 PM

Seattle-based Shape Therapeutics raises $112M to develop RNA-editing and gene therapies

Shape Therapeutics, a Seattle preclinical stage biotech company developing RNA editing and gene therapy technologies, has raised $112 million. The… Read More

Jul 15, 2021, 7:22 PM

Seattle biotech startup Sana Biotechnology will develop 163K square-foot facility in the Bay Area

Sana Biotechnology, a young and fast-growing Seattle-based biotech, has chosen the San Francisco Bay Area as the site for its… Read More

Jul 15, 2021, 7:12 PM

New protein folding technology from UW lab rivals DeepMind, promises to accelerate research

The lab of David Baker at the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design has released its application to solve… Read More

Jul 15, 2021, 4:38 PM

AI2 spinout MajorBoost uses artificial intelligence to help medical providers deal with insurance calls

A new health-tech spinout from Seattle’s Allen Institute for AI (AI2) aims to reimagine how doctor’s offices and insurance companies… Read More

Jul 15, 2021, 9:00 AM

Modulus, a cell therapy biotech incubated at the Allen Institute for AI, raises $3.5M

Modulus Therapeutics, a Seattle-based cellular therapy company spun out of the Allen Institute of Artificial Intelligence (AI2), announced $3.5 million… Read More

Jul 15, 2021, 8:54 AM

Are COVID-19 booster shots on the horizon? Here’s what researchers investigating the question say

With 70% of Washington residents age 16 and older having initiated their COVID-19 vaccine, the pandemic can feel, locally at… Read More

Jul 15, 2021, 8:36 AM

Seattle startup Lumen Bioscience to build algae manufacturing plant in former bakery

Seattle-based biotech company Lumen Bioscience, which manufactures proteins in algae, will expand its manufacturing operations to a former bakery in… Read More

Jul 14, 2021, 1:39 PM

ProfoundBio, led by Seagen veterans and co-located in China and Seattle, raises $55M

ProfoundBio, based in Woodinville, Wash., and Suzhou, China, has raised $55 million in a Series A funding round to advance… Read More

SCCA and Fred Hutch
Jul 13, 2021, 9:38 AM

Cancer care and research in Pacific Northwest to be streamlined under proposed reorganization

Cancer care and research in the Pacific Northwest may undergo a shift next year with a new partnership structure among… Read More

Jul 13, 2021, 5:00 AM

Seattle startup Truveta raises $95M for ambitious vision to aggregate data across healthcare systems

Seattle-based health data company Truveta today announced $95 million in fresh funding and the addition of three new participating healthcare… Read More

Jul 12, 2021, 10:13 AM

Filings reveal Amazon’s plan to use radar for ‘sleep tracing’ and touchless device control

Amazon plans to use radar to help people monitor their sleep and control their devices using gestures, a Federal Communications… Read More

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