Health/Life Sciences – Page 27 of 58

Sep 22, 2020, 4:00 AM

Sam’s Club partners with Seattle startup 98point6 to offer customers telehealth service

Sam’s Club, a division of Walmart, is promoting Seattle startup 98point6 as a telehealth service for its customers. The grocery… Read More

Sep 21, 2020, 10:43 AM

Illumina will pay $8B to acquire Grail, the Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos-backed cancer detection company

Cancer detection startup Grail will be acquired by DNA sequencing machine maker Illumina for $8 billion in cash and stock, the… Read More

Sep 18, 2020, 10:26 AM

Athira Pharma raises $204M in IPO, reaching ‘big milestone’ in fight against Alzheimer’s and other diseases

More than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, and the number is projected to rise to nearly 14 million by… Read More

Sep 17, 2020, 6:43 PM

Athira Pharma prices IPO at $17/share, will raise $204M in third Washington state IPO of 2020

Athira Pharma will raise at least $204 million as the Seattle biotech startup becomes a public company on Friday. Athira… Read More

Sep 16, 2020, 10:07 AM

Can a watch detect COVID-19? Here’s how Apple and the University of Washington plan to find out

The blood oxygen measurement feature in the newly announced Apple Watch Series 6 will provide one of the key inputs… Read More

Sep 14, 2020, 8:59 AM

Merck’s multi-billion dollar bet on Seattle Genetics sparks hope for breast cancer treatments

Shares of Seattle Genetics are soaring more than 10% this morning after the Bothell, Wash.-based biotechnology company struck a deal… Read More

Sep 14, 2020, 8:35 AM

Seattle biotech Athira Pharma sets terms for IPO, aims to raise up to $170M

Athira Pharma plans to price its stock at $15 to $17 per share and raise up to $170 million in… Read More

Sep 12, 2020, 8:38 AM

Seattle entrepreneurs lead new digital health platform DexCare, incubated at Providence

Providence’s Digital Innovation Group is adding two Seattle entrepreneurs and former colleagues to lead its newest incubated health tech startup,… Read More

Sep 10, 2020, 3:48 PM

Genetic sleuths flesh out the story of how coronavirus got its start in Washington

Detailed genetic analyses of the strains of virus that cause COVID-19 suggest that the outbreak took hold in Washington state… Read More

Sep 9, 2020, 3:39 PM

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos-backed cancer detection company Grail, led by ex-Juno CEO, files for IPO

Cancer detection startup Grail today filed to go public as the Silicon Valley biotech aims to raise more funding for… Read More

Sep 9, 2020, 11:00 AM

Scientists design proteins that could keep coronavirus from spreading COVID-19

Imagine being able to ward off COVID-19 just by spritzing a nasal spray into your nostrils. It may not be… Read More

Sep 9, 2020, 10:45 AM

Amazon Halo team hints at larger ambitions, with ‘full roadmap’ of health devices and experiences

Amazon’s new Halo tracker and service are just the start of a “full roadmap of new and innovative devices and… Read More

Sep 8, 2020, 3:18 PM

Seattle health tech startup Optimize.health raises $15.6M for remote patient monitoring service

Seattle startup Optimize.health raised $15.6 million to help meet demand for its remote patient monitoring technology as investor interest in… Read More

Sep 4, 2020, 10:36 AM

Seattle-area inventor wins global COVID hackathon for tech that alerts public about crowded spaces

As COVID-19 social distancing restrictions have eased, people are going into stores, restaurants and restrooms while still trying to stay… Read More

Sep 1, 2020, 3:14 PM

Sensoria Health unveils new band that monitors key COVID-19 indicators, including blood oxygenation

Sensoria Health, makers of wearable technology designed to improve healthcare, has a new Smart Band that tracks key vitals and… Read More

Sep 1, 2020, 4:00 AM

Seattle biotech startup led by Fred Hutch, Adaptive vets raises $16M for rapid drug development tech

Lumen Bioscience today announced a $16 million Series B round to help support its novel approach to rapid and low-cost… Read More

Aug 28, 2020, 7:00 AM

KitoTech raises $3M as demand soars for its at-home no-stitch wound closure kit

Seattle healthcare startup KitoTech Medical faced a challenge at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was difficult to pitch… Read More

Aug 27, 2020, 2:07 PM

Researchers discover new avenue for fighting COVID-19, Ebola and other viral diseases

A team including researchers from Seattle’s Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason has identified a new pathway for protecting cells… Read More

Aug 26, 2020, 4:01 PM

Seattle’s Athira Pharma files for IPO to fund quest for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s breakthroughs

Athira Pharma is aiming to go public. The Seattle biotech filed initial IPO paperwork Wednesday, a surprising move that would… Read More

Aug 19, 2020, 12:01 PM

Eyedropper startup Nanodropper lands new $500k Air Force contract as it begins shipping device

Nanodropper, makers of an eye drop bottle adapter that reduces the size of eye drops and saves medication and money… Read More

Aug 19, 2020, 7:32 AM

Chinook Therapeutics raises $106M as it prepares to merge with Aduro Biotech

Chinook Therapeutics, a biotech company creating targeted therapies for kidney diseases, raised an additional $106 million just before its planned… Read More

Aug 17, 2020, 11:30 AM

Fred Hutch study: Here’s what it would take to reopen schools safely during the pandemic

New research led by Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center outlines the steps needed to safely reopen schools during the… Read More

Aug 13, 2020, 6:03 PM

Health tech company Accolade boosts revenue 25% in first report since IPO, as COVID-19 roils industry

Seattle entrepreneur and former Concur president Raj Singh was back in the earnings hot seat Thursday afternoon as the CEO… Read More

Aug 13, 2020, 2:26 PM

Fred Hutch and Allen Institute launch study of milder COVID-19 cases, aiming for unique insights

Many researchers have been seeking to better understand COVID-19 by investigating severe cases of the disease, but a new study… Read More

Aug 11, 2020, 7:49 AM

Shares of Seattle biotech firm Omeros spike after reporting COVID-19 treatment results

Omeros stock shot up more than 60% after the Seattle-based biotech company reported promising results from its COVID-19 drug treatment.… Read More

Aug 10, 2020, 5:39 PM

Industry slowdown hits Adaptive Biotech’s bottom line as COVID immune initiatives show progress

Adaptive Biotechnologies’ revenue fell 5% to $21 million in the second quarter, and its net loss more than doubled to… Read More

Aug 10, 2020, 10:39 AM

Super spreaders drive COVID-19: 80% of those infected likely don’t spread disease, Fred Hutch study finds

About 80% of people infected with the novel coronavirus don’t spread the infection to anyone else, leaving the so-called super… Read More

Aug 6, 2020, 7:02 AM

New biotech startup GentiBio lands $20M, inks licensing deals with Seattle Children’s and BRI

Boston-based biotech startup GentiBio this week announced a $20 million funding round and licensing deals with two Seattle research institutions.… Read More

Aug 6, 2020, 5:00 AM

Seattle startup Xealth lands investment from Cerner as COVID-19 accelerates digital health adoption

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing hospital systems to adopt digital tools at record pace. They are getting help from startups… Read More

Jul 28, 2020, 8:16 AM

Seattle-area healthcare software company Edifecs lands private equity investment

Edifecs, a 24-year-old healthcare software maker based in Bellevue, Wash., today announced a fresh cash infusion from private equity firms… Read More