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Health/Life Sciences

Jul 27, 2020, 3:54 PM

Adaptive Biotech pushes ahead with new Seattle HQ, showing strength of life sciences industry

Topping-off ceremonies, in which workers place the last piece of structural steel for new building, have become run-of-the-mill over the… Read More

Jul 27, 2020, 6:00 AM

Inspired by son’s health issues, Seattle entrepreneur launches at-home ear-nose-throat monitor

Jane Zhang knew there had to be a better way. Despite extra attention on hygiene and eating healthy, Zhang’s 2-year-old… Read More

Jul 22, 2020, 10:58 AM

Tasso raises $17M for self-sample blood test; CEO says pandemic increases demand for at-home tests

Seattle startup Tasso closed a $17 million investment round to help grow its at-home blood collection platform. The company’s blood… Read More

Jul 21, 2020, 10:47 AM

New UW COVID-19 study will test 7k people across WA state, funded by $3.4M from Allen Foundation

The University of Washington will test a random sample of 7,000 people across Washington state for COVID-19 and related antibodies… Read More

Jul 21, 2020, 8:07 AM

Seattle-area medical device startup CurvaFix raises $10.7M for curved bone implant tech

Medical device startup CurvaFix raised $10.7 million to spur development of its technology that helps repair fractures in curved bones.… Read More

Jul 14, 2020, 10:49 PM

Seattle-tested coronavirus vaccine shows promising progress; Fauci calls it ‘good news’

A COVID-19 vaccine developed by Massachusetts-based Moderna is ready for more tests after showing a promising immune system response in… Read More

Jul 14, 2020, 2:57 PM

Adaptive Biotechnologies will sell 8M shares to accelerate drug development

Adaptive Biotechnologies announced Tuesday that it will sell 8 million shares of its common stock — 6 million of its… Read More

Jul 14, 2020, 9:15 AM

Amazon plans 20 healthcare clinics across U.S. for warehouse employees and their families

Amazon plans to establish healthcare facilities for its warehouse workers and their families across the country. The company unveiled the… Read More

Jul 10, 2020, 8:36 AM

Medical device startup LumiThera raises $14M to further develop treatment for ocular disorders

LumiThera, the Poulsbo, Wash.-based medical device startup developing a treatment for ocular disorders and diseases, has raised $14 million in… Read More

Jul 8, 2020, 4:37 PM

Microsoft releases preview of Text Analytics for health, battle-tested in COVID-19 partnership

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform announced a new iteration of its Text Analytics technology for healthcare, bringing to market some of… Read More

Jul 6, 2020, 4:11 PM

Accolade CEO Raj Singh on health tech company’s IPO, path to profits, and the pandemic’s ‘second hit’

Accolade’s share price is up 38% since its initial public offering on Thursday, marking a successful debut for the health… Read More

Jul 4, 2020, 9:49 AM

GeekWire Podcast: What pandemic? Tech funding stays strong; Accolade’s IPO; Future of sports

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. Despite the pandemic, funding for Pacific Northwest tech startups… Read More

Jul 2, 2020, 7:19 AM

Health tech company Accolade goes public at $1.2B valuation in Seattle’s first IPO of 2020

Health benefits platform Accolade made its initial public offering Thursday morning, pricing its stock at $22/share, above the expected range… Read More

SCCA and Fred Hutch
Jun 30, 2020, 10:35 AM

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center cuts 76 jobs, eliminates 81 open roles, citing downturn

Updated with Fred Hutch confirmation and additional details. Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is cutting more than 70 jobs,… Read More

Sample testing
Jun 29, 2020, 8:45 PM

Public health officials do a reality check on Elon Musk’s tweets about COVID-19 tests

Billionaire Elon Musk knows his stuff when it comes to rockets or electric cars. But does that translate into epidemiological… Read More

Bill Gates
Jun 29, 2020, 3:38 PM

Bill Gates says pandemic could get ‘worse than I would have expected’ — and calls for leadership

Tech leaders typically use their TED talks to sketch out an optimistic vision of the future, but today Bill Gates… Read More

Sentinel Monitor
Jun 26, 2020, 10:15 AM

Sentinel Healthcare extends its COVID-19 tracking system to retirement communities

As concerns about a resurgence of the coronavirus outbreak are widening, so is the reach of the COVID-19 tracking platform… Read More

Jun 25, 2020, 10:29 AM

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center names new board chair and adds trustees

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center named a new chair of its board of trustees, Kathy Surace-Smith, a senior vice… Read More

Healthy vs. Alzheimer's brain
Jun 25, 2020, 12:01 AM

Allen Institute will host $40.5M brain research center to map the effects of Alzheimer’s disease

A $40.5 million collaborative research center headquartered at Seattle’s Allen Institute aims to create high-resolution maps of brains ravaged by… Read More

Jun 24, 2020, 1:51 PM

Pandemic projections suggest requiring masks could save 33,000 lives in U.S.

The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has added mask-on and mask-off options to its computer-based projections… Read More

Jun 23, 2020, 9:58 AM

Secretive Seattle biotech company raises more than $700M to develop new ways to modify genes

Sana Biotechnology today formally announced that it has raised more than $700 million in venture funding — one of the… Read More

Drug combination
Jun 22, 2020, 11:18 AM

Institute halts COVID-19 clinical trial for hydroxychloroquine due to low enrollment

The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases has shut down a clinical trial to see if a combination of… Read More

Jun 22, 2020, 9:35 AM

Seattle area sees new spike in COVID-19 cases, weekly count up for 1st time in more than 2 months

More than 400 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in Seattle and King County in the past week, up nearly… Read More

Jun 19, 2020, 9:21 AM

Alpine Immune Sciences stock rises after biotech firm lands $60M from AbbVie for lupus drug

Alpine Immune Sciences stock rose more than 10% Friday after the Seattle-based biotech company inked a $60 million licensing deal… Read More

WA Food Fund at work
Jun 18, 2020, 3:38 PM

Paul G. Allen Family Foundation donates $2.2M to COVID-19 causes (with an assist from Amazon)

The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation announced two contributions to support people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in Washington state,… Read More

Jun 17, 2020, 5:00 AM

The next X-ray? Seattle startup Proprio raises $23M to build high-tech surgical navigation system

Seattle startup Proprio has raised more cash to help build out its surgical technology that some investors believe will be… Read More

At-home test kit
Jun 16, 2020, 5:10 PM

Researchers want to pick up the pace on early testing and treatment for COVID-19

Scientists from Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington say the search for COVID-19 treatments should… Read More

Coronavirus
Jun 16, 2020, 2:44 PM

British study suggests that a low-cost steroid could reduce COVID-19 death rate

A study involving thousands of COVID-19 patients in Britain suggests that a low-cost steroid drug known as dexamethasone could significantly… Read More

IHME and C19Pro projections
Jun 15, 2020, 7:42 PM

COVID-19 projections show higher death tolls ahead as restrictions are lifted

The latest projections for the course of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. suggest that there’s going to be an… Read More

Hydroxychloroquine pills on lung X-ray
Jun 15, 2020, 10:52 AM

FDA ends authorization to use hydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 and issues warning, but trials go on

The Food and Drug Administration today revoked its emergency authorization for two related antimalarial drugs, chloroquine and hydroxychloroquine, to be… Read More

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