Health/Life Sciences – Page 35 of 58

Nov 8, 2019, 8:00 AM

Seattle startup wants to revolutionize medicine for kids with world’s first gummy drugs

Connie Wan is no different than any other parent who has struggled to get a little kid to take medication… Read More

Nov 7, 2019, 8:02 AM

Fitness startup Katalyst raises $5.6M for Peloton-like electrified workout experience

Seattle startup Katalyst has raised $5.6 million for an at-home workout experience that uses full-body electrical muscle stimulation (EMS), a… Read More

Nov 6, 2019, 10:58 AM

2019’s Allen Distinguished Investigators will focus on the mysteries of our cells

The Paul G. Allen Frontiers Group, a division of Seattle’s Allen Institute, is making a total of $7.5 million in… Read More

Nov 5, 2019, 3:37 PM

Amazon is reportedly testing step tracking on Echo Buds

Amazon’s Echo Buds are capable of tracking steps in some versions of the Alexa app, according to a report from… Read More

Nov 4, 2019, 4:13 PM

Beauty device maker Clarisonic will close Seattle-area headquarters

Clarisonic plans to shutter its headquarters in Redmond, Wash., by the end of the year in a move that affects… Read More

Nov 2, 2019, 1:23 PM

Amazon and JPMorgan to roll out new health insurance plans as part of Haven joint venture

Haven Healthcare, a joint venture between Amazon, JPMorgan Chase and Berkshire Hathaway, created its first offering in the form of… Read More

Oct 30, 2019, 10:40 AM

Lawsuit: Electronics giant Philips accuses Seattle-area company of hacking its medical devices

Electronics giant Philips accuses a Seattle-area medical device repair and service company of hacking into its imaging machines and stealing… Read More

Oct 29, 2019, 10:45 AM

Univ. of Washington researchers uncover DNA data security flaws on popular genealogy website

In what could be an exceptionally personal form of identity theft, University of Washington researchers have determined that a popular… Read More

Oct 29, 2019, 9:51 AM

Twistle raises $16M to automate how healthcare providers talk to patients

Health tech startup Twistle landed $16 million to fund a platform that makes it easier for hospitals to communicate with… Read More

Oct 27, 2019, 5:45 PM

Microsoft and Jackson Lab tackle cancer genetics with ‘human-computer symbiosis’

The rise of therapies that target tumors based on their genetic profile is revolutionizing how we treat cancer. It’s also… Read More

Oct 25, 2019, 12:47 PM

Why Fujifilm SonoSite is betting the future of ultrasound on artificial intelligence

Decades of technological advances have led to a revolution in ultrasound machines that has given rise to modern devices that… Read More

Oct 23, 2019, 5:04 PM

Gates Foundation and NIH commit $200M to make gene therapies cheaper

The world’s most expensive drug, a treatment for spinal muscular atrophy made by Novartis, comes with a $2.1 million bill.… Read More

Oct 23, 2019, 4:15 PM

Amazon buys another healthcare startup to boost primary care service for its employees

Amazon has snapped up small healthcare startup Health Navigator to help power its recently-launched primary care program for employees. The… Read More

Oct 21, 2019, 2:39 PM

Microsoft lands another healthcare partnership, this time with Humana to take care of aging seniors

Microsoft has signed yet another partnership with a major healthcare organization, this time with insurance giant Humana on digital health… Read More

Oct 21, 2019, 10:12 AM

Seattle Genetics stock jumps 17% on breast cancer drug trial success

Shares of cancer drug maker Seattle Genetics soared more than 17 percent Monday morning following positive results for a new… Read More

Oct 17, 2019, 4:12 PM

Cigna-owned Express Scripts buys Seattle-area health tech startup Verity Solutions

Verity Solutions, a Kirkland, Wash.-based startup that sells drug pricing software, was snapped up by Express Scripts, a large pharmacy… Read More

Oct 17, 2019, 10:40 AM

Bayer G4A partners with Seattle startups Litesprite and Prevencio on digital health efforts

Two Seattle-area startups were hand-picked by Bayer for a competitive program to create novel digital health solutions. It’s an endorsement… Read More

Oct 17, 2019, 6:00 AM

Microsoft and Nuance team up on ‘exam room of the future’ to end doctor burnout

Microsoft is teaming up with Nuance Communications to revamp hospital exam rooms with artificial intelligence and natural language processing, creating… Read More

Oct 16, 2019, 11:56 AM

Univ. of Washington researchers make futuristic baby monitors from smart speakers

Alexa could soon be the ultimate baby monitor. Researchers at the University of Washington created a speaker system that is… Read More

Oct 15, 2019, 8:00 AM

Seattle Children’s opens a ‘cure factory’ to explore treatments for childhood cancer and other diseases

Maryn Sage remembers the words she heard on the day she learned that her 16-year-old son, Jedd Feliciano, was cancer-free.… Read More

Oct 11, 2019, 3:54 PM

Shares of Gates-backed Vir Bio tumble after $143M IPO to fund infectious disease efforts

It was a rough Wall Street debut for Vir Biotechnology, a San Francisco company with ambitious plans to battle infectious… Read More

Oct 11, 2019, 8:45 AM

Cadence Neuroscience raises $15M for epilepsy treatment created at Mayo Clinic

Medical device startup Cadence Neuroscience raised $15 million to develop a therapy for the treatment of epilepsy. The Series A… Read More

Oct 10, 2019, 11:18 AM

Fred Hutch scientist on how gold nanoparticles could bring CRISPR to the developing world

Genetically editing cells using CRISPR could be the answer to curing genetic disorders such as sickle cell anemia. But in… Read More

Oct 10, 2019, 9:23 AM

Insurance giant Humana invests $20M in healthcare tech company Accolade

Accolade, a Seattle-based company that operates a technology platform to help employees navigate healthcare, landed a $20 million investment from… Read More

Oct 9, 2019, 7:46 AM

Universal blood test from Microsoft and Adaptive is a Google-sized data challenge

A novel effort from Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies to diagnose multiple diseases from a single blood test is a data… Read More

Oct 7, 2019, 4:47 AM

Bill Gates lays out his predictions for global health during tribute to Stephen Hawking

What’s the shape of global health to come? Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates issued two hopeful predictions for the year 2040… Read More

Oct 3, 2019, 9:12 AM

Univ. of Washington gets $50M gift to create brain health institute

The University of Washington is putting a $50 million philanthropic donation toward a new institute that will research and develop… Read More

Oct 3, 2019, 7:05 AM

Univ. of Washington spinout Icosavax raises $51M to fight viruses with computer-designed vaccines

Seattle-based biotech startup Icosavax today scored $51 million in funding to create vaccines from artificial viruses. The Series A financing… Read More

Oct 2, 2019, 12:01 AM

Fred Hutch spinout SEngine raises $5.1M to test cancer treatment drugs against a patient’s tumors

Seattle startup SEngine Precision Medicine has raised $5.1 million in fresh funding as it looks to commercialize a platform that… Read More

Oct 1, 2019, 2:49 PM

Seattle nonprofit Sage Bionetworks joins $37M national effort to hunt for Alzheimer’s drugs

Seattle-based nonprofit Sage Bionetworks is leading a heavily funded national effort to find new drugs to fight Alzheimer’s, a disease… Read More