Health/Life Sciences – Page 41 of 57

Jan 24, 2019, 8:56 AM

UnitedHealth sues exec for taking trade secrets to Amazon health care joint venture

Amazon’s joint venture with Berkshire Hathaway and JPMorgan Chase is just getting started, but it’s already rattling health care giants.… Read More

Jan 23, 2019, 1:03 PM

Got the flu? Seattle wants to swab your nose for a massive health data project

Calling all feverish, coughing, achy Seattleites: Your germs could help prevent the next big pandemic. At least, that’s the hope… Read More

Jan 21, 2019, 8:00 AM

Fred Hutch researchers root out sleeping breast cancer cells to stop metastasis

Researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center led by Dr. Cyrus Ghajar recently uncovered promising new science in the… Read More

Jan 17, 2019, 9:09 AM

Bill Gates says these technologies are helping to eradicate disease

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has spent 20 years and $10 billion on issues of global health. In that… Read More

Jan 16, 2019, 2:18 PM

Is wellness ‘dead’? This Seattle-area company just raised $22M to revive it

Seattle-area health technology company Aduro has landed a $22 million investment to help company employees “be great at anything.” The funding,… Read More

Jan 15, 2019, 6:43 AM

Microsoft counters Amazon again with big Walgreens partnership, aiming to reshape healthcare

A week after unveiling a plan to reinvent grocery shopping with Kroger, Microsoft announced another major retail partnership: a seven-year… Read More

Jan 13, 2019, 7:00 AM

Testing Stretch 22, a new ‘stretch therapy’ startup backed by Expedia and Zillow founder Rich Barton

After two hours of pickup basketball the previous evening, I woke up on Friday morning last week feeling pretty sore.… Read More

Jan 11, 2019, 12:01 PM

Digital health investments hit an all-time high of $8.6B in 2018

Big deals led to a banner year for U.S. digital health investments, which shot up 21 percent to $8.6 billion… Read More

Jan 10, 2019, 9:31 AM

UW app emits sonar from smartphone to detect opioid overdoses by monitoring breathing rate

You may have heard of naloxone, an antidote to opioid overdoses so effective that the U.S. Surgeon General recommended people carry… Read More

Jan 10, 2019, 6:00 AM

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s $74B acquisition of Juno parent Celgene puts Seattle biotech world on alert

Things are a little on edge in Seattle’s biotech scene after the Jan. 3 announcement that pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb… Read More

Jan 9, 2019, 11:56 AM

Providence Ventures, led by ex-Amazon exec, raises second $150M fund for early stage investments

Providence Ventures has raised another $150 million fund to invest in early-stage healthcare technology companies, doubling the size of its… Read More

Jan 9, 2019, 10:00 AM

New Seattle startup emerges from UW to develop cancer-fighting protein three decades in the making

For 30 years, scientists have been trying to unleash the promise of Interleukin-2 (IL-2), a powerful protein that fights cancer… Read More

Jan 8, 2019, 4:01 AM

Nielsen for marijuana? This startup just raised $12.1M for its pot-focused data and analytics tools

Since Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize recreational marijuana use in 2012, the number of retailers, processors and… Read More

Jan 7, 2019, 9:19 AM

Former Juno execs unveil Sana, a new cell engineering biotech that’s reportedly raising more than $800M

Former Juno Therapeutics executives Hans Bishop and Steve Harr have launched Sana Biotechnology, a startup focused on cell therapy, gene… Read More

Jan 4, 2019, 3:55 PM

Adaptive Biotechnologies signs blockbuster deal with Genentech for personalized cancer treatments worth up to $2 billion

Adaptive Biotechnologies has signed a $300 million collaborative licensing agreement with Genentech to develop highly personalized cancer therapies. In addition… Read More

Jan 4, 2019, 8:40 AM

Seattle biotech startup raises $20M to develop gene therapy technology

Seattle-based biotech startup Immusoft this week closed a $20 million Series B venture capital round that will fuel development of… Read More

Jan 4, 2019, 8:00 AM

Unique partnership brings tech solutions for mental health to lower-wage workers

In a dozen years, 1 in 5 Americans will be retirement age or older. Many will be in good health… Read More

Jan 3, 2019, 12:41 PM

Microsoft and Adaptive Biotechnologies go live with AI engine for universal diagnostic blood test

It’s been one day short of a year since Microsoft partnered with Adaptive Biotechnologies to create a blood test with… Read More

Dec 29, 2018, 9:00 PM

What Bill Gates is thinking about as 2018 concludes

It’s almost hard to remember the Bill Gates of yesteryear — the brash, competitive, hard-charging business leader known to dismiss… Read More

Dec 28, 2018, 5:19 PM

Year in Science: Genetic breakthroughs make dreams (and nightmares) come true

In science, it was the best of times, and the worst of times. 2018 was a year when researchers focused… Read More

Dec 28, 2018, 7:13 AM

How Fred Hutch spinout LabKey bootstrapped its way to compete in health care’s big data

Thirteen years ago, the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center spun out a small startup with a mission to help researchers get… Read More

Dec 17, 2018, 6:29 AM

Vitamin subscription service Persona secures $4.5M, launches service for doctors

Persona, a startup that creates and delivers customized vitamin regimens, has secured $4.5 million in venture funding and launched a… Read More

Dec 17, 2018, 5:00 AM

Biotech startup Kineta inks cancer deal with Pfizer worth up to $505M

Seattle-based biotech startup Kineta today received a leg-up in its efforts to kill cancerous tumors using the immune system. Kineta announced an… Read More

Dec 13, 2018, 3:56 PM

Cancer drug maker CTI BioPharma lays off 50% of workforce

CTI BioPharma announced Thursday that it will let go of half its employees in order to create more runway to… Read More

Dec 13, 2018, 9:37 AM

Seattle biotech startup raises $3.7M to help the body regenerate tissue

Rodeo Therapeutics, a Seattle-based biotech startup that is creating therapies to help the body regenerate tissue, has landed $3.7 million… Read More

Dec 13, 2018, 7:00 AM

Interview: Gates Foundation CEO on global progress in 2018, and the biggest threat to the world’s future

As the CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Sue Desmond-Hellman oversees the world’s largest philanthropy, on a mission… Read More

Dec 12, 2018, 3:49 PM

Navigating Cancer hires long-time tech exec Bill Bunker to lead oncology patient management startup

Navigating Cancer has hired longtime technology executive Bill Bunker as CEO to help the Seattle-based company “realize the vision” for… Read More

Dec 12, 2018, 7:55 AM

Allen Institute launches new immunology division with $125M from its late founder

Billionaire philanthropist Paul Allen died two months ago, but before he passed away, he passed along a $125 million commitment… Read More

Dec 12, 2018, 7:12 AM

Biotech journalist Luke Timmerman sets his sights on Mount Kilimanjaro and $1M for cancer research

As a journalist, Luke Timmerman has covered biotech for more than 17 years. Now, the Timmerman Report founder is making… Read More

Dec 10, 2018, 4:30 AM

Seattle Children’s spin-out MDmetrix adds operating room capabilities, looks to expand

After a recent staff meeting at Seattle Children’s Hospital, several doctors gathered around the coffeemaker to discuss sedation protocols used… Read More