Health/Life Sciences – Page 8 of 58

Jun 23, 2023, 7:27 AM

Heard raises $15M to expand its financial tech tools for mental health professionals

Seattle-based startup Heard, which supports mental health professionals with financial software and services, raised $15 million in new funding. Heard… Read More

Jun 22, 2023, 5:05 AM

Biotech startup developing tests and treatments for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease raises $52.9M

University of Washington spinout AltPep, which is developing tests and treatments for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease, completed a $52.9 million… Read More

May 10, 2023, 7:40 AM

Swedish drugmaker SOBI to acquire Seattle biotech company CTI BioPharma for $1.7B

CTI BioPharma, a Seattle-based publicly traded biotech company developing therapies for blood-related cancers, is set to be acquired in a… Read More

May 6, 2023, 7:26 AM

Don’t spin out too early, and get out of the way: Advice for biotech founders from Dr. Jim Olson

Seattle Children’s researcher Jim Olson has some thoughts about how to go about launching and leading a biotech startup. His… Read More

May 2, 2023, 7:55 PM

Life sciences investors share tips on raising funds and conserving cash in a tight market

Amid a tightened fundraising environment, life sciences companies should double down on basics like focusing on key projects and getting… Read More

May 1, 2023, 11:38 AM

Washington state extends pandemic law enabling healthcare delivered via audio

Washington state lawmakers recently extended a law that loosens restrictions on audio-only healthcare delivery, while they wait for the results… Read More

Apr 29, 2023, 6:57 AM

AI and the future of human health: Leroy Hood on the new age of ‘scientific wellness’

Biomedicine pioneer Leroy Hood says that artificial intelligence will play a key role in the future of healthcare by accelerating… Read More

Apr 24, 2023, 1:07 PM

Washington state will shut down COVID-19 exposure notification app on May 11

WA Notify, an app launched by Washington state to inform people if they’d been exposed to someone who recently tested… Read More

Apr 20, 2023, 2:18 PM

GeekWire Awards: How this Ukrainian-born CEO created a biotech startup ‘where curious scientists thrive’

Editor’s note: This is one of five profiles of the finalists for Startup CEO of the Year ahead of the 2023 GeekWire… Read More

Apr 18, 2023, 1:12 PM

Digital health startup 98point6 raises more cash to fuel new era as a software licensor

Healthcare company 98point6 landed additional investment to support its transition to a licensor of virtual care solutions, following a move to… Read More

Apr 18, 2023, 10:48 AM

Gates Foundation gives $9.35M to Seattle digital health nonprofit for diagnostic testing

Seattle digital health nonprofit Audere will advance its technology to improve the accuracy of rapid diagnostic tests with $9.35 million… Read More

Apr 18, 2023, 8:00 AM

Washington state lawmakers pass bill to protect privacy of consumer health data

Washington state lawmakers finalized passage of a bill Monday that provides privacy protections for consumer health data. The bill protects… Read More

Apr 17, 2023, 5:27 PM

Seagen filing details M&A negotiations with several companies before $43B Pfizer deal

Seagen fielded multiple offers before agreeing to a whopping $43 billion acquisition by pharma giant Pfizer. The Seattle-area company revealed… Read More

Apr 13, 2023, 6:00 AM

This AI understands doctor’s notes: Truveta’s new model finds meaning in messy healthcare data

Healthcare data holds great potential to improve medicine, but mining it is not easy. To get to the gold, Truveta… Read More

Apr 12, 2023, 10:21 AM

Vancouver, B.C., tissue ‘bioprinting’ company inks $75M deal with Novo Nordisk for diabetes, obesity

Vancouver, B.C.-based biotech company Aspect Biosystems inked a partnership worth potentially more than $2.6 billion with Danish biopharma giant Novo… Read More

Apr 11, 2023, 10:25 AM

Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotechnologies COO departing; Sana adds leaders; and more

— Mark Adams is stepping down as chief operating officer of Adaptive Biotechnologies, the company said today in a regulatory… Read More

Apr 10, 2023, 12:56 PM

Report highlights growth of life sciences sector in Seattle, buoyed by NIH funding

Life sciences employment and federal research funding have grown rapidly in the Seattle area since 2019, according to a new… Read More

Apr 3, 2023, 12:48 PM

The inspiration behind a new diversity program for biotech in Seattle

When Eric Nealy returned from a workshop with other Black scientists, his perspective changed. The experience gave him a new… Read More

Mar 30, 2023, 8:21 AM

Microsoft Research head Peter Lee on the applications of GPT-4 in medicine and life sciences

Peter Lee has spent a lot of time recently with GPT-4, the AI-powered tool that simulates human conversation, built by… Read More

Mar 28, 2023, 4:30 AM

Sonoma Bio inks $75M deal with Regeneron to advance cell therapies against autoimmunity

The news: Sonoma Biotherapeutics is partnering with Regeneron to co-develop cell therapies for Crohn’s disease and other autoimmune conditions. The… Read More

Mar 23, 2023, 2:43 PM

Q&A with Seagen founder Clay Siegall on the Pfizer deal and his new biotech startup

Clay Siegall is proud of his legacy as co-founder and longtime CEO of Seagen, the largest biotech company in the… Read More

Mar 22, 2023, 4:16 PM

Seagen founder Clay Siegall is back in biotech as CEO of Purdue University spinout

Seagen founder Clay Siegall is jumping back into the biotech world as CEO and president of Morphimmune. Founded in 2020,… Read More

Mar 20, 2023, 10:24 AM

Microsoft subsidiary Nuance is using GPT-4 for a new physician notes app

Microsoft-owned AI company Nuance is leveraging GPT-4 to power new software designed to ease the burden of clinical documentation for… Read More

Mar 17, 2023, 8:52 AM

Biotech experts wary of Pfizer cutting Seagen workforce — but history reveals silver lining

Seattle-area biotech experts are eying the past warily in the wake of this week’s news that Pfizer plans to acquire… Read More

Mar 15, 2023, 11:40 AM

Tech Moves: Microsoft names lead independent director; startup vet Rebecca Lovell joins Greater Seattle Partners

— Rebecca Lovell was named chief operating officer of Greater Seattle Partners, a public-private sector initiative that seeks to attract… Read More

Mar 13, 2023, 6:52 PM

How Pfizer’s $43 billion acquisition of Seagen could impact the biotech industry in Seattle

Biopharma acquisitions often come with layoffs and lab shutdowns as smaller companies get absorbed. Whether that happens to Seagen is… Read More

Mar 13, 2023, 8:22 AM

Pfizer will acquire Seattle-area biotech giant Seagen for $43 billion

Pfizer is buying Seattle-area biotech giant Seagen in a massive $43 billion deal announced Monday. The deal is the largest… Read More

Mar 10, 2023, 8:20 AM

Biotech giant Moderna will open tech office in Seattle, plans to hire up to 220 workers

Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech company Moderna is opening an office in Seattle to build up its tech capacity, the company announced… Read More

Mar 9, 2023, 7:21 AM

Shares of Neoleukin Therapeutics spike after announcing layoffs and potential sale or merger

Neoleukin Therapeutics is slashing its workforce by about 70% as it seeks “strategic alternatives” for its future, according to a… Read More

Mar 8, 2023, 5:00 AM

Seattle-area startup using AI for mental health screening tech raises $8M

The news: Seattle-area healthcare startup Aiberry raised $8 million for its AI-powered software that analyzes audio, visual, and language from… Read More