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Zillow expands its headquarters, inking deal for top floors of downtown Seattle tower

Online real estate media company Zillow is expanding again in Seattle, this time grabbing two more floors in its headquarters… Read More

Seattle’s Alpine Immune Sciences licenses cancer treatment to Kite Pharma for up to $530M

Seattle-based immunotherapy startup Alpine Immune Sciences has signed an exclusive licensing deal with Kite Pharma that could be worth as… Read More

Layoffs at acquired Seattle biotech Dendreon begin, state filing reveals

The post-acquisition layoffs have begun at Dendreon, with 77 employees losing their jobs. Assets of Seattle-based Dendreon were purchased out of… Read More

Valeant buys bankrupt drug maker Dendreon for $495 million

Dendreon, the maker of the prostate cancer treatment Provenge, has been sold for $495 million to Valeant Pharmaceuticals International. The… Read More

Bankrupt cancer drug maker Dendreon selling to Valeant for $400 million

Dendreon, the once-promising Seattle biotechnology company that developed treatments for prostate cancer, will be sold to Quebec-based Valeant Pharmaceuticals International Inc.… Read More

Seattle biotech Dendreon files for bankruptcy, considers sale

Dendreon, a once-promising Seattle biotech company developing treatments for prostate cancer, today filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. It marks… Read More

Tech Moves: Zillow CMO named to Avvo board; Blue Box bolsters team; Dendreon CEO out; Snap Skout’s new COO and more

—Zillow Chief Marketing Officer Amy Bohutinsky has joined the board of Avvo, the Seattle company that’s building an online marketplace… Read More

Money-losing Dendreon to cut 150 employees in bid to become ‘nimble’ biotech company

Once a rising star in Seattle’s biotechnology community, Dendreon Corp. announced Tuesday that it is reducing its staff by 15… Read More

Dendreon shares sink after plant closure, restructuring

Dendreon, the once-promising Seattle biotechnology company, is taking it on the chin today after announcing a restructuring that will cost… Read More

Tech Moves: Dendreon taps new CEO; Anthony Bay lands at Amazon; Globys; Limeade; Allyis; and much more

Dendreon CEO Mitchell Gold is handing over the reins of the Seattle biotechnology company to board member and former Savient… Read More

Nasdaq closes with a loss for 2011: A look back at the top and bottom performers

It was a tough year for most of the publicly-traded tech companies in Washington state, with just a handful posting… Read More

Dendreon cuts 500 jobs, sheds a quarter of its workforce

Slower-than-expected uptake of its Provenge prostate cancer drug forced Seattle biotech company Dendreon to announce 500 job cuts this afternoon,… Read More

Tech Moves: Marketfish hooks a Razorfish vet; NWEN’s new board; Dendreon; and more

Elizabeth Wheden, a marketing industry veteran who previously worked at Razorfish and Wunderman, has joined Seattle’s Marketfish as director of… Read More

Tech Moves: Datacastle hires Craig Blessing; Opscode co-founder Jesse Robbins honored; and more

Datacastle, a Seattle company that helps organizations securely protect data as employees access corporate resources via the Web and mobile… Read More

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