High-level appointments just keep coming at Accolade, as the health care company announced on Wednesday that it had appointed Harish Naidu, a longtime Microsoft general manager, as the new chief technology officer.… Read More
Seattle boasts the fifth strongest life sciences market in the country, according to a new report from Jones Lang LaSalle, led by world-renowned institutions and startups that have grown to… Read More
Cancer researchers have to deal with some of nature’s ugliest diseases, but they do find bits of beauty along the way – and that beauty is the focus of an… Read More
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is joining the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center‘s board of trustees, choosing the Seattle-based nonprofit institute as his only outside board commitment since becoming the tech giant’s top executive more than two years… Read More
— Microsoft UK will have a new CEO this fall as Cindy Rose was named to succeed Michel Van der Bel, according to a report in Computer Business Review. Rose was… Read More
Commercial partners can help non-profits, like the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, bring life-saving treatments to patients faster. That’s why the Hutch appointed “a scientific matchmaker” to connect scientists and businesses.… Read More
—The Washington State Department of Commerce announced that Joseph Williams has been appointed as the director of economic development for the information and communication technology industry for the state. He will advise Gov. Jay Inslee… Read More
Joe Biden was sitting across from China President Xi Jinping one recent evening at a private dinner in Chengdu, China, when President Xi asked his fellow dignitary a simple-yet-complicated question: Can… Read More
Less than a year since Vice President Joe Biden buried his son, who died from brain cancer, Biden is expected to continue talking up the White House’s cancer-fighting task force… Read More
Nohla Therapeutics just became the latest biotech startup to come out of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Like spinouts before it, Nohla is already well on its way to becoming one of Seattle’s rising… Read More
One of the most popular sessions at the recent GeekWire Summit was a talk by Dr. Jim Olson, cancer researcher and serial entrepreneur, attending physician at Seattle Children’s Hospital, University of Washington… Read More
—The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center continues to add heft to its management ranks, announcing today Matthew Trunnell has joined as vice president and CIO. He previously worked as the CIO for… Read More
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center launched a new application today to make it easier for doctors and researchers in its Cancer Consortium to search its database for patterns that… Read More
Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has tapped D. Gary Gilliland, an expert in cancer genetics and former vice president of precision medicine at the University of Pennsylvania’s Perelman School of Medicine, as… Read More
Juno Therapeutics, a heavily funded biotech company with a novel approach to fighting cancer, filed plans for an initial public offering today — seeking to raise at least $150 million… Read More
A smartphone app called “SmartQuit,” proven in clinical studies to help people stop smoking, will be brought to market after landing a $250,000 grant from the Washington Life Sciences Discovery Fund,… Read More
Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, philanthropist Melinda Gates and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center director Dr. Larry Corey are among those who’ve been named to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, a more… Read More