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Health/Life Sciences

Ex-Athira Pharma CEO Leen Kawas starts $150M fund with key investors from former company

Leen Kawas, the Seattle biotech exec who resigned as CEO of Athira Pharma after an investigation found she had altered… Read More

Seagen and pharma giant Sanofi ink deal to build, commercialize new anti-cancer therapeutics

Bothell, Wash.-based Seagen is partnering with Sanofi to design, develop and commercialize experimental drugs for up to three molecular targets… Read More

Frazier Life Sciences raises nearly $1B for new venture fund focused on earlier-stage companies

Frazier Life Sciences announced the closure of a $987 million fund focused on biopharmaceuticals. The life sciences arm of the… Read More

Fred Hutch launches trial that may eliminate HIV in leukemia patients

In February, a New York woman made headlines as the third person to apparently be completely cured of HIV. She… Read More

Gates Foundation, partners launch $90M program to develop drugs for future pandemics

A new initiative to discover and develop antiviral medications for future pandemics was announced Tuesday by the Bill & Melinda… Read More

Lawsuit: Washington state AG alleges stem cell center ‘deceptively’ marketed treatments for COVID-19

A company that runs the Seattle Stem Cell Center in the city’s lower Queen Anne neighborhood is facing a lawsuit… Read More

Microsoft and Portland startup pilot AI-powered tool to thwart central line infection

A self-funded artificial intelligence startup is partnering with Microsoft to address a long-standing problem in the medical field: infections caused… Read More

Univ. of Washington science programs to be housed in new building that includes public, private tenants

Several scientific programs at the University of Washington will expand into part of a planned 11-story building approved by the… Read More

How this health startup serving the maritime industry saw huge growth in the pandemic

In January 2020, a ship docking in Dalian, China, called on Ann Jarris for assistance. As CEO of the company… Read More

Life sciences news roundup: Adaptive layoffs; Seattle Children’s biotech partnership; and more

As a bear market takes a bite out of biotech stock values that had soared during the pandemic, some companies… Read More

Q&A: Univ. of Washington STEM leader on her Presidential Award and supporting women faculty

An academic career in STEM is about specialized knowledge, access, and connections that foster collaboration and access. Professors are managers,… Read More

Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotechnologies hires new CFO from J.P. Morgan Chase amid layoffs

— Adaptive Biotechnologies has a new CFO. Tycho Peterson comes from J.P. Morgan Chase, where he most recently served in… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies lays off about 100 people, 12% of headcount, to ‘streamline our workforce’

Adaptive Biotechnologies is laying off 12% of its workforce, or about 100 employees, GeekWire has learned.   “We have made… Read More

Wash. state Dept. of Commerce funds 4 new ‘innovation clusters’

Washington state’s Department of Commerce has awarded four $500,000 grants to public-private organizations building new “innovation” clusters in the state.… Read More

Life sciences roundup: A reborn institute, a long-COVID study, and responses to the war on Ukraine

A decades-old Seattle research institution was released from court oversight this week; investigators launched a clinical trial to study long-COVID;… Read More

Safer urinary catheter, pulse oximeter for all skin colors and a GI stent win prizes at UW competition

Students from Pacific Northwest colleges and universities jostled for a slate of awards Thursday at the annual University of Washington… Read More

Released from court oversight, a Seattle research institution rebrands and resets

When a court-appointed overseer took hold of the operations of the Infectious Disease Research Institute in early 2020 it was… Read More

Understanding long-COVID: Researchers will recruit 900 patients for new clinical study

Researchers in the Pacific Northwest have launched a new clinical effort to study long-COVID, the collection of symptoms such as… Read More

Steve Ballmer, ex-Microsoft CEO, and wife Connie donate $425M to new Univ. of Oregon institute

The University of Oregon on Tuesday launched the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health on Tuesday, with a gift of more… Read More

A-Alpha Bio founders

DoD gives $1.1M to Seattle startup that will help find new antibodies against COVID-19 variants

Seattle-based A-Alpha Bio will support research into new therapies for COVID-19 variants in a collaboration with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.… Read More

‘It’s just astronomical’: Soaring fentanyl deaths help spur tech solutions for combating the opioid

Nationally, fentanyl-related overdoses are the leading cause of death for Americans age 18 to 45. The drug killed almost twice… Read More

‘Intersection of innovation’: Why top tech VC firms are betting big on life science startups

Machine learning, data science and other computational methods are wielded by a growing number of biopharma startups to find new… Read More

Seattle Angel Conference launches new health startup competition to help educate angel investors

Apis Health Angel Conference recently launched as new forum to connect investors and health-related startups. The program is modeled after… Read More

Democratized diagnostics: Uh-Oh Labs develops tech for accurate COVID home tests and beyond

Biotech startup Uh-Oh Labs wasn’t so much bootstrapped in its early days as it was deadlifted. Founder and CEO Cameron… Read More

What’s inside Paris Hilton? Famed celeb is finding out as ambassador for microbiome startup Viome

Celebrity, model and socialite Paris Hilton has joined Viome Life Sciences as an investor and ambassador, the Bellevue, Wash.-based wellness… Read More

After wife got cancer, Microsoft engineer built a tool to locate anti-COVID drug for immunocompromised

Rob Relyea set out to find information to help his wife. A longtime Microsoft engineer, Relyea had more than 28… Read More

Reducing contamination during blood tests: Magnolia Medical lands $46M to fuel growth

Magnolia Medical Technologies, which markets devices to reduce blood sample contamination while puncturing the skin, has raised $46 million. The… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies revenue rises 57% in 2021 to $154.3M

Adaptive Biotechnologies, which develops technology to assess the immune response, posted $154.3 million in revenue last year, a 57% year-over-year… Read More

Madrona leads $60M investment into AI-powered drug discovery company Terray Therapeutics

Pasadena, Calif.-based Terray Therapeutics, which combines nanotechnology with artificial intelligence, has raised $60 million in a Series A funding round… Read More

The ‘golden age’ for research tools: Parse Biosciences raises $41.5M for single-cell tech

Alex Rosenberg was a postdoc at the University of Washington when he co-founded a new biotech startup in 2018 and… Read More

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