Health/Life Sciences – Page 14 of 54

Omeros sells eye surgery product to Rayner for $126M in cash

Seattle biotech Omeros completed a deal Thursday to sell Omidria, a product used in eye surgery, to Rayner Surgical Group.… Read More

Biosensor startup Monod lands $6M and spins out of Univ. of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design

A new biotech startup has hatched from the University of Washington’s Institute for Protein Design with $6 million in funding… Read More

Washington health officials encourage remote work and boosters amid Omicron surge

Washington state public health officials are urging people to get vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19. They also advised employers to… Read More

Bill Gates cancels his holiday plans, says ‘we could be entering the worst part of the pandemic’

Bill Gates is taking the action that many people are perhaps dreading themselves — canceling most of his holiday plans… Read More

Life sciences developer Alexandria grows Seattle area footprint, pays $77.5M for land in Bellevue

Alexandria Real Equities, a life sciences real estate developer, has bought a 5.2-acre property in Bellevue, Wash., for $77.5 million.… Read More

Health software company Edifecs continues acquisition run, swoops up Health Fidelity

Bellevue, Wash.-based health software company Edifecs has acquired Health Fidelity, a San Mateo, Calif.-based startup. The acquisition will enable Edifecs… Read More

Omicron surging rapidly in Seattle area, projections show huge spike within a week

The Omicron COVID-19 variant is surging in the Seattle area with speed that has the potential to overload health care… Read More

Amazon consolidates healthcare groups under veteran exec, shakes up pharmacy leadership

Amazon senior executive Neil Lindsay, a key figure in the growth of the company’s Kindle and Prime businesses, has been… Read More

Seattle startup Tasso lands $100M for self-administered blood collection devices

Seattle-based Tasso, which makes devices for the self-collection of blood samples, has landed $100 million in funding. Tasso’s devices work… Read More

Univ. of Washington AI protein folding discovery wins ‘Breakthrough of the Year’ award from Science

Science magazine has revealed its breakthrough of the year: Artificial intelligence discoveries that predict how proteins fold, forged by researchers… Read More

Omicron variant likely to surge in Seattle area as health officials urge booster shots

Health officials in King County are anticipating a likely surge of the fast-spreading Omicron COVID-19 variant, said county health officer… Read More

COVID-19 misinformation still featured on Amazon, months after inquiries from lawmakers

Amazon’s e-commerce site still prominently features content about COVID-19 that was deemed as misinformation and called out more than two… Read More

Omicron rising rapidly in Washington state, early data suggest

Early data from the University of Washington suggest that the Omicron COVID-19 variant may already be spreading rapidly in Washington… Read More

Review: Amazon’s Halo View health tracker is a good second release, with some awkward quirks

Amazon’s original Halo Band, released last year, was notable both for what it lacked (a screen) and for what it… Read More

Report: Life sciences sector is booming as companies swoop up lab space and raise gobs of cash

It’s hard for life sciences startups to find lab space, and there’s a good reason. The sector has been on… Read More

Funding news: Cyrus lands $18M and buys startup developing COVID-19 therapeutic; Spare Labs snags $18M for mobility software

The news: Seattle-based protein engineering company Cyrus Biotechnology has raised $18 million and acquired Orthogonal Biologics, a spinout from the… Read More

Univ. of Washington researchers to test psilocybin in healthcare workers affected by pandemic

Can psilocybin help relieve the mental health burden of clinicians affected by the COVID-19 pandemic? That’s a question University of… Read More

FDA gives clearance to sonar-based app that monitors breathing

Sound Life Sciences has clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to market its app that monitors breathing, the… Read More

Tune Therapeutics launches with $40M in funding, aims to fine-tune activity of genes in cells

A new biotech startup with operations in Seattle and Durham, N.C., has launched with $40 million in new funding and… Read More

Univ. of Washington deep learning researchers ‘hallucinate’ protein designs from scratch

New protein structures not seen in nature have emerged from deep learning software deployed by University of Washington researchers and… Read More

Highlights from comedian Trevor Noah interviewing Fred Hutch COVID-19 researcher Trevor Bedford

Trevor, meet Trevor. Trevor Noah, “The Daily Show” host and South African comedian, came through Seattle last week on tour… Read More

COVID-19 experts answer questions about Omicron — and where the variant may have come from

There’s not a lot known about the new COVID-19 variant Omicron, but what scientists see so far has them on… Read More

Chinook Therapeutics helps form China-based biotech venture to treat kidney disease

The news: Chinook Therapeutics on Tuesday announced the formation of SanReno Therapeutics, which will advance therapies for kidney disease in… Read More

Univ. of Washington researchers develop device to detect opioid overdose and inject antidote

University of Washington researchers are developing a wearable device to detect opioid overdoses and administer a drug to reverse them.… Read More

Univ. of Washington spinout aims to detect eye and body movement using sensors embedded in paper

A new company out of the University of Washington launched this week with technology to sense human gestures, body functions… Read More

University of Washington study: Deep learning reveals 3D models of protein machines

A new study peers into the structure of hundreds of protein complexes in cells that control everything from energy use… Read More

Rapid COVID-19 test maker Anavasi Diagnostics lands funding from National Institutes of Health

The gist: Woodinville, Wash.-based startup Anavasi Diagnostics will advance the commercialization of its rapid COVID-19 test with $14.9 million in… Read More

Gut health startup Viome raises $54M to develop cancer diagnostics and sell microbiome kits

Viome Life Sciences has raised $54 million. The funding will bolster the company’s efforts to develop cancer diagnostics and support… Read More

Seattle-area startup Inventprise gets backing from Gates Foundation for pneumonia shot

Inventprise has been slowly growing in Redmond, Wash., expanding into four research and manufacturing facilities to support early development of… Read More

Swedish Health Services launches new cancer research center with $20M from Paul Allen

Swedish Health Services announced the launch of a new research center with $20 million from the late Seattle philanthropist and… Read More