Health/Life Sciences – Page 23 of 54

Providence combines 9 existing investments to form new healthcare services company Tegria

Healthcare giant Providence announced the creation of a new services company called Tegria that combines nine of its existing investments… Read More

Seattle startup HDT Bio raises $3M to support development of COVID-19 vaccine

[Update 2/16/21: HDT Bio announced an additional $3 million in seed financing, bringing the round, led by Zoic Capital, to… Read More

Fred Hutch opens dedicated research center in Seattle to test treatments for COVID-19 patients

Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is opening a new facility dedicated to testing treatments for people who have tested… Read More

Seattle-area startup Cardiac Dimensions raises $17.5M for heart-valve repair device

Kirkland, Wash.-based Cardiac Dimensions raised a $17.5 million Series C round. The company will use the fresh cash to help… Read More

Phase Genomics lands $3.9M in grants to improve testing for chromosomal abnormalities

Seattle biotech company Phase Genomics announced Wednesday that it received two National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants totaling $3.9 million.… Read More

New research from Fred Hutch shows that an app can dramatically help smokers quit

An app developed by the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is nearly four times more effective at helping smokers quit… Read More

Seattle gene therapy biotech startup Immusoft raises $4.5M

Seattle-based biotech startup Immusoft raised another $4.5 million and landed a $467,000 NIH grant to help further development of its drugs… Read More

Scientists find more potential ingredients for ‘antibody cocktail’ that fights COVID-19

An international research team led by University of Washington scientists has identified two kinds of “ultrapotent human antibodies” that could… Read More

Seattle biotech Silverback Therapeutics raises $85M, just six months after raising $78.5M

Seattle biotech startup Silverback Therapeutics continues to raise capital to support development of its therapies for cancer, fibrosis, and other conditions.… Read More

Buzzworthy AI: Microsoft expands its Premonition mosquito-tracking outbreak prediction system

Five years after starting out as an experimental project to see if advanced sensors and artificial intelligence could spot the… Read More

Sam’s Club partners with Seattle startup 98point6 to offer customers telehealth service

Sam’s Club, a division of Walmart, is promoting Seattle startup 98point6 as a telehealth service for its customers. The grocery… Read More

Illumina will pay $8B to acquire Grail, the Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos-backed cancer detection company

Cancer detection startup Grail will be acquired by DNA sequencing machine maker Illumina for $8 billion in cash and stock, the… Read More

Athira Pharma raises $204M in IPO, reaching ‘big milestone’ in fight against Alzheimer’s and other diseases

More than 5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s disease, and the number is projected to rise to nearly 14 million by… Read More

Athira Pharma prices IPO at $17/share, will raise $204M in third Washington state IPO of 2020

Athira Pharma will raise at least $204 million as the Seattle biotech startup becomes a public company on Friday. Athira… Read More

Can a watch detect COVID-19? Here’s how Apple and the University of Washington plan to find out

The blood oxygen measurement feature in the newly announced Apple Watch Series 6 will provide one of the key inputs… Read More

Merck’s multi-billion dollar bet on Seattle Genetics sparks hope for breast cancer treatments

Shares of Seattle Genetics are soaring more than 10% this morning after the Bothell, Wash.-based biotechnology company struck a deal… Read More

Seattle biotech Athira Pharma sets terms for IPO, aims to raise up to $170M

Athira Pharma plans to price its stock at $15 to $17 per share and raise up to $170 million in… Read More

Seattle entrepreneurs lead new digital health platform DexCare, incubated at Providence

Providence’s Digital Innovation Group is adding two Seattle entrepreneurs and former colleagues to lead its newest incubated health tech startup,… Read More

Genetic sleuths flesh out the story of how coronavirus got its start in Washington

Detailed genetic analyses of the strains of virus that cause COVID-19 suggest that the outbreak took hold in Washington state… Read More

Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos-backed cancer detection company Grail, led by ex-Juno CEO, files for IPO

Cancer detection startup Grail today filed to go public as the Silicon Valley biotech aims to raise more funding for… Read More

Scientists design proteins that could keep coronavirus from spreading COVID-19

Imagine being able to ward off COVID-19 just by spritzing a nasal spray into your nostrils. It may not be… Read More

Amazon Halo team hints at larger ambitions, with ‘full roadmap’ of health devices and experiences

Amazon’s new Halo tracker and service are just the start of a “full roadmap of new and innovative devices and… Read More

Seattle health tech startup Optimize.health raises $15.6M for remote patient monitoring service

Seattle startup Optimize.health raised $15.6 million to help meet demand for its remote patient monitoring technology as investor interest in… Read More

Seattle-area inventor wins global COVID hackathon for tech that alerts public about crowded spaces

As COVID-19 social distancing restrictions have eased, people are going into stores, restaurants and restrooms while still trying to stay… Read More

Sensoria Health unveils new band that monitors key COVID-19 indicators, including blood oxygenation

Sensoria Health, makers of wearable technology designed to improve healthcare, has a new Smart Band that tracks key vitals and… Read More

Seattle biotech startup led by Fred Hutch, Adaptive vets raises $16M for rapid drug development tech

Lumen Bioscience today announced a $16 million Series B round to help support its novel approach to rapid and low-cost… Read More

KitoTech raises $3M as demand soars for its at-home no-stitch wound closure kit

Seattle healthcare startup KitoTech Medical faced a challenge at the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was difficult to pitch… Read More

Researchers discover new avenue for fighting COVID-19, Ebola and other viral diseases

A team including researchers from Seattle’s Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason has identified a new pathway for protecting cells… Read More

Seattle’s Athira Pharma files for IPO to fund quest for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s breakthroughs

Athira Pharma is aiming to go public. The Seattle biotech filed initial IPO paperwork Wednesday, a surprising move that would… Read More

Eyedropper startup Nanodropper lands new $500k Air Force contract as it begins shipping device

Nanodropper, makers of an eye drop bottle adapter that reduces the size of eye drops and saves medication and money… Read More