Health/Life Sciences – Page 24 of 54

Chinook Therapeutics raises $106M as it prepares to merge with Aduro Biotech

Chinook Therapeutics, a biotech company creating targeted therapies for kidney diseases, raised an additional $106 million just before its planned… Read More

Fred Hutch study: Here’s what it would take to reopen schools safely during the pandemic

New research led by Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center outlines the steps needed to safely reopen schools during the… Read More

Health tech company Accolade boosts revenue 25% in first report since IPO, as COVID-19 roils industry

Seattle entrepreneur and former Concur president Raj Singh was back in the earnings hot seat Thursday afternoon as the CEO… Read More

Fred Hutch and Allen Institute launch study of milder COVID-19 cases, aiming for unique insights

Many researchers have been seeking to better understand COVID-19 by investigating severe cases of the disease, but a new study… Read More

Shares of Seattle biotech firm Omeros spike after reporting COVID-19 treatment results

Omeros stock shot up more than 60% after the Seattle-based biotech company reported promising results from its COVID-19 drug treatment.… Read More

Industry slowdown hits Adaptive Biotech’s bottom line as COVID immune initiatives show progress

Adaptive Biotechnologies’ revenue fell 5% to $21 million in the second quarter, and its net loss more than doubled to… Read More

Super spreaders drive COVID-19: 80% of those infected likely don’t spread disease, Fred Hutch study finds

About 80% of people infected with the novel coronavirus don’t spread the infection to anyone else, leaving the so-called super… Read More

New biotech startup GentiBio lands $20M, inks licensing deals with Seattle Children’s and BRI

Boston-based biotech startup GentiBio this week announced a $20 million funding round and licensing deals with two Seattle research institutions.… Read More

Seattle startup Xealth lands investment from Cerner as COVID-19 accelerates digital health adoption

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing hospital systems to adopt digital tools at record pace. They are getting help from startups… Read More

Seattle-area healthcare software company Edifecs lands private equity investment

Edifecs, a 24-year-old healthcare software maker based in Bellevue, Wash., today announced a fresh cash infusion from private equity firms… Read More

Adaptive Biotech pushes ahead with new Seattle HQ, showing strength of life sciences industry

Topping-off ceremonies, in which workers place the last piece of structural steel for new building, have become run-of-the-mill over the… Read More

Inspired by son’s health issues, Seattle entrepreneur launches at-home ear-nose-throat monitor

Jane Zhang knew there had to be a better way. Despite extra attention on hygiene and eating healthy, Zhang’s 2-year-old… Read More

Tasso raises $17M for self-sample blood test; CEO says pandemic increases demand for at-home tests

Seattle startup Tasso closed a $17 million investment round to help grow its at-home blood collection platform. The company’s blood… Read More

New UW COVID-19 study will test 7k people across WA state, funded by $3.4M from Allen Foundation

The University of Washington will test a random sample of 7,000 people across Washington state for COVID-19 and related antibodies… Read More

Seattle-area medical device startup CurvaFix raises $10.7M for curved bone implant tech

Medical device startup CurvaFix raised $10.7 million to spur development of its technology that helps repair fractures in curved bones.… Read More

Seattle-tested coronavirus vaccine shows promising progress; Fauci calls it ‘good news’

A COVID-19 vaccine developed by Massachusetts-based Moderna is ready for more tests after showing a promising immune system response in… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies will sell 8M shares to accelerate drug development

Adaptive Biotechnologies announced Tuesday that it will sell 8 million shares of its common stock — 6 million of its… Read More

Amazon plans 20 healthcare clinics across U.S. for warehouse employees and their families

Amazon plans to establish healthcare facilities for its warehouse workers and their families across the country. The company unveiled the… Read More

Medical device startup LumiThera raises $14M to further develop treatment for ocular disorders

LumiThera, the Poulsbo, Wash.-based medical device startup developing a treatment for ocular disorders and diseases, has raised $14 million in… Read More

Microsoft releases preview of Text Analytics for health, battle-tested in COVID-19 partnership

Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform announced a new iteration of its Text Analytics technology for healthcare, bringing to market some of… Read More

Accolade CEO Raj Singh on health tech company’s IPO, path to profits, and the pandemic’s ‘second hit’

Accolade’s share price is up 38% since its initial public offering on Thursday, marking a successful debut for the health… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: What pandemic? Tech funding stays strong; Accolade’s IPO; Future of sports

Here’s what we’re talking about on the GeekWire Podcast this week. Despite the pandemic, funding for Pacific Northwest tech startups… Read More

Health tech company Accolade goes public at $1.2B valuation in Seattle’s first IPO of 2020

Health benefits platform Accolade made its initial public offering Thursday morning, pricing its stock at $22/share, above the expected range… Read More

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center cuts 76 jobs, eliminates 81 open roles, citing downturn

Updated with Fred Hutch confirmation and additional details. Seattle’s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is cutting more than 70 jobs,… Read More

Public health officials do a reality check on Elon Musk’s tweets about COVID-19 tests

Billionaire Elon Musk knows his stuff when it comes to rockets or electric cars. But does that translate into epidemiological… Read More

Bill Gates says pandemic could get ‘worse than I would have expected’ — and calls for leadership

Tech leaders typically use their TED talks to sketch out an optimistic vision of the future, but today Bill Gates… Read More

Sentinel Healthcare extends its COVID-19 tracking system to retirement communities

As concerns about a resurgence of the coronavirus outbreak are widening, so is the reach of the COVID-19 tracking platform… Read More

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center names new board chair and adds trustees

The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center named a new chair of its board of trustees, Kathy Surace-Smith, a senior vice… Read More

Allen Institute will host $40.5M brain research center to map the effects of Alzheimer’s disease

A $40.5 million collaborative research center headquartered at Seattle’s Allen Institute aims to create high-resolution maps of brains ravaged by… Read More

Pandemic projections suggest requiring masks could save 33,000 lives in U.S.

The University of Washington’s Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation has added mask-on and mask-off options to its computer-based projections… Read More