Health/Life Sciences – Page 5 of 54

Q&A with Seagen founder Clay Siegall on the Pfizer deal and his new biotech startup

Clay Siegall is proud of his legacy as co-founder and longtime CEO of Seagen, the largest biotech company in the… Read More

Seagen founder Clay Siegall is back in biotech as CEO of Purdue University spinout

Seagen founder Clay Siegall is jumping back into the biotech world as CEO and president of Morphimmune. Founded in 2020,… Read More

Microsoft subsidiary Nuance is using GPT-4 for a new physician notes app

Microsoft-owned AI company Nuance is leveraging GPT-4 to power new software designed to ease the burden of clinical documentation for… Read More

Biotech experts wary of Pfizer cutting Seagen workforce — but history reveals silver lining

Seattle-area biotech experts are eying the past warily in the wake of this week’s news that Pfizer plans to acquire… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft names lead independent director; startup vet Rebecca Lovell joins Greater Seattle Partners

— Rebecca Lovell was named chief operating officer of Greater Seattle Partners, a public-private sector initiative that seeks to attract… Read More

How Pfizer’s $43 billion acquisition of Seagen could impact the biotech industry in Seattle

Biopharma acquisitions often come with layoffs and lab shutdowns as smaller companies get absorbed. Whether that happens to Seagen is… Read More

Pfizer will acquire Seattle-area biotech giant Seagen for $43 billion

Pfizer is buying Seattle-area biotech giant Seagen in a massive $43 billion deal announced Monday. The deal is the largest… Read More

Biotech giant Moderna will open tech office in Seattle, plans to hire up to 220 workers

Cambridge, Mass.-based biotech company Moderna is opening an office in Seattle to build up its tech capacity, the company announced… Read More

Shares of Neoleukin Therapeutics spike after announcing layoffs and potential sale or merger

Neoleukin Therapeutics is slashing its workforce by about 70% as it seeks “strategic alternatives” for its future, according to a… Read More

Seattle-area startup using AI for mental health screening tech raises $8M

The news: Seattle-area healthcare startup Aiberry raised $8 million for its AI-powered software that analyzes audio, visual, and language from… Read More

Healthcare company Accolade lays off workers and closes offices

Seattle and Philadelphia area-based primary healthcare company Accolade is cutting its workforce and closing or reducing some facilities, according to… Read More

Seattle healthcare startup 98point6 selling part of its business for $100M to Transcarent

Healthcare company 98point6 is selling a portion of its business to San Francisco-based startup Transcarent for $100 million in cash… Read More

Endometriosis test wins top prize at Univ. of Washington health innovation competition

University of Washington students developing a potential test for endometriosis took home the top prize Thursday at the 8th annual… Read More

Novo Nordisk laying off 86 workers as part of lab shutdown in Seattle

Danish multinational biopharma company Novo Nordisk is laying off 86 employees in Seattle, according to a new filing with the… Read More

UW forms medical data science institute focused on AI, machine learning, healthcare

There’s a new institute brewing at the University of Washington at the intersection of artificial intelligence, machine learning and healthcare.… Read More

Ex-Amazon Pharmacy manager leads new startup aiming to help contractors save on medication

A new startup born out of Pioneer Square Labs in Seattle wants to help independent workers — including those who don’t… Read More

Seagen stock rises as Pfizer reportedly in talks to acquire Seattle-area biotech giant

Biopharma giant Pfizer is eyeing an acquisition of Seagen, the biggest biotech company in the Seattle area, according to a report in… Read More

Washington state lawmakers seek to further curb drug prices as biotech leaders raise alarm

Lawmakers in Washington state are considering legislation that would give a governor-appointed board extra authority to curtail the price of… Read More

Seattle institute lands $9.9M to develop nasal spray vaccine against bird flu

A Seattle organization devoted to infectious diseases, the Access to Advanced Health Institute, is aiming to develop an RNA-based nasal… Read More

Washington state lawmakers seek to ban at-home rape test kits after AG takes aim at startup

Washington state lawmakers are considering a bill to ban over-the-counter sexual assault test kits that critics say give false hope… Read More

Seagen vets land $4.4M for Univ. of Washington spinout using fresh approach for cancer vaccines

A biotech startup spun out of the University of Washington and led by veterans of Seattle-area biotech giant Seagen has… Read More

Personal story leads entrepreneur to launch a startup to improve cancer care in Africa and beyond

Seattle entrepreneur Kingsley Ndoh is driven by the memory of his aunt, who died too young of colon cancer. A… Read More

Privacy bill aims to protect health data on apps and websites in Washington state

Consumers in Washington state will gain new privacy protections over their health data if lawmakers pass proposed legislation called the… Read More

Seattle-area longevity company emerges from three startups, plans to go public via SPAC

Bradford Zakes recently helped combine the Seattle-area biotech company he led, Cerevast Medical, with two startups to create a new… Read More

UW biotech spinout raises $5M to develop gene therapy system for muscular dystrophy

The news: Myosana Therapeutics, a Seattle startup developing gene therapy technology, raised $5 million to develop an early-stage candidate treatment… Read More

Seattle startup aims to change surgery using AI, computer vision and augmented reality

In a former Boeing manufacturing facility near Seattle’s waterfront, a six-year old startup is readying a system it says will… Read More

Amazon offers generic drugs for $5 monthly fee with Prime, expanding healthcare arm

Amazon is offering a new healthcare service, RxPass, that lets Amazon Prime members access multiple generic medications for a flat… Read More

Steve and Connie Ballmer, Gates Foundation donate $20M to Univ. of Washington Medicine

The University of Washington announced a new endowed deanship at UW Medicine supported by two $10 million donations each from… Read More

Earwax-removal device heads to market with $8M, FDA clearance and a viral TikTok video

The man clicks a button on a device settled on his ears like a giant headphone set. A motor runs.… Read More

Amazon’s new healthcare service to offer COVID-19 treatment plans

Amazon Clinic, the online healthcare service launched by the tech giant in November, is now offering COVID-19 treatment plans to… Read More