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Meet Tom Daniel, the new CEO of Washington Research Foundation

Washington Research Foundation has appointed a new CEO: Tom Daniel, former chairman of the University of Washington’s Department of Biology.… Read More

Tech Moves: Lumen taps former Microsoft exec as CEO; Seattle Children’s hires research officer

— Kate Johnson will become the new CEO of Lumen Technologies, formerly known as CenturyLink. She was also appointed president and… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies inks deal with healthcare fund to beef up balance sheet

Adaptive Biotechnologies will raise up to $250 million in a deal announced Monday with healthcare investment firm OrbiMed, which will… Read More

Nearly 400 workers in Washington state will be laid off due to Amazon Care shutdown

Almost 400 workers based in Washington state will be laid off as a result of the company’s decision to shut… Read More

Largest gift in Fred Hutch history: $78M from Stuart and Molly Sloan will support precision oncology

A gift of $78 million will seed a new institute at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center and support research into precision… Read More

Roche to acquire Good Therapeutics’ lead drug program for $250M, plus milestone payments

Pharmaceutical giant Roche will acquire Good Therapeutics, reeling in its lead program six years after the Seattle startup was founded… Read More

Life sciences data intelligence startup Amplion acquired by Science and Medicine Group

Amplion, a Bend, Ore,-based life sciences data intelligence company, is being acquired by data and publishing company Science and Medicine… Read More

Seattle biotech company is the first to receive approval to test B cell gene therapy in humans

Seattle biotech startup Immusoft has received approval to begin clinical trials of its novel strategy for treating genetic disease, the… Read More

Membrane-permeable peptides

Sneaky synthetic molecules open the way for new types of drugs and a new startup

Researchers at the University of Washington have discovered how to create peptide molecules that can slip through membranes to enter… Read More

Internal memo: Amazon Care to shut down, ‘not a complete enough offering’ for corporate customers

Amazon will stop offering its Amazon Care primary health-care services at the end of this year, according to an internal… Read More

Seattle mental health startup Alongside raises $5.5M, aims to test app with schools

A new startup is emerging in Seattle with plans to partner with schools to support adolescent mental health. Alongside is… Read More

Seattle startup aiming to detect, treat Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease raises cash

The news: University of Washington spinout AltPep recently raised $44.4 million, according to a regulatory filing. The company declined to… Read More

Nortis, a Seattle-based startup developing ‘organ-on-a-chip’ tech, raises cash

Nortis, a Seattle-area startup founded in 2011 that markets “organ-on-a-chip” technology, has raised $6 million, according to an SEC filing.… Read More

Startup detects COVID-19 using spit, light, and a computer built to analyze patterns

A Seattle-area startup called Pattern Computer is developing a rapid COVID-19 test based on patterns in light from spit, one of several… Read More

Seattle-area company that aims to treat disease with radio frequency energy files for IPO

EMulate Therapeutics, a 20-year-old Bellevue, Wash.-based company developing radio frequency energy technology to treat a range of diseases, filed to… Read More

Institute for Protein Design spinout Monod Bio raises $25M for molecular biosensors

The news: Monod Bio raised $25 million to develop molecular biosensors that light up when they bind their target. The sensors… Read More

How Amazon’s mandate against media leaks helped to seal its $3.9B deal to acquire One Medical

A new regulatory filing details Amazon’s behind-the-scenes talks for One Medical, leading up to the Seattle tech giant’s agreement to… Read More

Seattle startup HDT Bio lands $1.8M U.S. Army grant to develop nasal spray against viruses

Seattle startup HDT Bio will develop a nasal spray designed to counteract a wide range of respiratory viruses with a… Read More

Publicly traded biotech company Absci lays off employees, citing ‘macro-economic conditions’

Vancouver, Wash.-based drug design and development company Absci laid off employees Tuesday, a little more than a year after going… Read More

Fred Hutch spinout lands $10M for precision test to guide cancer treatment, develop drugs

Seattle startup SEngine Precision Medicine has raised $10 million to propel drug discovery and development and advance its test that… Read More

Dr. Anthony Fauci stops in Seattle for Fred Hutch Q&A, throws first pitch at Mariners game

Anthony Fauci, President Biden’s chief medical advisor and a leader of the country’s COVID-19 response, made a pit stop in… Read More

Prime healthcare: How Amazon’s $3.9B One Medical deal could boost its subscription program

Will consumers order up healthcare through Amazon Prime as easily as they stream The Boys or buy an Echo speaker?… Read More

Seagen reports $498M in Q2 revenue, stays silent on reported sale to Merck

Seagen reported second quarter revenue of $498 million, up 28%, beating analyst expectations. The company also recently reported “positive” early… Read More

Seattle biotech startup Ozette lands $26M from Microsoft, Madrona, others to analyze immune cells

The news: Single cell analysis startup Ozette Technologies, with deep roots in the Seattle academic and startup community, has raised… Read More

Biotech startup developing therapies that match molecules in human milk withdraws IPO filing

A quiet Seattle biotech company, Intrinsic Medicine, filed to go public in April but withdrew its plans yesterday, according to… Read More

Seagen releases data on combination therapy with Merck drug amid acquisition reports

Seattle area biotech company Seagen released early data on a trial of its drug Padcev combined with Merck’s Keytruda in… Read More

Frazier Healthcare Partners to bring Dutch biotech company public in SPAC deal

Frazier Healthcare Partners’ SPAC has found a partner. The venture firm inked a deal to bring Dutch biotech company NewAmsterdam… Read More

Can Amazon change healthcare? Experts sound off on tech giant’s $3.9B deal to buy One Medical

Amazon’s planned $3.9 billion acquisition of One Medical will bring Amazon further into healthcare. But whether the Seattle tech giant will… Read More

Silverback Therapeutics to merge with San Diego biotech company developing EpiPen alternative

Less than two years after its IPO and months after shutting down its once-promising oncology program, Seattle-based Silverback Therapeutics will… Read More

Amazon to acquire One Medical primary care company for $3.9B

Amazon announced a deal to acquire publicly traded primary care company One Medical for $3.9 billion, further fueling the Seattle-based… Read More

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