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Health/Life Sciences

Tech Moves: Twilio hires ex-Microsoft engineering leader as CTO; Nintendo adds exec; and more

— Mark Simms, a former longtime Microsoft engineering leader, has joined Twilio as chief technology officer. Simms spent 14 years… Read More

Gates Foundation will boost annual payout 50% to $9B in call to action against ‘huge global setbacks’

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation says it will increase its annual payout in grants and other financial assistance by… Read More

Fred Hutch and Amazon collaborating on clinical trial to test vaccines against cancer

Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is leveraging Amazon’s machine learning expertise to collaborate on an early-stage clinical trial testing an anti-cancer… Read More

Spinning out science startups: UW’s Institute for Protein Design brings research beyond ivory tower

The Institute for Protein Design is an innovation factory. Since launching a decade ago, the University of Washington institution has… Read More

Report: Merck in ‘advanced talks’ to acquire Seattle-area biotech giant Seagen for around $40B

A new Wall Street Journal report revealed that Merck is in “advanced talks” to acquire Seattle-area biotech giant Seagen in… Read More

Life sciences news roundup: COVID-19 vaccines developed in Seattle get green light, and more

Two COVID-19 vaccines developed in Seattle got the nod from regulatory agencies outside the U.S. this week. A University of… Read More

Supple steaks and tasty veggies: Xerox PARC spinout keeps food fresh at freezing temperatures

A new startup aims to change how food is preserved and stored, using tech that keeps meat, fish and produce… Read More

ARCH Venture Partners raises close to $3B for early-stage biotech fund

ARCH Venture Partners has closed a $2.975 billion fund targeted for early-stage biotech companies. The firm’s 12th venture fund comes… Read More

COVID-19 shots with Seattle origins reach regulatory milestones in South Korea, India

Two COVID-19 vaccines with roots in Seattle cleared major regulatory milestones Wednesday. South Korea approved a shot developed by University… Read More

Biotech startups join AWS and other partners in open-source project to help design new proteins

Three Seattle biotech companies are joining forces to support open-access development of protein folding and design software. The project, called… Read More

‘I wouldn’t be an engineer without it’: UW program supports underserved STEM students

A University of Washington program to support STEM students from low-income and underserved backgrounds is now nine years old. And… Read More

Construction begins at new 197K square-foot life sciences building in Seattle near Space Needle

Ground broke on Wednesday at a new 197,000 square foot life sciences building under construction in Seattle at the foot… Read More

Gates Foundation funds biotech company cataloging the viruses that infect bacteria

A Seattle DNA analysis startup is taking on a project with global ambitions with $5.5 million in new funds from… Read More

Athira Pharma shares drop nearly 70% on release of clinical trial data for Alzheimer’s disease

Athira Pharma’s stock plummeted nearly 70% Wednesday after a clinical trial testing its candidate drug for Alzheimer’s disease failed to… Read More

Health data company Truveta to partner with Pfizer on monitoring COVID vaccines and therapies

Seattle-area health data company Truveta announced a partnership Tuesday with biopharma giant Pfizer, which will use Truveta’s platform to monitor… Read More

Q&A with former Facebook exec leading a new health data analytics venture in Seattle

Over the last several months, Julie Rezek has pulled together six healthcare companies under one roof. The combined company, Bellevue-Wash.-based… Read More

Merck reportedly eyeing acquisition of Seattle biotech giant Seagen

Biopharma giant Merck is considering an acquisition of Seagen, the Seattle area’s biggest biotech company, according to a report in… Read More

Adaptive Biotechnologies launches T cell-based test for Lyme disease

Adaptive Biotechnologies unveiled a new type of test Wednesday for Lyme disease that may be most useful at detecting disease… Read More

Biotech training camp founded by students launches in Seattle

Nucleate, a student-run biotech training program, is now in Seattle. The program was founded in 2018 by Harvard graduate students… Read More

Seattle Children’s Research Institute launches $45M program to increase diversity in biotech

Seattle Children’s Research Institute (SCRI) will train scientists from groups historically underrepresented in biotech as part of a new $45… Read More

Top life sciences cities: Seattle at No. 9 in latest rankings as industry employment booms

The number of life sciences researchers in the Seattle area grew 24% from 2015 to 2020, part of a nationwide… Read More

Life sciences news: New startups, fundings, mergers, clinical trials, partnerships

Here’s a rundown of life sciences and health news across the Pacific Northwest this week. Talus Bioscience raised $9.75 million.… Read More

Boulder Care raises $36M to grow telehealth platform to treat opioid addiction

Boulder Care, the Portland startup using telehealth to treat people with substance use disorder, has raised $36 million in new… Read More

David Baker, head of Seattle’s Institute for Protein Design, launches London biotech startup

Prolific biotech co-founder and University of Washington scientist David Baker, head of the UW Institute for Protein Design, has launched… Read More

Seattle biotech Kineta will go public in deal with neurosciences company Yumanity Therapeutics

Seattle biotech company Kineta is going public through a merger with Yumanity Therapeutics, a neurosciences company based in Boston. Yumanity… Read More

Inspired by scientist CEOs, Seattle startup lands $9.75M to build up drug discovery platform

A biotech startup born of an academic research project and inspired by emerging companies led by scientific founders is growing… Read More

Life Sciences News: Manufacturing facilities in Spokane and Seattle area; deals, funding, and more

Here’s a rundown of the top life sciences and health news across the Pacific Northwest this week. Sana Biotechnology will… Read More

ProfoundBio, led by Seagen veterans, raises $70M

ProfoundBio has raised $70 million to advance two of its oncology drug candidates into clinical trial. The company is developing… Read More

Cambia Grove healthcare innovation hub in Seattle rebrands to health policy center

Seattle healthcare innovation hub Cambia Grove has transformed into something new: the Regence Health Policy Center. Cambia Grove launched in… Read More

Sana Biotechnology to build manufacturing facility in Seattle area, switching from California

After announcing plans last summer to build its manufacturing facility in California, Sana Biotechnology has changed course. The cell and… Read More

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