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Juno Therapeutics

Juno Therapeutics vets Steve Harr and Hans Bishop on building startups, working with tech, and more

Hans Bishop and Steve Harr know a few things about biotech. The pair once worked together at Seattle flagship cell… Read More

Juno’s lasting legacy: How the cell therapy juggernaut influenced biotech in Seattle and beyond

When Juno Therapeutics launched in 2013, cell therapy was a nascent field. Early clinical studies were showing dramatic rates of… Read More

Bristol Myers Squibb exec on the company’s growth in Seattle and beating cancer with immune cells

Pharmaceutical giant Bristol Myers Squibb has been quietly growing in the Seattle area. Since acquiring Celgene and its Seattle operations… Read More

Seattle-based Shape Therapeutics raises $112M to develop RNA-editing and gene therapies

Shape Therapeutics, a Seattle preclinical stage biotech company developing RNA editing and gene therapy technologies, has raised $112 million. The… Read More

Bristol-Myers deal to acquire Juno parent Celgene delayed amid FTC concerns

The $74 billion merger of Bristol-Myers Squibb and Celgene has been delayed as FTC pushback spurred Celgene to divest a… Read More

Bristol-Myers Squibb exec on how can Seattle grow — and keep — big biotech companies

Henrik Andersen, head of biologics development at Bristol-Myers Squibb, knows what it’s like to be at a hot biotech when… Read More

Alder BioPharmaceuticals raises $170M in stock offering as FDA reviews its migraine therapy

Alder BioPharmaceuticals has raised $170 million in a stock offering and is ramping up operations after filing an FDA application… Read More

Bristol-Myers Squibb’s $74B acquisition of Juno parent Celgene puts Seattle biotech world on alert

Things are a little on edge in Seattle’s biotech scene after the Jan. 3 announcement that pharmaceutical giant Bristol-Myers Squibb… Read More

Former Juno execs unveil Sana, a new cell engineering biotech that’s reportedly raising more than $800M

Former Juno Therapeutics executives Hans Bishop and Steve Harr have launched Sana Biotechnology, a startup focused on cell therapy, gene… Read More

Celgene CEO: Treating cancer is becoming ‘ironically easy’ — now the problem is affordability

BELLEVUE, Wash. — Cancer treatments have improved astronomically in the past few decades. But as more patients overcome the disease,… Read More

Juno Therapeutics agrees to pay $24M to stockholders in suit over disclosure of patient deaths

More than two years after a slate of patient deaths in a clinical trial, cancer immunotherapy company Juno Therapeutics is poised… Read More

Tech Moves: Microsoft vets move to Amazon; NurseGrid expands executive team; and more

In one of two recent Microsoft-to-Amazon moves, Brian Schultz, who has worked on-and-off at Microsoft since 1999, is now working on… Read More

Hans Bishop

Longtime Juno Therapeutics CEO Hans Bishop leaves role after acquisition by Celgene

Hans Bishop, the co-founder and longtime CEO of immunotherapy company Juno Therapeutics, has quietly left that role following the company’s… Read More

Cell therapies are giving Seattle an edge in biotech, driving three acquisitions in under a month

On a chilly Monday morning in January, Seattle awoke to the news that one of its most promising companies, Juno… Read More

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Week in Geek Podcast: A $9B biotech deal and a look at Pittsburgh’s tech renaissance

GeekWire is going to Pittsburgh to cover the city’s tech renaissance, the challenges it faces as it grows and the… Read More

Why Celgene decided to buy Juno Therapeutics for $9B — with a little help from U.S. tax reform

When Celgene announced Monday that it will acquire Seattle-based biotech Juno Therapeutics for $9 billion, the development was a surprise… Read More

Juno Therapeutics acquired by Celgene for $9B in dramatic deal for rising biotech star

Juno Therapeutics, the Seattle-based biotech company making cutting-edge cancer immunotherapy treatments, has reached a deal to be acquired by New Jersey-based… Read More

Juno Therapeutics stock surges 50% as Celgene is reportedly in talks to buy the company

New Jersey-based biotech giant Celgene is in talks to buy Seattle-based biotech Juno Therapeutics, according to a report in the… Read More

Tech Moves: Hillel Cooperman named SVP at Oracle; Seattle architecture leader Karen Thomas promoted at Gensler; CrowdCow taps startup vet Fioca; etc.

Longtime Seattle tech design leader Hillel Cooperman has joined Oracle as the company’s senior vice president of user experience and design,… Read More

Tech moves: Groupon adds former Amazon VP as CTO; Juno expands executive team; and more

Daily deals company Groupon announced Tuesday that it has added a new face to its leadership board: Former Time and… Read More

Juno finds clinical success with cancer drug, beats analyst expectations with $44M in revenue

Juno Therapeutics, the Seattle-based biotech company developing immunotherapy cancer treatments, unveiled promising new data from a study on its flagship… Read More

New study could point to solution for deadly immunotherapy side effects

CAR T immunotherapies — which genetically program immune cells to fight cancer — hold incredible promise for cancer patients who… Read More

Juno Therapeutics’ giant new Seattle HQ is designed to destroy cancer

When you walk into Juno Therapeutics‘ new headquarters in Seattle, your eyes are immediately drawn to the view. The office’s… Read More

Photos: Inside Juno Therapeutics’ new custom-built headquarters and cancer research labs

Finding any kind of real estate in Seattle is pretty hard — and for a large, public biotech company like Juno… Read More

Podcast

Week in Geek Podcast: Uber’s CEO surprise, a milestone in the fight against cancer, and more

It was an unusually busy week for news in the world of business, technology and science. Join us on this… Read More

Landmark FDA approval clears the way for gene therapy treatments that fight cancer

The Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday that it has approved the first CAR T immunotherapy in the United States,… Read More

Hans Bishop

Juno Therapeutics stock jumps 40% as rival Kite Pharma reaches deal to be acquired for $11.9B

Seattle’s Juno Therapeutics, a biotech company developing cutting edge CAR T immunotherapies for cancer, faces a narrow field of competitors. Few… Read More

Hans Bishop

Juno Therapeutics posts mixed results, remains optimistic about treatment pipeline

Seattle-based biotech company Juno Therapeutics beat analyst expectations in its second quarter revenue Thursday, reporting $21.3 million in revenue for… Read More

Tech Moves: Amperity adds former Facebook engineering leader; Ex-Amazon talent director joins Outreach; and more

Dave Fetterman has had what you might call an illustrious career. He earned two degrees from Harvard, spent his first… Read More

Hans Bishop

Juno Therapeutics’ revenue surges on Celgene partnership, loss increases on R&D spending

Seattle-based biotech juggernaut Juno Therapeutics delivered mixed results in its 2017 quarter one earnings report Thursday — the first financial report… Read More

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