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Robert Overell

PhaseRX sells to Roivant Sciences for $800,000 two months after declaring bankruptcy

Seattle biotech company PhaseRX is being bought by multinational drug commercialization company Roivant Sciences, according to an SEC filing. Roivant… Read More

Robert Overell

Seattle biotech company PhaseRX files for bankruptcy, just 19 months after going public

In May of last year, biotech company PhaseRX broke an unprecedented IPO drought in Seattle with its $18.5 million initial public… Read More

These 3 Seattle-area companies ended the IPO drought in 2016, and companies to watch for 2017

There weren’t many Seattle-area technology companies that completed IPOs in 2016, but it was enough to beat last year’s unprecedented drought.… Read More

Robert Overell

PhaseRx liver disease drug receives boost from FDA, stock soars

Seattle-based biotech company PhaseRx develops drug candidates to treat rare, often life-threatening liver diseases, and one of their candidates just got… Read More

Robert Overell

Geek of the Week: PhaseRx CEO Robert Overell is on a mission to save children with biotechnology

Plenty of companies promise to change people’s lives by offering them something that was perhaps previously unavailable. As the founder, president and… Read More

Wistar Kay

Tech Moves: Rob Fiddick replaces Wistar Kay at Department of Commerce; Apptio adds to exec team; and more

Wistar Kay, business development manager for the Washington State Department of Commerce, has announced her retirement effective Aug. 19, and… Read More

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