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LumiThera raises cash for medical device that uses light to fight vision loss

Startup and researchers get 31M grant to bring personalized cancerfighting tech to patients

Seattle neurology startup Eliem Therapeutics raises 60M two months after landing 80M

98point6 raises 43M from Goldman Sachs Costco cofounder others to expand virtual healthcare tech

Scientists find more potential ingredients for antibody cocktail that fights COVID19

Healthcare tech company Accolade reportedly hires banks ahead of potential IPO

Washington State U launches Spinout Space in Spokane incubator for life sciences startups

Report: Amazon seriously considering entering the pharmacy market selling drugs online

Tadataka Yamada 19452021: Pioneer in drug development led global health at Gates Foundation

When internet access is life or death: Officials visit Seattle hospital on net neutrality campaign

Steth IO launches smartphonebased stethoscope that visualizes heartbeats invented by teenager

Seattle biotech startup raises 20M to develop gene therapy technology

Athira Pharma raises 204M in IPO reaching big milestone in fight against Alzheimers and other diseases

Eliem is latest Seattlearea biotech to go public raises 80M to help fuel treatments for nervous system disorders

Tune Therapeutics launches with 40M in funding aims to finetune activity of genes in cells

Seattlearea inventor wins global COVID hackathon for tech that alerts public about crowded spaces

Healthcare tech startup 98point6 raises 50M led by Goldman Sachs to expand its virtual clinic

Intellectual Ventures malariahunting AI microscope is ready for commercial debut

Navigating Cancers founder and former CEO sues its investor Merck alleging gender bias and interference with acquisition talks

Naveen Jains microbiome startup Viome is raising more cash

Sana Biotechnology inks 50M deal for precise gene editing system from Beam Therapeutics

Alexandria doubles down on decadeslong Seattle biotech bet with Mercer Mega Block deal

Synthetic biology startup AbSci raises 65M to expand Protein Printing tech

Health tech company Accolade boosts revenue 25 in first report since IPO as COVID19 roils industry

Pixvana helps develop therapy in virtual reality aimed at kids dealing with depression and anxiety

Cat celebrity Lil Bub lends poop to Seattle startup leading to discovery of new kinds of bacteria

Grandson of Jonas Salk raises cash to find genetic needles in the haystack

Seattle healthcare data startup Truveta lands investment from Microsoft and forms partnership

Startup Aminex Therapeutics raises 10M begins clinical trials of immunotherapy treatment

Former HHS tech chief says biohackers are the Lewis and Clark of healthcare data

After heated Reddit AMA Providence Health digital unit confirms layoffs and addresses claims of sexist culture

Navigating Cancer hires longtime tech exec Bill Bunker to lead oncology patient management startup

Seattles Integrated Diagnostics acquired by lung cancer technology company Biodesix

Seattle startup raises cash for app that gives patients control of their medical records

Stratos Genomics raises 20M to commercialize fast DNA sequencing technology

Concure Oncology raises 2M to bring innovative breast cancer radiation therapy to more patients

Univ of Washington spinout Icosavax raises 51M to fight viruses with computerdesigned vaccines

Owl Insights raises cash for mental health treatment software platform

Health tech startup Medcurity adds 200K in funding with plans to hire and expand training

Brave Care raises 10M to expand its primary and urgent care clinics for kids grow remote services

Universal blood test from Microsoft and Adaptive is a Googlesized data challenge

Novo Nordisk teaming up with startups for diabetes challenge aiming to create new digital health tools

Medical device startup Sterifre nabs 8M to launch sterilization technology

Aquinox Pharmaceuticals set to acquire University of Wash spinout Neoleukin Therapeutics

UW spinout Opticyte lands 46M to test device that quickly detects early signs of organ failure

Univ of Washington deep learning researchers hallucinate protein designs from scratch

Gates Foundation reverses position on COVID vaccine patent protections after mounting pressure

Stealthy startup Taproot Medical Technologies raises funds to develop nextgen biomaterials

Riding a telemedicine wave docs trade white coats for the tech life testing the limits of health care

Seattlearea psychedelics startup CaaMTech raises 22M to advance to human testing