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Novo the SMB neobank nabs 90M at a 700M valuation

Start innovating like crazy: Fastmoving genomics startup turns to RD to navigate the pandemic

Merck subsidiary StayWell acquires Portland digital health startup Provata Health

Seattlearea healthcare software company Edifecs lands private equity investment

Biotech company Absci which recently went public cuts ribbon on new HQ in Vancouver Wash

New presidential order will push for net neutrality limit large mergers restrict noncompete clauses

Big debut: Shares of Adaptive Biotechnologies rise 100 on first day as public company

Historic steam plant in Seattle gets a fresh new look courtesy of Fred Hutch

How Pfizers 43B acquisition of Seagen may impact Seattle and broader biotech market

Scribe Therapeutics launches a platform for engineering CRISPRbased therapeutics

Eyedropper startup Nanodropper lands new 500k Air Force contract as it begins shipping device

Apheris rethinks the AI data bottleneck in life science with federated computing

Scientists link mysterious snippets of DNA to cell growth and tumor suppression

Sonoma Biotherapeutics raises 265M to advance therapies for autoimmune inflammatory diseases

Providence St Joseph Health family health app Circle acquired by Wildflower Health

As good as it gets: Modernas COVID19 vaccine which got its start in Seattle is 945 effective

Volunteers launch database for COVID19 test centers across US and run it like a tech startup

KitoTech raises 3M as demand soars for its athome nostitch wound closure kit

Telehealth services save patients 100 per doctors visit study finds but they still have a PR problem

Seattle tech veterans rush to build an app to trace COVID19 exposure only to run into Apple rejection

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

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

After buying Seattle startup PvP Biologics for 330M Takeda to advance celiac disease treatment

Kineta signs multimillion dollar collaboration with Genentech to develop nonopioid pain medication

The search for a COVID19 cure: Amgen and Adaptive Biotech partner in quest for new drug

This startup just raised cash for its robots that help farmers monitor vineyards and crops

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

Bayer G4A partners with Seattle startups Litesprite and Prevencio on digital health efforts

Amazon and Microsoft restrict employee travel to China as tech giants react to spread of coronavirus

Biotech boom: How life sciences emerged from the doldrums in Seattle and Washington state

98point6 inks deal with health plan BannerAetna expanding reach of virtual primary care service

Mental Health Match helps people find the right therapist and finds a new home in Portland

Seattle biotech startup Good Therapeutics raises 11M to make smart cancer therapies

New biotech startup GentiBio lands 20M inks licensing deals with Seattle Childrens and BRI

Amazon fuels Harvard hospitals machine learning research program

Seattle startup Lumen Biosciences to build algae manufacturing plant in former bakery

GE quietly sells Caradigm to cancer company Inspirata more than two years after Microsoft pulled out of the joint venture

Report: Amazon and startup Xealth working on program to deliver medical supplies to patients

Rapid COVID19 test maker Anavasi Diagnostics lands funding from National Institutes of Health

Naveen Jains microbiome startup Viome is raising more cash

ProfoundBio led by SeaGen veterans and colocated in China and Seattle raises 55M

Good Therapeutics raises 11M to develop context dependent protein drugs

Its worth a shot: Washington dangles tech gadgets 1M prize and more to encourage COVID vaccines

Seattle startup adyn raises 25M from 23andMe CEO and others for birth control prescription test

Mega Block in Amazons backyard will become a life sciences campus following 1435M deal proceeds to fund affordable housing

Microsoft and UnitedHealth Group app will quiz workers regularly to determine COVID19 risk

Portland telehealth startup Conversa raises 8M

Mouse brains and more in 3D: Seattle microscopy startup lands 4M to visualize medical specimens

Coronavirus contact tracing is ramping up along with online training to fill the gap

Seattle startup NextStep raises 36M to train displaced workers for healthcare jobs