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Life sciences startups in Eastern Washington find a welcoming ecosystem away from big cities

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Washington State University assistant professor and Appiture Biotechnologies co-founder Georgina Lynch. Medcurity makes it easier for healthcare organizations to comply with federal privacy and security laws through an online series of queries resembling Turbotax. WSU Photo).

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Ex-Athira Pharma CEO Leen Kawas starts $150M fund with key investors from former company

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Kawas co-founded Athira (originally M3 Biotechnology) in 2011. Papers with altered images were cited in an earlier patent licensed by the company from WSU. Laursen , a pharmaceutical and biotechnology executive; Sylvia S. The company investigators concluded that Kawas had “ altered ” — not enhanced — the data-containing images.

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2021 Predictions: Why these tech, science and startup leaders are upbeat about the year ahead

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that specialize in helping people and companies harness the cloud – especially in industries like healthcare, transportation, government, manufacturing, financial services, retail, logistics, etc. And I’ll earn my A-class license on iRacing…. Companies, startups, VCs, etc. could really go into overdrive in 2021.

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