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JUNE 30, 2021

The company, founded in 2011, began commercial operations in 2018 and now has partnerships with Merck, Xyphos Biotechnology, Alpha Cancer Technologies and several other drug companies. Three Washington state companies — Sana Biotechnology , Impel Neuropharma and Paymentus — have gone public with a traditional IPO this year.

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APRIL 12, 2023

Workplace of the Year finalists, clockwise from top left: Adaptive Biotechnologies co-founders Harlan and Chad Robins; the Helion team; Impinj offices in Seattle; Treasury4 team; Blink CEO Karen Clark Cole. This year’s finalists are Adaptive Biotechnologies, Blink, Helion, Impinj and Treasury4. Blink Blink CEO Karen Clark Cole.

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APRIL 3, 2024

Other key personnel changes across the Pacific Northwest tech industry: — Adaptive Biotechnologies named Kyle Piskel as its new chief financial officer. Techstars announced one month later that it was shutting down the Seattle program. F5 reported $693 million in revenue for its most recent quarter, down 1% year-over-year.

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OCTOBER 14, 2021

Under the agreement, Takeda has options to exclusively license programs at the preclinical stage and will take products to the clinic and through commercialization. Immusoft’s most advanced therapeutic program is designed to treat a rare enzyme deficiency disorder, Hurler syndrome.

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JULY 8, 2021

Absci is the latest in a string of Washington state biotech startups to test the public markets — others including Impel Neuropharma, Sana Biotechnology, Athira Pharma, and Silverback Therapeutics have had IPOs in the past year. The amount of investment that is pouring into biotechnology and the life sciences is incredible,” said Alexandre.

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DECEMBER 29, 2022

How many will be accepted into the program? Strella Biotechnology Co-founder and CEO Katherine Sizov won GeekWire’s Elevator Pitch startup competition at the 2022 GeekWire Summit, with a unique sensing technology that reduces food waste by determining what? Steuart Walton. GeekWire story: Scramble the fighters! Amazon’s Treasure Truck.

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JANUARY 9, 2023

In Washington state, Absci , Zymeworks , TwinStrand Biosciences , NanoString Technologies , Neoleukin Therapeutics and Sana Biotechnology all shed employees in 2022. Along with the layoffs, the company is de-prioritizing a program for glioblastoma and a discovery program for blood cancers.

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JULY 19, 2021

Two others Washington state biotech companies, Absci and Icosavax , have also recently filed to go public, building on IPOs earlier this year from Sana Biotechnology , Impel Neuropharma and Lyell Immunopharma, which is based in South San Francisco and the Seattle area. Eliem’s tech. Via SEC filing).

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

based biotechnology company struck a deal with Merck in which the pharmaceutical powerhouse will provide a $600 million upfront payment and make a $1 billion equity investment to continue development of treatments for breast cancer. Seattle Genetics CEO Clay Siegall. Seattle Genetics Photo).

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DECEMBER 13, 2023

LinkedIn Photo) Editor’s note: William Canestaro is managing director at Seattle venture capital firm WRF Capital and leads the biotechnology investment team. Seagen has a huge pipeline for early programs and is undisputedly the anchor tenant in Pacific Northwest biotech. William Canestaro. He worked to grow the Bothell, Wash.

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MARCH 9, 2023

The program was shuttered “based on a review of the preliminary data, the expected benefit to risk ratio for patients, and recent developments in the field of IL-2 therapeutics,” according to a November company statement. IL-2 can quell cancer but it can also have toxic effects, which Neoleukin’s protein aimed to to minimize.

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APRIL 18, 2023

The category highlights pioneering health, life science, biotechnology or medical breakthroughs that hold great promise for bettering our lives or improving the healthcare system. A fifth company is the brainchild of a founder previously at Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI).

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FEBRUARY 17, 2021

Local immunotherapy biotech companies include Umoja Biopharma, Sana Biotechnology, Chinook Therapeutics, Kineta, Alpine Immune Sciences, Adaptive Biotechnologies, and others.

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MARCH 10, 2023

The news is a bright spot for Seattle’s biopharma scene which has seen employee cuts at several biotech companies recently as part of wider layoffs in the industry, including at NanoString Technologies , Sana Biotechnology , Eliem Therapeutics and Neoleukin Therapeutics. It reported $19.3 billion in revenue for 2022, up from $18.5

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

Sana Biotechnology raised $587 million in its IPO, Absci pulled in $200 million, and vaccine company Icosavax raised more than $180 million. The pandemic also led to growth of regional companies such as Adaptive Biotechnologies, which doubled its workforce during the pandemic as it supported vaccine development and built a COVID-19 test.

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MAY 20, 2021

The program will start in November at the UW. (UW It will host a 9-month program this November for 20-to-25 companies in partnership with Microsoft and the University of Washington’s business, engineering, and computer science schools. “This is the track,” Dooley said.

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MAY 6, 2023

There’s a fourth biotech company being born, said Olson, who also heads the Invent at Seattle Children’s Postdoctoral Scholars Program to train students underrepresented in science for careers in biotechnology. I think stepping back and not casting a founder shadow is really important.”

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

It has three clinical programs to treat gastrointestinal diseases including C. Lumen is led by Finrow, a former senior vice president at Adaptive Biotechnologies, and Chief Science Officer Jim Roberts , the former head of basic sciences at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Institute. They co-founded the startup in 2017.

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DECEMBER 27, 2022

He’s now CEO of Nautilus Biotechnology, and he’s not taking any big chances in the current economic downturn. Earlier companies are considering fewer development programs and having a slower ramp on hiring. Neoleukin Therapeutics recently shed staff in the wake of disappointing clinical data for its lead program, for example.

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MARCH 18, 2021

This included the eight-week Family Tech Support Center program, funded by a Tableau Foundation grant, which assisted families with IT challenges and sought to maximize the impact of Amazon’s donation of 9,000 laptops to families. Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies appointed Leslie Trigg and Katey Owen to its board of directors.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Cyrus Biotechnology has several drug discovery and development partnerships and also sells Cyrus Bench, a software platform for protein engineering. Seattle-based Cyrus Biotechnology is entering a protein engineering collaboration with Boston-based Selecta Biosciences that could pull in up to $1.5 Cyrus Photo). Cyrus CEO Lucas Nivon.

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JUNE 23, 2021

A new genetic engineering approach overcomes this barrier, according to a report at the annual meeting of the International Society for Stem Cell Research by scientists at the University of Washington and Sana Biotechnology, a Seattle-based company. Murry’s research was conducted primarily at the UW, with financial support from Sana.

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JULY 26, 2021

The company’s “honor roll” program has awarded hundreds of thousands of dollars and, in some cases, nearly $1 million to healthcare systems that implement technical upgrades, including the algorithms. “It One analysis of the sepsis algorithm, which Epic says works 76 percent of the time, found it was only right 63 percent of the time.

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JULY 13, 2021

In addition, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center would oversee the clinical oncology programs at both the center and UW Medical Center, according to a press release. Under the new arrangement, all SCCA clinical sites would be renamed “Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center.”.

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MARCH 12, 2022

Adaptive Biotechnologies had recently doubled its headcount as it turned to COVID-19 projects, but on Wednesday the Seattle company laid off 12% of its workforce, about 100 employees. We’ve rounded up other recent life sciences and health tech news in the Pacific Northwest below: Joyce Yen, head of the UW ADVANCE program. (UW

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DECEMBER 23, 2021

David Shoultz , formerly head of Neoleukin’s COVID-19 program, was tapped as COO and co-founder. The Monod team will use the funds to mature and expand its platform, generate new biosensors for additional targets in biotechnology and health, and build prototypes to detect targets in real-world applications. He didn’t have to look far.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Armesmith was leaving one of the world’s best-known manufacturing companies, Rolls-Royce, where she was head of programs for aviation futures. An all-electric Robinson 44 helicopte r that’s being developed for use by Lung Biotechnology PBC, a subsidiary of United Therapeutics , to deliver organs for medical transplants.

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MAY 18, 2023

Program schedule : VIP finalist reception at 4:30 p.m. The Awards program — the Oscars of the Northwest tech scene — will begin at 7 p.m., Workplace of the Year, presented by JLL • Helion • Impinj • Adaptive Biotechnologies • Blink UX • Treasury4 Read about the five finalists here. Do I need ID to enter? This is a 21+ event.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

The latest piece in her reinvention story is Synchrony’s new Tech Apprenticeship for Artificial Intelligence, a full-time, 12-month program that balances on-the-job learning with instructor-led training, providing Chavarin with a pathway into one of the most coveted technology spaces despite her very nontraditional IT background.

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JULY 15, 2021

Seattle is known for its strength in cell therapy, notes Modulus chief scientist Max Darnell , with growing biotech companies such as Sana Biotechnology and Lyell Immunopharma, as well as an arm of Bristol Myers Squib. “We want to be this discovery player that can plug into these larger incumbents,” he said.

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GeekWire

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Andris Zoltners stepped down from the board of publicly traded Seattle-based Adaptive Biotechnologies after 11 years. . Nautilus Biotechnology Photo). Nautilus Biotechnology, a Seattle and Silicon Valley startup led by Isilon co-founder Suja Patel, hired Nick Nelson as chief business officer. Nick Nelson.

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JANUARY 14, 2021

“This funding will allow us to build upon our promising preliminary data demonstrating detection of Alzheimer’s disease at its earliest stages and further our preclinical therapeutic program,” Daggett said in a statement. Before COVID-19, AltPrep was housed at the UW’s CoMotion Labs incubator space in Fluke Hall.

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JULY 27, 2021

expanding the biotechnology industry in North Carolina, and growing cancer research programs in Georgia. Born in Vancouver, Wash., Alexandre moved to the East Coast where she spent the majority of her career, after completing her doctorate in public health at UCLA. Her work included developing health policy in Washington D.C.,

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GeekWire

JULY 14, 2021

Three Seattle-area companies — Sana Biotechnology , Impel Neuropharma, and Paymentus — have gone public with a traditional IPO this year, and Icosovax just filed last week. Last month Seattle-based Nautilus Biotechnology, led by Isilon Systems co-founder Sujal Patel, went public via a SPAC merger.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2016

The technology was developed under DARPA’s Reliable Neural-Interface Technology (RE-NET) program , and offers new potential for safely expanding the use of brain-machine interfaces (BMIs) to treat physical disabilities and neurological disorders.

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MARCH 17, 2023

That said, we do not anticipate any reductions in either company’s R&D programs due to the transaction,” said Bourla. . “These targeted efficiencies would be across several functional lines by eliminating duplication. Seagen reported $2 billion in revenue and a net loss of $610 million for 2022, along with $1.3

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JULY 6, 2021

The initiative has support from major Northwest tech companies and provides a free, six-month training program for “board-ready” Black executives. Voluntary programs include OnBoarding Women , a Seattle-based effort started in 2014 to boost the number of women on public boards. Do I wish the change would come faster?”

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