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Tasso rolls out new at-home dried blood spot sample collectors for remote clinical trials
Tasso, a Seattle-based maker of at-home blood sample collection systems, is launching the next generation of its devices that aim to support patients enrolled in
Selkirk Pharma introduces ClinFAST™ to expedite fill/finish for clinical trials
Selkirk Pharma, a contract manufacturing organization (CMO) based in Spokane, today announced the launch of ClinFAST™, a paradigm-shifting service designed to assist clinical stage biotech
Kestra Medical Technologies, maker of wearable cardiac devices, files for IPO
Kestra Medical Technologies, a Kirkland-based company selling cardiac monitoring and therapeutic devices, filed for an initial public offering on Monday. Kestra launched in 2014 and
BMS Positions Breyanzi for Another Indication as LOE Woes Mount
Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) announced positive mid-stage results in marginal zone lymphoma for its CAR T cell therapy, Breyanzi, potentially leading to a new indication.
Researchers led by University of Washington Nobel winner achieve a scientific breakthrough
A team from the University of Washington, led by Nobel laureate David Baker, has become the first to use artificial intelligence to successfully design effective
Tasso and Arup to develop blood testing services for clinical research
Tasso, a Seattle-based biotech and LSWI WIN Mentoring Program graduate, has partnered with ARUP Laboratories to develop and operationalize high-quality, at-home, blood testing services to
Seattle University Receives Grant to Support Innovative Research
Two faculty members at Seattle University’s College of Science and Engineering have been awarded Washington Research Foundation (WRF) grant funding to support biosciences innovation, student
Dopl Technologies raises $1.5M to fuel mission of delivering telerobotic care to underserved areas
Seattle-based Dopl Technologies, a startup working to bring diagnostic exams and interventional procedures to underserved communities via telerobotics, raised $1.5 million in a recent pre-seed
WSU researcher pioneers new study model with clues to anti-aging
Scientists at Washington State University have created genetically engineered mice with short human-like telomeres that could help accelerate anti-aging research. “This is the first mouse
Trump’s push to freeze funding leaves researchers anxious about delayed scientific breakthroughs
Institutions, biotech startups and life sciences companies are all conducting research and clinical trials that depend on federal grants and contracts. The lingering threat that
As Trump and RFK Jr. move to upend drug making, Seattle biotech bets on science
Marc Cummings, president and CEO of Life Science Washington, stresses that the life sciences industry values regulation to ensure the trustworthiness of new drugs. While
These Seattle-area life science startups raised $595 million in 36 hours. Here’s what’s going on.
In less than 36 hours between the evening of Jan. 12 and the morning of Jan. 14, three local life science companies raised a combined