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Seattle startup uses clinical expertise to make AI models safer and reduce dangerous responses
Seattle-based startup mpathic is expanding to help foundational model developers and LLM-powered application teams reduce dangerous responses and better protect vulnerable users. Founded in 2021

Lundbeck’s migraine prevention treatment sees ph. 2 success after trial’s earlier setback
Lundbeck’s intravenous monoclonal antibody significantly reduced the number of monthly migraine days compared to placebo in a phase 2b study after the company had previously

AGC Biologics Seattle Site Receives Anvisa GMP Certification
AGC Biologics’ Seattle manufacturing facility has received Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) certification from Brazil’s health regulatory authority, Agência Nacional de Vigilância Sanitária, enabling biologics and

First multi-coronavirus vaccine enters human testing, built on UW Medicine technology
A new vaccine designed to protect against multiple coronaviruses, including COVID-19, has entered human clinical testing after being developed using technology from the University of

Biotech with Seattle presence raises $235 million ahead of drug launch
London-based Tenpoint Therapeutics, which has its U.S. headquarters in Seattle, raised $235 million as it prepares to launch its lead eye drop treatment for presbyopia.

SeaBridge Selects Inaugural Cohort of Eight Fellows from UW and Fred Hutch
The Brotman Baty Institute and the Seattle Hub for Synthetic Biology have selected the first eight postdoctoral researchers for the SeaBridge Fellowship, a new translational

Gates Foundation, OpenAI launch $50M AI health initiative targeting 1,000 clinics in Africa
The Gates Foundation and OpenAI are launching a $50 million partnership to deploy artificial intelligence tools in frontline primary health care clinics across Africa, beginning

Two harmful gene variants can restore function when combined, study reveals
Pacific Northwest Research Institute (PNRI) researchers have shown that two harmful genetic variants can restore normal function when present together, experimentally validating a decades-old hypothesis

Jubilant to expand campus with $18.5M allergens facility
Jubilant HollisterStier plans to expand its Spokane campus with a new $18.5 million building to relocate its allergens processing business unit. The proposed two-story structure

Lilly links up with InduPro in next-gen cancer treatment deal worth up to $950M
InduPro has entered a collaboration with Eli Lilly to discover new cancer treatments through a deal that could be worth up to $950 million. Under

Variant Bio launches AI-powered platform for drug discovery using genetic data
Variant Bio has launched an AI-powered platform designed to discover new drug candidates using human genetic data. The private biotech company said its Inference platform

Seattle-area nuclear company TerraPower signs deal with Meta for up to 8 reactors
Bellevue-based TerraPower announced a deal with Meta to build up to eight small modular nuclear reactors in the U.S. to supply clean energy for the
