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Seattle Ranked #1 U.S. City for LGBTQ+ Employees
Seattle was recently named the top U.S. city for LGBTQ+ employees, beating out Chicago, Washington D.C., San Francisco and New York to take the number

Washington’s Best Workplaces of 2021 revealed
Congratulations are in order for sponsor company Adaptive Biotechnologies, which made Puget Sound Business Journal’s list of 2021 Best Workplaces in Washington. The annual award

Sujal Patel-led Nautilus Biotechnology goes public as it tackles ambitious plan to analyze proteins
Nautilus Biotechnology recently raised $345 million via SPAC to fuel a new approach that could accelerate biomedical research and transform drug development. Propelled by this

The Black Boardroom Initiative launches with support from Seattle tech to boost board diversity
Seattle-based law firm Perkins Coie is launching The Black Boardroom Initiative, which aims to grow the diversity of S&P 500 corporate boards by increasing the

Ultrapotent, nanoparticle COVID-19 vaccine with Univ. of Wash. roots gets $173M for human trials
An ultrapotent, second-generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the University of Washington Medicine’s Institute for Protein Design and South Korea-based SK bioscience received $173.4 million

Fueled by COVID drug manufacturing revenues, CDMO Jubilant HollisterStier invests in upgrades, expansion
Spokane-based Jubilant HollisterStier announced a $92 million expansion plan to its existing manufacturing lines, which will allow the company to increase capacity by 50%. The

Seattle’s Eliem Therapeutics raises $60M to advance drug pipeline
Eliem Therapeutics raised $60 million in a Series B funding round to advance its pipeline of clinical and preclinical drugs, following closely on the heel

How Seattle Seeded A Life Sciences Boom
Seattle has long been known as a tech hub – but now, it’s poised for a life science boom. With lab space increasingly hard to

Sana Biotechnology sets sights on growth after $587.5M IPO
Following a banner year for Sana Biotechnology, which saw the company bring in one of the largest IPOs in biotech history, CEO Steve Harr is

New accelerator in Seattle: Creative Destruction Lab to launch ‘deep tech’ startup hub with Microsoft, UW
Creative Destruction Lab, a nonprofit that runs nine startup accelerators across the world, is opening a new outpost in Seattle. The 9-month program, set to

Bristol Myers “dual immunotherapy” beats Opdivo alone in melanoma study
Bristol Myers Squibb reported promising news on its experimental cancer immunotherapy relatlimab after late-stage clinical data showed that when combined with the company’s blockbuster drug

Seattle company launches coronavirus vaccine trial in India
HDT Bio, a Seattle-based biotech company, is taking steps to address rising COVID-19 cases in India by introducing a new vaccine candidate that works similar
