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Adaptive Biotechnologies pushes ahead with new Seattle HQ, showing strength of life sciences industry
Adaptive Biotechnologies is continuing with its plans to move into a 100,000-square-foot headquarters. The new facility, slated to open next year, will allow Adaptive to

Lyell Immunopharma Expansion is Underway in Bothell
Cellular therapy company Lyell Immunopharma is investing $50 million in a new 70,000 square foot manufacturing facility located in Bothell, Washington. This investment will support

CorneaGen creates transplant surgery fund, internship for Black community
CorneaGen, a Seattle-based provider of corneal transplant tissue, committed to donating $100,000 to help fund corneal transplant surgeries for underprivileged people of color in need

UW coronavirus vaccine shows strong immune response in monkeys, mice
The University of Washington and Seattle-based HDT Bio Corp. announced the development of a promising COVID-19 vaccine candidate that uses a cutting-edge approach. Based on

Gates Foundation awards $800K grant to A-Alpha Bio for COVID-19 treatment research
Seattle-based biotech research startup A-Alpha Bio has received an $800,000 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation that will support drug research for treating

Seattle-based biotech startup Sana raises $821 million
“I think the most important thing in building a company and the thing that we want inside Sana is finding a mission that will change

Genmab, Seattle Genetics eye FDA filing for new cancer med after latest data drop
Seattle Genetics and Genmab, a Danish biotechnology company, announced a 24% response rate for their joint cervical cancer medication tisotumab vedotin, paving the way for

Sana Biotechnology has big plans after securing $700M initial financing
Sana Biotechnology, a Seattle-based company developing cell and gene therapies, announced it has raised more than $700 million to aid in the discovery and development

This ventilator company vaulted into middle market after $400M government contract
Bothell, Washington’s Ventec Life Systems partnered with General Motors to rapidly scale their ventilator manufacturing capabilities during the onset of COVID-19. They are on track

AbbVie spends $60M, with $80.5M in biobucks, for Alpine Immune’s lupus asset
Seattle-based Alpine Immune Sciences announced a $60M licensing agreement with AbbVie Inc. for its ALPN-101 midstage lupus and autoimmune asset. Under the pact, AbbVie grabs

BARDA and Immunexpress Inc. expand partnership to evaluate a sepsis host-based laboratory diagnostic to triage COVID-19 patients
Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) announced a collaboration with Seattle’s Immunexpress Inc. to determine the risk of sepsis in hospitalized COVID-19 patients. READ

Adaptive Biotechnologies and Microsoft team up to track coronavirus-fighting cells
Adaptive Biotechnologies and Microsoft announced a new project to address COVID-19, called ImmuneCODE. The project tracks how the immune system fights COVID-19 and aims to
