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Life sciences startups in Eastern Washington find a welcoming ecosystem away from big cities
In September, several life sciences companies attended the East West Life Science Summit hosted by Life Science Washington, discussing the many benefits to starting their

Seattle brothers expand billion-dollar company’s focus to include COVID
Adaptive Biotechnologies, a Seattle-based biotech company founded to search for cures to cancer, is now expanding its mission to develop solutions to fight COVID-19 by

Seattle biotech Alpine Immune Sciences raises $91M for drug development
Alpine Immune Sciences announced it is raising approximately $91 million to continue developing two drugs through a private placement. Frazier Life Sciences Public Fund is

Startup A-Alpha Bio sets out to solve a major protein problem facing big pharma
A-Alpha Bio, a Seattle-based startup raised $20 million in a Series A funding round to continue studying which proteins bind with each other. Moving forward

Impel NeuroPharma, fresh off IPO, gets FDA approval for nasal spray that treats migraines
Impel NeuroPharma announced Trudhesa, a drug used to treat migraines, has officially received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. John Hoekman originally co-founded

These biotech and life sciences CEOs made the leap from software startups — here’s how they did it
During an era of mass investment in the biotech industry and vast innovation, many technology company executives are making the switch to the life science
