Local News With $588M IPO, Sana Leads Wave of New Biotechs Going PublicBiopharma Dive | February 10, 2021Sana Biotechnology, an unusually heavily financed cell and gene therapy developer run by former Juno…emcguinnFebruary 10, 2021 Read More
Local News Q&A with Dr. Benjamin Freedman: Mini Organs Offer Hints to COVID-19’s Kidney InjuryUW Medicine | February 10, 2021People hospitalized with COVID-19 can experience myriad symptoms. We’ve heard a lot about the virus’…emcguinnFebruary 10, 2021 Read More
Local News Bristol Myers Squibb’s CAR-T liso-cel Wins Long-Delayed FDA NodFierce Pharma | February 10, 2021After regulatory delays and manufacturing issues caused Bristol Myers Squibb investors to miss out on Celgene contingent value rights,…emcguinnFebruary 10, 2021 Read More
Local News Chinook Receives Rare Pediatric Disease Designation from US FDA for CHK-336 for Primary HyperoxaluriaChinook Therapeutics, Inc. | February 8, 2021Chinook Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ: KDNY), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of…emcguinnFebruary 8, 2021 Read More
Local News What the New Variants Mean for the Future of COVID-19 VaccinesThe Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) via Inverse | February 8, 2021THE ARRIVAL OF TWO CORONAVIRUS VACCINES in December allowed the world to breathe a small sigh…emcguinnFebruary 8, 2021 Read More
Local News BBI Faculty Conversations: Dr. Tim CherryBrotman Baty | February 5, 2021Today’s installment is with BBI member Tim Cherry, Assistant Professor at the University of Washington…emcguinnFebruary 5, 2021 Read More
Local News New Study from the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason Finds “COVID-19 Immune Landscape Is Dynamically and Reversibly Correlated with Disease Severity”Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason | February 5, 2021Researchers at the Benaroya Research Institute at Virginia Mason (BRI) have published findings today in The Journal of Clinical Investigation concluding…emcguinnFebruary 5, 2021 Read More
Local News UWARN Partners Unite Globally to Study COVID VariantsUW Medicine | February 4, 2021The recent recognition of new SARS-CoV-2, variants, first detected in South Africa (B.1.135, 501Y.V2), Brazil…emcguinnFebruary 4, 2021 Read More
Local News Sana Biotechnology Files IPO Plans to Raise $323MPuget Sound Business Journal | February 4, 2021Sana Biotechnology plans to raise approximately $323 million in an initial public offering, according to…emcguinnFebruary 4, 2021 Read More
Local News HIV Antibody Trial Results Offer ‘Proof of Concept’Fred Hutch | February 3, 2021A large international study has shown that it is possible to prevent some HIV infections…emcguinnFebruary 3, 2021 Read More