The GeekWire Awards finalists for Health Innovation of the Year are dominated by ventures that aim to outwit cancer with groundbreaking new technologies. The contenders range from a newly formed… Read More
— Starbucks announced Cathy Smith as its chief financial officer. Smith was most recently at Nordstrom for two years, and has held CFO roles at Bright Health, Target, Express Scripts,… Read More
Eva Schoenleitner joined enterprise software giant Smartsheet as vice president of partner. Schoenleitner has extensive experience working in Europe and was previously the CEO of Crate.io, an enterprise software startup… Read More
It was a week of accolades, partnerships and new programs in the Pacific Northwest life sciences scene. University of Washington geneticist Evan Eichler landed on Time magazine’s list of “100… Read More
When Juno Therapeutics launched in 2013, cell therapy was a nascent field. Early clinical studies were showing dramatic rates of remissions in leukemia patients treated with their own immune cells,… Read More
New funding: Just seven months after announcing a $53 million Series A round, Umoja Biopharma has raised an additional $210 million in a Series B round. The company is developing… Read More
