For the benefit of the
local biotech community, I have assembled an updated list
of Northwest (mostly Puget Sound) drug-centered
biotechnology companies. Also included here are companies
headquartered elsewhere, but with research or
manufacturing groups in our area. Publicly traded
companies are in Bold.
Hyperlinks will take you to the company websites; no
hyperlink means no website. Please e-mail me any corrections or updates.
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companies sorted by the technological approaches they
have taken towards drug development. Click
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Biotech Graveyard page detailing the fates of
companies that are no longer with us in Seattle.
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There are a total of 103 companies listed in alphabetical
order here, of which 21 are publicly traded:
Acucela - Drug therapies for blinding eye
diseases
Adaptive TCR - Focus on T-cell diversity,
adaptive immune response
Aequus BioPharma - Genetic polymer technology for
biologics
Ajuga Biosciences - Developing terpene based chemicals
from mint
Alder Biopharmaceuticals
- Yeast monoclonals to
treat diseases
Algomedix - Focused on developing medicines for chronic
pain
Allon Therapeutics - Focus on neurodegenerative
diseases in BC
Allozyne - Protein modification technology to
make proteins
Amgen -
Multi-national
protein-based biotech headquartered in CA
Aminex Therapeutics - Developing inhibitors of polyamine
pathway
Amkor Pharma - Virtual biotech, clinical focus on
neuroprotection
Arrowsmith Technologies - Antibodies trap chemo for brain
cancer
Artemisia BioMedical - Novel artemisinin-based
therapeutics
Artielle Immunotherapeutics
- Therapies for
autoimmunity in OR
Arzeda - Uses computational approaches to
make novel enzymes
Ave Maria (AVM) Biotech
- Working on ethical
human therapeutics
AVI Biopharma - RNA therapeutics for MD,
restenosis, viruses
Beat BioTherapeutics - Working on repairing damaged
hearts with stem cells
Bio Architecture Lab - Spinoff from David Baker's lab at
the UW
Calcionics - Peptide therapeutics targeting
calcification
Calistoga Pharmaceuticals
- Developing PI3 kinase
inhibitors
Cancer Targeted Technology
- Unique enzyme
inhibitors
Cascade ProDrug - In Eugene, developing
anticancer treatments
Celator Pharmaceutics
- BC based combination
oncology drugs
Cellcyte Genetics - Stem cell expansion bioreactor
technology
CG Therapeutics - Anti-human chorionic gonadotropin
vaccines
CisThera - Drugs for cancer, autoimmune
disease, and others
CMC ICOS Biologics - contract biologics manufacturing
Cocrystal Discovery - Small molecule anti-viral drugs
CompleGen - Functional genetics for drug
discovery
Coronado Biosciences - Clinical stage cancer care company
Covance - Acquired Rosetta's gene expression
laboratory
Cell Therapeutics Inc
- Biologics and small
molecules for cancer
Dendreon - Vaccines for prostate cancer and
other cancers
DesignMedix - Portland based drug combination
company
Dimera - Portland based, discovering novel
medical concepts
Emerald Biostructures
- Contract protein
crystallization services
Etubics - Developing vector vaccines for
infectious diseases
Fate Therapeutics - Stem cell based therapies with HQ
in CA
Floragenex - SNP discovery and genotyping in
plants
Gamma Therapeutics - OHSU hematology/cardiology startup
Genzyme - Manufactures and sells Leukine in
US, HQ in MA
Gilead - Lung disease discovery group in
Seattle; HQ in CA
Halo-Bio - Novel asymmetric RNAi therapeutics
Helix BioMedix - Bioactive peptides for skin
disorders, infections
HemaQuest - Developing therapeutics for blood
diseases
Icogenex - Drug discovery via high throughput
proteomic screens
Ikaria - Focus on metabolic depression and
critical care medicine
ImaRxTherapeutics - Blood clot dissolving technology
Imdaptive - Profiles changes in the adaptive
immune system
Immune Design - Developing therapeutics for
infectious diseases
Immusoft - Technology platform to reprogram
the immune system
Implicit Bioscience - Small molecule dipeptides as
anti-microbials
Indel Therapeutics - Working on novel antibiotics
ISM Therapeutics - Therapeutics based on inositol
signaling
Kaleetan Pharmaceuticals - Vaccine focused startup
KinDex Therapeutics - Focus on metabolic regulatory
networks
Kineta - Small molecule drugs that enhance
immunity
Koronis - Developing anti-viral drugs via
viral decay methodologies
Light Sciences Oncology
- Light activated
oncology products
LigoCyte Therapeutics
- Vaccine technologies
based in MT
Marina Biotech - (formerly MDRNA) RNAi based
company
Mediquest Therapeutics
- Topical treatments for
diseases
Microsoft Amalga Life Sciences
- Life sciences software
business
Mirina - Uses microRNA to develop new drugs
Najit - Diagnostics, vaccines for
developing countries; in Portland
North Coast Biologics
- Rabbit high-affinity
antibody based drugs
Novo Nordisk - Branch of Danish pharma focusing
on immunity
NW Biotherapeutics - Dendritic cell based cancer
vaccines
Obenomics - Small molecule approach to treating obesity
Omeros - Clinical stage company, focus is
on inflammation, CNS
Oncogenex - Small molecule based oncology drug
pipeline
OncoMed Pharma - Therapies directed at cancer stem
cells
Onkor Pharmaceuticals
- Virtual company making
cancer drugs
Oncothyreon (formerly Biomira) - Oncology drugs
and vaccines
Pacific Northwest Biotechnology
- Small molecule drug
discovery
PharmIn - Copolymer drug delivery platform
technology
PharmSelex - Developing G-protein coupled
receptor based drugs
PhaseRx - Multi-functional polymers to aid
drug delivery
Poniard (was NeoRx) - Developing oncology
products; HQ in CA
Presage Therapeutics - Screen cancer drugs in vivo for
efficacy
Procyte - Skin care products using copper
peptide technology
ProFibrix - Drugs for hemostasis and
regenerative medicine
ProteoTech - Small molecule development for
amyloid diseases
Protein Advances Inc - Bioinformatics based vaccine
discovery
Primal - Focus on G-protein coupled receptors
Qwell - Developing small molecule drugs
from plant sources
Rasiris -
Montana company developing breast cancer
drugs
Recodagen - Targets mechanisms that allow
cancer metastasis
Scolr Pharma - Controlled drug delivery
technology development
Seattle Genetics - Monoclonal antibodies for cancer
treatment
Seattle Life Sciences - Zymogenetics spin-off in 2009
Seredigm - Biological therapeutics for
ischemia/reperfusion injury
Sound Pharmaceuticals
- Drugs to prevent
hearing loss
Syntrix Biosystems - Novel therapeutics and research
platforms
TapImmune - Developing vaccines for oncology
and infections
Targeted Genetics - Gene therapy based drug company
Tekmira -
RNAi drugs for cancer and cholesterol; BC based
Theraclone Sciences (was Spaltudaq) - Therapeutic
antibodies
TherEpi Corporation - Epigenetic drug discovery focus
The Gene Pool, Inc - Molecular locks based drug
discovery
Trubion - Developing small modular
immunopharmaceuticals
Valocor Therapeutics - BC based dermatology drug
developer
Viva Biopharm - Manufacturing plant in Blaine for
BC company
VentiRx - Developing new small molecule
drugs for cancer, ID
Visient Therapeutics - Vision focused subsidiary of Light
Sciences
VLST - Discovers new drug targets based
on virus interactions
WA 32609 - Holding company, acquired ischemic stroke
therapy
Xori - Making antibodies in chicken cells for faster,
cheaper drugs
Zymeworks - BC based computational biology
drug platform
Zymogenetics - Discovers and markets novel
protein drugs
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