Cell Therapeutics Says It’s Running Low on Cash

Cell Therapeutics is running seriously low on fuel. The Seattle-based biotech company, which has run up an accumulated deficit of $1.2 billion in its 17-year history, said late Friday in a regulatory filing it doesn’t have enough cash to operate the next 30 days, and needs to raise new capital immediately. The company had cash and investments of $15.3 million when it reported at the end of March, and current liabilities of $47.9 million.

Author: Luke Timmerman

Luke is an award-winning journalist specializing in life sciences. He has served as national biotechnology editor for Xconomy and national biotechnology reporter for Bloomberg News. Luke got started covering life sciences at The Seattle Times, where he was the lead reporter on an investigation of doctors who leaked confidential information about clinical trials to investors. The story won the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award and several other national prizes. Luke holds a bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and during the 2005-2006 academic year, he was a Knight Science Journalism Fellow at MIT.