The name’s Baum. James Baum. OK, he might not be a dead ringer for 007, but I get the feeling Baum could handle himself in a firefight, high-stakes poker game, or dinner with the Queen, all with equal aplomb. He is a highly skilled pilot. He’s also pretty good with business intelligence, data warehouse appliances, … Continue reading “Netezza Chief Talks About “Formative” PTC Days, IBM Deal History, and the Future of Big Data”
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Facebook and Salesforce Hunt for Talent, Bing Rolls Out New Features, UW’s Drone Races, & More in Seattle-Area Tech News
Visits with some of Seattle’s big-name Silicon Valley invaders, details from some emerging startups, and new features for Microsoft’s underdog search engine are among the highlights in this wrap-up of the past week in Xconomy’s Seattle tech coverage. —We stopped in for chats with leaders from both Facebook and Salesforce.com in the past week, checking … Continue reading “Facebook and Salesforce Hunt for Talent, Bing Rolls Out New Features, UW’s Drone Races, & More in Seattle-Area Tech News”
Imprivata Aims to Make It Easier to Securely Access Electronic Health Records
Lexington, MA-based Imprivata is among the software companies that is benefiting from the push in the U.S. and abroad to adopt electronic health records. And the venture-backed company seems to have found its place in the healthcare field by streamlining the way clinicians securely access IT systems. This year, the U.S. government starts paying out … Continue reading “Imprivata Aims to Make It Easier to Securely Access Electronic Health Records”
“Quadricopters” Take Over UW’s Allen Center Atrium for Electrical Engineering Class Demo
Students from the University of Washington’s electrical engineering program are showing off what looks like a very fun class project. The embedded microcomputer systems class led by professor Shwetak Patel built wireless controller systems for the Parrot AR Drone—a cool little “quadricopter” vehicle that really puts the radio-controlled stuff I remember to shame (and I’m … Continue reading ““Quadricopters” Take Over UW’s Allen Center Atrium for Electrical Engineering Class Demo”
Michigan Economic Development Chief Defends Governor’s Tax Proposals
Republican Gov. Rick Snyder’s top economic development official defended a controversial plan to eliminate certain tax credits in favor of a flat corporate tax rate, arguing the state’s economy would better benefit from broad tax reform than tax breaks aimed at specific industries. The best way to lower the state’s 11 percent unemployment rate is … Continue reading “Michigan Economic Development Chief Defends Governor’s Tax Proposals”
TechFlash Duo, Todd Bishop and John Cook, Quit PSBJ to Start New Site, GeekWire
Todd Bishop and John Cook, two of the Northwest’s well-known technology journalists, have decided to leave TechFlash, the Puget Sound Business Journal website they started two and a half years ago, to start their own online media company called GeekWire. The two Seattle-based journalists, who worked together for years at the Seattle Post-Intelligencer before joining … Continue reading “TechFlash Duo, Todd Bishop and John Cook, Quit PSBJ to Start New Site, GeekWire”
Rising Diesel Prices Helped to Spark Fallbrook’s Hodyon Acquisition
San Diego’s Fallbrook Technologies, which has spent more than a decade developing technology for a more fuel-efficient, continuously variable transmission, says today it has acquired Hodyon, a Texas-based maker of auxillary power systems for trucks. Financial terms were not disclosed, but Fallbrook CEO Bill Klehm called me from Europe to explain the logic of the … Continue reading “Rising Diesel Prices Helped to Spark Fallbrook’s Hodyon Acquisition”
At Beautylish, Three Men and a Beauty Editor Build a Community Around Cosmetics
When Beautylish co-founders Vu Nguyen, Sameer Iyengar and Nils Johnson started raising money for their beauty-focused social network last July, they turned to angel investors who could give them more than just dollars (though they got about 1 million of them); they sought out founders of companies like YouTube and Yelp to get advice about … Continue reading “At Beautylish, Three Men and a Beauty Editor Build a Community Around Cosmetics”
IPad 2 Unveiled, Altius Rethinks Junior College, Hipmunk Adds Hotel Search, Thrutu Reimagines the Phone Call, & More Bay Area BizTech News
While Apple’s iPad 2 announcement was the marquee event in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley tech scene last week, there was plenty of other news, including the debut of some interesting new Web and mobile applications. —My biggest project of the week was preparing an in-depth analysis of Altius Education, the venture-backed, San Francisco-based company working … Continue reading “IPad 2 Unveiled, Altius Rethinks Junior College, Hipmunk Adds Hotel Search, Thrutu Reimagines the Phone Call, & More Bay Area BizTech News”
WaySavvy, With Expedia Partnership, Joins New Wave of Online Travel Sites
A collaboration between New England and Northwest techies is aiming to radically improve the way people book flights and hotels on the Web. If all goes well, it will become part of a broader movement of tech companies looking to reshape the online travel landscape. I’m not talking about the alliance between Microsoft’s Bing Travel … Continue reading “WaySavvy, With Expedia Partnership, Joins New Wave of Online Travel Sites”
Teradata Acquires Aster Data Systems, Mad Catz Picks Up V Max Technology, & More San Diego Area BizTech News
San Diego’s analytics software cluster pulled another company into its orbit with Teradata’s acquisition of Silicon Valley’s Aster Data Systems. We have that and the rest of San Diego’s biztech news wrapped up here. —Teradata, based in Dayton, OH, acquired San Carlos, CA-based Aster Data Systems for $263 million. The deal combines Teradata’s expertise in … Continue reading “Teradata Acquires Aster Data Systems, Mad Catz Picks Up V Max Technology, & More San Diego Area BizTech News”
Advice Received, But Not Taken: Tales from the Biotech Trenches
Biotechnology is a challenging business, with drug development timelines that are long, costly, and dependent on the approval of government regulatory agencies. The vast majority of biotechs never succeed in developing a new drug. There are many issues that contribute to whether or not a company achieves its goals and makes it in the marketplace. … Continue reading “Advice Received, But Not Taken: Tales from the Biotech Trenches”
ShipSweet Attempts to Stick It to the FedEx-UPS Duopoly with Cheap Shipping for Small Business
[Corrected 3/7/11 10:15 a.m.] Remember shelling out big shipping and handling charges for that rotisserie oven you just had to buy from some infomercial? Small retailers sure do—and they remember it fondly. In fact, when entrepreneurs Ron Wiener and Josh Leichtung were in the catalog business years ago, shipping and handling could actually account for your … Continue reading “ShipSweet Attempts to Stick It to the FedEx-UPS Duopoly with Cheap Shipping for Small Business”
AdGrok Emerges from Beta, Simplifying Search Engine Marketing on Google
San Francisco-based AdGrok is one of those companies that takes something that used to be hazardous for non-professionals—in this case, managing keyword-based ad campaigns on Google—and makes it into a self-service task that average businesspeople can handle without fear. The startup’s CEO, Antonio Garcia-Martinez, compares his service to TurboTax in the tax preparation arena or … Continue reading “AdGrok Emerges from Beta, Simplifying Search Engine Marketing on Google”
VC Analyst Turned Entrepreneur Looks to Bring Sophisticated Stock Market Data to Individual Investors with Screener.co
Former venture capital analyst Lenny Grover left his gig at Waltham, MA-based Longworth Venture Partners to make a sustainable business out of a personal hobby: sophisticated stock trading. No, he’s not working on yet another online trading platform, but is instead looking to the hot field of data and analytics to bring individual investors the … Continue reading “VC Analyst Turned Entrepreneur Looks to Bring Sophisticated Stock Market Data to Individual Investors with Screener.co”
Forget About the IPO Market: It’s Time for Biotechs To Think Differently
When a company like Plexxikon can’t pull off a big-time IPO, you know something’s out of whack in the biotech world. Berkeley, CA-based Plexxikon hit the motherlode last week when it agreed to be acquired for $805 million upfront, plus $130 million in milestones, by Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo. VCs everywhere drooled. That’s because in this … Continue reading “Forget About the IPO Market: It’s Time for Biotechs To Think Differently”
Stephen Wolfram’s Gadgets, The Future of Windows Phones, and Other Mobile Madness Themes: Tune In Next Week
Mobile Madness 2011 is happening next Wednesday, March 9, at Microsoft NERD in Cambridge, MA. Be there or be square. A couple of quick updates, before I return to the raging news-osphere. You can see the updated, detailed agenda for the conference here. —We’ve added Microsoft enterprise mobile specialist Anthony Kinney to the program. Here’s … Continue reading “Stephen Wolfram’s Gadgets, The Future of Windows Phones, and Other Mobile Madness Themes: Tune In Next Week”
PhaseRx Angles for a Deal, Tom Clement’s New Device Gig(s), InDi’s Alzheimer’s Plan, & More in the Life Science Innovation Northwest Wrap-Up
My head is spinning from the whirlwind of presentations and hobnobbing at this year’s Life Science Innovation Northwest. The regional biotech showcase drew by far the most people in its 11-year history, almost 1,000. More importantly, folks I talked to from outside the region were impressed with the technology here, combined with the community’s can-do … Continue reading “PhaseRx Angles for a Deal, Tom Clement’s New Device Gig(s), InDi’s Alzheimer’s Plan, & More in the Life Science Innovation Northwest Wrap-Up”
U-M Startup Aims to “Reveal” Design Flaws In Computer Chips
Designing a next generation computer chip can be a real pain in the…uh, hard drive. Just ask Intel. In January, the world’s largest maker of chips said it stopped shipments of chips that power its most advanced Sandy Bridge line of PC processors because of a design flaw, a recall Intel said would cost it … Continue reading “U-M Startup Aims to “Reveal” Design Flaws In Computer Chips”
Three Kings: Bessemer, Greylock, Summit Raising Big New Funds
The big guys are getting bigger: Three prominent venture and private equity firms with Boston representation are in the news this week about raising big new funds. How does this affect startups and innovation? Probably not all that much, other than being part of the natural cycle of money flow. But it’s interesting, and possibly … Continue reading “Three Kings: Bessemer, Greylock, Summit Raising Big New Funds”
Plexxikon’s Big Payday, InterMune Wins EU Approval, UCSF’s $48M Windfall, & More Bay Area Life Sciences News
The biotech world was buzzing this week on the first 10-bagger I’ve seen in a long, long, time. —Berkeley, CA-based Plexxikon captured all that buzz when it agreed to be acquired by Japan-based Daiichi Sankyo for $805 million upfront, plus another $130 million in milestone payments. Not shabby for a company that raised $67 million … Continue reading “Plexxikon’s Big Payday, InterMune Wins EU Approval, UCSF’s $48M Windfall, & More Bay Area Life Sciences News”
“Leonardo’s Notebook”—My Killer App for the iPad 2
Attention all mobile app developers: I’m about to give you an idea for a great new consumer app. I think it’s something that would appeal to any adventurous, creative, curious person—travelers, outdoorsmen, students, scrapbookers, artists, and the like. I think this is the moment to build it, since it’s something that wouldn’t have been possible … Continue reading ““Leonardo’s Notebook”—My Killer App for the iPad 2″
RXi Sells Stock and Warrants, Cardiorobotics Raises $6.6M, ImmunoGen Dishes On New Drugs, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News
This week we’ve seen news of financings for device makers and drug developers, as well as reports from clinical trials from New England area life sciences firms and their rivals. —Daniel Junius, CEO of Waltham, MA-headquartered ImmunoGen, talked to Ryan about the antibody-based drugs the company is developing that aren’t generating as much noise as the … Continue reading “RXi Sells Stock and Warrants, Cardiorobotics Raises $6.6M, ImmunoGen Dishes On New Drugs, & More Boston-Area Life Sciences News”
Teradata Combines Aster Data with its San Diego Labs in $263M Deal
Ohio-based Teradata (NYSE: [[ticker:TDC]]) says it’s buying Aster Data Systems of San Carlos, CA, in a $263 million deal that combines Aster Data’s breakthrough technology in a hot area of massively parallel processing architecture with its conventional relational database technology. Aster Data will remain in Silicon Valley, and will be folded into Teradata Labs, the … Continue reading “Teradata Combines Aster Data with its San Diego Labs in $263M Deal”
Facebook Seattle: Past 30 Hires and Growing, Adding Heft to Chat Overhaul, Running Out of Mob-Lunch Restaurant Space
An obvious sign your small office is growing fast: It’s getting harder to find a table for an all-hands meal. As workplace annoyances go, that’s a good one to have—especially if you’re leading Facebook’s first engineering hub outside the mothership in Palo Alto, CA. Xconomy chatted with Seattle’s office lead, Ari Steinberg, Wednesday evening as … Continue reading “Facebook Seattle: Past 30 Hires and Growing, Adding Heft to Chat Overhaul, Running Out of Mob-Lunch Restaurant Space”
Verenium Returning to San Diego, Entra Health Systems Expands Use of Wireless Blood Sugar Test, Genomatica Raises $45M, & More San Diego Life Sciences News
The news was short and sweet out of San Diego’s life sciences sector over the past week, but it was still news you can use. My wrap-up is here. —I profiled Entra Health Systems, a San Diego-based mobile health technology startup founded in 2007. In the company’s first two years, co-founders Richard Strobridge, John Hendel, … Continue reading “Verenium Returning to San Diego, Entra Health Systems Expands Use of Wireless Blood Sugar Test, Genomatica Raises $45M, & More San Diego Life Sciences News”
Who Needs a CEO? Lycera Strikes Deal with Pharma Giant Merck
Lycera founder and chief scientific officer Gary Glick is feeling pretty good these days. And who can blame him? Just last fall, CEO Bill Sibold left the Plymouth, MI-based drug startup after less than a year on the job. That’s usually not a good sign. Six months later, Lycera still doesn’t have a CEO. But … Continue reading “Who Needs a CEO? Lycera Strikes Deal with Pharma Giant Merck”
Amylin, Lilly, Alkermes Diabetes Drug Doesn’t Match Rival in Head-to-Head Study
Three companies involved in the development of a once-weekly injection of the Type 2 diabetes drug exenatide reported today that the treatment did not provide superior efficacy over an existing treatment in a head-to-head study. Amylin Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ:[[ticker:AMLN]]) of San Diego, Waltham, MA-based Alkermes (NASDAQ:[[ticker:ALKS]]), and Indianapolis drugmaker Eli Lilly (NYSE:[[ticker:LLY]]) said that the treatment, … Continue reading “Amylin, Lilly, Alkermes Diabetes Drug Doesn’t Match Rival in Head-to-Head Study”
Thrutu Reinvents the Phone Call, Letting Smartphone Users Share Photos, Contacts, Location In-Call
When you think about it, the experience of talking on the phone hasn’t changed all that much since the world’s first telephone call in 1876 (Alexander Graham Bell’s famous “Mr. Watson, come here, I want you”). The underlying technology is completely different, of course, and today we can make calls from almost anywhere thanks to … Continue reading “Thrutu Reinvents the Phone Call, Letting Smartphone Users Share Photos, Contacts, Location In-Call”
Will the Bay Area Lose Its Edge as the Top Biotech Hub in 20 Years? We’ll Ask March 16
Will the San Francisco Bay Area still be the world’s most vibrant place for life sciences innovation 20 years from now? Will this region still have gravitational pull on bright young scientists who want to make their careers and build great companies? We are less than two weeks away from the big Xconomy event “Bay … Continue reading “Will the Bay Area Lose Its Edge as the Top Biotech Hub in 20 Years? We’ll Ask March 16”
After Assimilating Symyx, San Diego’s Accelrys Sets Ambitious Course for Scientific Software
Eight months after San Diego’s Accelrys (NASDAQ: [[ticker:ACCL]]) completed its merger with Santa Clara, CA-based Symyx Technologies, the scientific software developer is today lifting the curtain on a new strategy based on the company’s broader and deeper resources. The merger, valued last year at about $175 million, combined Accelrys’ flagship software for simulating and modeling … Continue reading “After Assimilating Symyx, San Diego’s Accelrys Sets Ambitious Course for Scientific Software”
With Sanofi Buyout of Genzyme, Rare Disease Execs Upbeat About Interest in Their Niche
Speculation raged for months about the potential impacts of a Sanofi-Aventis (NYSE: [[ticker:SNY]]) takeover of Genzyme (NASDAQ: [[ticker:GENZ]]). Yet now that the French drug giant and Cambridge, MA-based biotech company have agreed to terms of a $20.1 billion buyout, local players in the market for rare disease drugs are contemplating what Sanofi’s huge move into … Continue reading “With Sanofi Buyout of Genzyme, Rare Disease Execs Upbeat About Interest in Their Niche”
Dendreon Moves Across Town, SeaGen Files FDA App, Alder Takes Road Less Traveled, & More Seattle Life Sciences News
The big boys of Seattle biotech made some news this week, but the town was humming with activity from little companies you haven’t heard of, who appeared at Life Science Innovation Northwest. More on that later. —Seattle-based Dendreon (NASDAQ: [[ticker:DNDN]]) confirmed this week that it has signed leases on a new headquarters at the Russell … Continue reading “Dendreon Moves Across Town, SeaGen Files FDA App, Alder Takes Road Less Traveled, & More Seattle Life Sciences News”
You Snooze, You Lose: 10 Boring Boston-Area Tech Companies That Are Actually Interesting
A friend recently complained that my tweets are often along the lines of, “Boring company raises X million dollars.” And this is a guy who works in the tech startup community. But, au contraire mon frère, they are only boring if you don’t know the stories behind the companies and their deals. The tales of … Continue reading “You Snooze, You Lose: 10 Boring Boston-Area Tech Companies That Are Actually Interesting”
Does an Innovation Ecosystem Need an “MIT” or Will Evita Perons Do?: A Romanian Tale
In my role at the head of the MIT Entrepreneurship Center, I have the great opportunity, at times, to travel the world and learn about entrepreneurship on a global scale, and to gain knowledge and perspective to help us be more effective in our mission at home. This past week was such an experience. There … Continue reading “Does an Innovation Ecosystem Need an “MIT” or Will Evita Perons Do?: A Romanian Tale”
Experience Helped San Diego’s EHS Get First FDA-Approved Wireless Blood Glucose Meter
“I describe Entra Health Systems mainly as a medical device company,” CEO Richard Strobridge said when we met recently at his company’s San Diego headquarters. “We’re under the jurisdiction of the FDA, and we have to have all kinds of certifications and qualifications [as a medical device company.] But a lot of our expertise, and … Continue reading “Experience Helped San Diego’s EHS Get First FDA-Approved Wireless Blood Glucose Meter”
Alder Steers Next Antibodies To Unusual Places: Treating Migraines and High Cholesterol
Alder Biopharmaceuticals prides itself on challenging conventional wisdom. But while Alder has proved the skeptics wrong, showing it can make targeted antibody therapies in a new way with cheap and fast-dividing yeast cells, it has used this technology in a pretty conventional way—to make weapons against cancer and autoimmunity. Now Alder is stepping out with … Continue reading “Alder Steers Next Antibodies To Unusual Places: Treating Migraines and High Cholesterol”
Nick Hanauer and Rich Barton’s Stealth Startup “King of the Web” Inches Closer to Revealing What’s Under That Crown
From the drip-drip-drip department comes this little update on what some big names in Seattle tech are planning with their latest company. King of the Web, a stealth-mode social gaming startup led by aQuantive founder Nick Hanauer and former Expedia CEO Rich Barton, says it’s heading for a private beta this month. The company currently is … Continue reading “Nick Hanauer and Rich Barton’s Stealth Startup “King of the Web” Inches Closer to Revealing What’s Under That Crown”
Altius Education’s Ivy Bridge Disrupts Community College Through Technology
I have a theory about what makes the best entrepreneurs so good: each one is driven by a conviction that he’s discovered some deep flaw in the world. This problem sticks in his craw as if it were a personal affront, and he simply can’t rest until he’s done something to fix it. The problem … Continue reading “Altius Education’s Ivy Bridge Disrupts Community College Through Technology”
Cut! Michigan’s Film and Video Game Startups Fear Loss of Popular Tax Credits
[Corrected, 3/4/11, 3:44 p.m.]When Republican Gov. Rick Snyder recently proposed eliminating generous tax breaks that have made Michigan a top destination for Hollywood-produced film and TV shows, heads started to roll. Pity the poor politician who would deny voters the chance to see George Clooney in the flesh! But beyond robbing screaming fans of the … Continue reading “Cut! Michigan’s Film and Video Game Startups Fear Loss of Popular Tax Credits”
Six iPad 2 Additions I’d Like to See: The Scorecard
[Updated 11:30 a.m. PST with details from today’s iPad 2 event, which just ended.] Earlier today, as an appetizer before Apple’s media event unveiling the iPad 2, I published encore version of my iPad 2 predictions and wish list from January 7, 2011. Now I’ve updated the post to score how well my predictions played out. … Continue reading “Six iPad 2 Additions I’d Like to See: The Scorecard”
FDA Wants More Data on Merck KGaA’s MS Pill As Biogen Develops Rival Therapy
One of Biogen Idec’s rivals in the development of oral multiple sclerosis drugs got some bad news from the FDA. The agency has informed Germany-based Merck KGaA that it wants more safety data on the firm’s experimental MS pill cladribine, which has failed to gain approval at this time, the company said today. This news … Continue reading “FDA Wants More Data on Merck KGaA’s MS Pill As Biogen Develops Rival Therapy”
Experience.com’s New Technology Uses Online Dating-Style Surveys to Better Match Job Seekers to Positions
Boston-based Experience.com has long targeted the entry level job market with its career search software, and is now taking the data it’s gathered for over 15 years to more intelligently match employers and potential hires. CEO and founder Jenny Floren says the new technology, called Proactive Post, is looking to pull personal qualities and life … Continue reading “Experience.com’s New Technology Uses Online Dating-Style Surveys to Better Match Job Seekers to Positions”
Cheezburger Network’s Big Bite Easily Leads January’s Seattle-Area Venture Deals Roundup
Cheezburger Network’s decision to finally take some venture money was 2011’s first big deal for Seattle-area tech companies, and it easily dominated the roughly $55 million raised in 15 equity-based financing transactions recorded in January, according to data compiled by CB Insights FundingFlash. Ben Huh and his team over on Queen Anne have a growing … Continue reading “Cheezburger Network’s Big Bite Easily Leads January’s Seattle-Area Venture Deals Roundup”
Health Records are Going to the Cloud, Going Mobile, and the Feds Are Still Paying
The annual Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS) just concluded the largest healthcare technology conference of the year with a record-breaking 31,225 attendees in Orlando, FL. The annual event includes the leading technology innovators and healthcare executives in the country. This year there were several distinct themes that will have an effect on any company … Continue reading “Health Records are Going to the Cloud, Going Mobile, and the Feds Are Still Paying”
Angel Investing is Up, But Will It Spark the NW Economy? Check Out “The Conversation”
Most people on the street would struggle to define what an angel investor does. Mostly, in Seattle anyway, they are the little-known startup investors who operate behind the scenes while venture capitalists get all the glory for bankrolling the would-be Googles and Facebooks of the future. But for a few minutes yesterday, Seattle angels got … Continue reading “Angel Investing is Up, But Will It Spark the NW Economy? Check Out “The Conversation””
CHiL Bought by International Rectifier, DynamicOps Gets $11M, NeuroPhage Raises $12M, & More Boston-Area Deals News
This week we’ve seen financings and acquisitions news spanning the life sciences, IT, and cleantech sectors in New England. —OpenMile, a Boston- and Chicago-based developer of Web and mobile technology for optimizing shipping, said it raised $6 million in a Series B deal led by Globespan Capital Partners, with participation from existing investor Charles River … Continue reading “CHiL Bought by International Rectifier, DynamicOps Gets $11M, NeuroPhage Raises $12M, & More Boston-Area Deals News”
Salesforce.com Officially Opens Bigger Seattle Office, Says Aggressive Hiring of Top Talent Will Continue
Salesforce.com, the cloud-computing provider that has been in an extended battle with Microsoft for market share and talent, plans to hire as aggressively as possible to fill its new 11,000 square-foot space in South Lake Union. And the pace apparently won’t be slowed by a recent court battle over Salesforce.com’s (NYSE: [[ticker:CRM]]) hiring of a … Continue reading “Salesforce.com Officially Opens Bigger Seattle Office, Says Aggressive Hiring of Top Talent Will Continue”
San Diego’s Bump.com Ready to Hit the Road With Auto-Based Social Networking
With less than two weeks to go before one of the big tech meetings of the year, the countdown has begun at the Bump network’s headquarters in the scenic San Diego coastal community of La Jolla. After unveiling a beta version of its Bump.com social network technology at the Demo Fall conference almost six months … Continue reading “San Diego’s Bump.com Ready to Hit the Road With Auto-Based Social Networking”
Dendreon Makes It Official, Grabs Downtown Office and Former Zymo Lab Building
[Update: 12:40 pm] Dendreon has been searching around Seattle for months to find a new home to accommodate its growth, and now it has made its moving plans official. The Seattle-based biotech company (NASDAQ: [[ticker:DNDN]]) has signed a lease to take eight floors, or about 185,000 square feet of office space, at the Russell Investments … Continue reading “Dendreon Makes It Official, Grabs Downtown Office and Former Zymo Lab Building”