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First experimental Zika vaccine gets nod from FDA, moves to human trials
The US Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved the first human trial of an experimental Zika vaccine, according to a joint announcement by the two companies behind the new therapy.
The companies, Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Inc., based in Pennsylvania, and GeneOne Life Science, Inc., based in South Korea, said that their DNA-based vaccine...
Tech Moves: PitchBook names new COO to drive continued growth; ExtraHop adds two tech vets; Vulcan hires CIO
— PitchBook, the Seattle startup that collects data on venture capital and private equity financings, has hired Rod Diefendorf as the company’s chief operating officer, it was announced this morning.
Diefendorf will help develop strategy, scale the business,...
Tech Moves: Whitepages adds former Box exec to board; ex-AOL president Bob Lord joins IBM; and more
—Whitepages appointed Whitney Bouck to its board of directors. The former Box vice president is Seattle-based Whitepages‘ third external director and will help guide marketing and...
Boom moves ahead on supersonic plane project, with help from Virgin Galactic
Remember the Concorde? Boom Technology has picked up a high-profile set of allies in its quest to revive supersonic passenger jets: British...
Tech Moves: Ossia hires new CEO; Avvo taps Spotify exec as CTO; and more
— Ossia, a Bellevue, Wash.-based company that makes wireless charging technology, has appointed Didier Le Lannic as CEO. He will take on leadership of Ossia in its Bellevue offices and help the company bring its technology, which debuted at this year’s Consumer Electronics...
Tech Moves: UIEvolution CEO replaced by founder; Concur president named to Twilio board; and more
— UIEvolution confirmed with GeekWire today that founder Satoshi Nakajima has returned to the company’s executive team and is replacing Chris Ruff as CEO. Ruff was CEO for the past decade and talked about UIEvolution’s “phenomenal 2015” when GeekWire wrote about its $ 10.2 million funding last month. Nakajima, known as the...
Tech Moves: Trulia promotes McLaughlin to chief economist; Smartsheet hires ex-Microsoft engineering leader
—Trulia promoted Ralph McLaughlin to the position of chief economist, leading its housing economics research team. In his new role, McLaughlin will provide Trulia customers with insights into the economy, housing trends and public policy as it relates to the real estate industry. Trulia, based in San Francisco, was purchased...
GeekWire Calendar Picks: Realizing the Potential of VR, Math Moves!, EuroSeattle 3, and more
Fans of virtual reality at CES 2016 witnessed the debut of new VR technology and the reviews that followed. The emerging ecosystem of virtual reality is tantalizing but still largely undefined. This month, TechAlliance hosts Research to the Marketplace: Realizing the Potential of Virtual Reality, a full-day...
Cock.li server seized again by German prosecutor, service moves to Romania
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The administrator of the cock.li e-mail hosting service told Ars on Friday that a second hard drive had been seized from his Bavarian data center by the district attorney for the City of Zwickau in eastern Germany. As a result, he has now moved the service out of Germany and is in the process of restoring it.cock.li's Vincent Canfield said that he had initially...