Roy Curtiss, III, Ph.D., of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, has been selected as the recipient of the 2014 AZBio Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement by the Arizona Bioindustry Association.Continue reading
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Arizona Bioscience Week Celebrates Success and Creates Oportunity
Arizona will celebrate Arizona Bioscience Week September 15th – 19th, 2014. AZBio will celebrate outstanding achievements of the industry’s leaders and companies at the AZBio Awards on September 17th and connect life science investors with exciting companies from across the Rocky Mountain Southwest Region at the White Hat Life Science Investor Conference on September 18, 2014. Continue reading
VWR-BIO Laboratory Products & Services Business Solutions Program Expands Product Brand Access
In addition to the product brands currently offered, VWR, BIO, and Thermo Scientific are excited to announce expanded access to over 15 additional product brands through the VWR/BIO Business Solutions Program.Continue reading
NuvOx announces Phase Ib trial for Glioblastoma and additional NIH funding
NuvOx Pharma, a privately held biotechnology company based in Tucson, Arizona, announced that on July 14th, it began a Phase Ib clinical trial of its new drug NVX-108 in patients with glioblastoma, a deadly form of brain cancer.Continue reading
AdvaMed and MEDEC Approve Guidances on Ethical Relationships with Third-Party Distributors
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed) and the Canadian medical technology association MEDEC announce that MEDEC recently approved a number of guidances and tools designed to promote ethical interactions between medical device and diagnostics companies and third-party distributors.
Merz Finalizes Acquisition of Medical Device Company Ulthera, Inc.
Company’s Largest Acquisition Strengthens Aesthetics BusinessContinue reading
AZBio Members Named Some of Arizona’s Most Influential Women
The list is out and 11 AZBio Members have been named to the list of Arizona’s 50 Most Influential Women by AZBusiness Magazine.Continue reading
Opportunity Alert: 2014 Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program
Applications for the 2014 Flinn Foundation Bioscience Entrepreneurship Program for early-stage bioscience firms are open August 1, 2014 – September 26, 2014. Continue reading
Opportunity Alert: Join the Team at SenesTech
SenesTech is seeking dynamic, self-starters to support our research development efforts. SenesTech, Inc. (SenesTech) is a platform biotechnology company specializing in reproductive physiology. Our mission is to complete the development of non-surgical reproduction management technology that could profoundly change the world via wildlife and companion animal population management. We are currently applying our revolutionary technology to the control of rats and mice in both agricultural and urban settings.Continue reading
The Freedom® portable driver from SynCardia Receives FDA Approval for Bridge to Transplant
TUCSON, Ariz. – July 16, 2014 – The Freedom® portable driver received FDA approval on June 26, 2014 for use with the SynCardia temporary Total Artificial Heart as a bridge to transplantation in cardiac transplant candidates who are clinically stable.Continue reading