Today, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and the Council of State Bioscience Associations (CSBA) released new national and state-level data on the U.S. bioscience industry’s economic performance, its impacts, and its geographic footprint.Continue reading
Author Archive: AZBio
Hao Yan of the ASU Biodesign Institute to be honored as a Regents Professor
Regents Professor is the highest faculty award possible at Arizona’s state universities and is conveyed by the Arizona Board of Regents.
Hao Yan is director of the Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics and the Milton D. Glick Distinguished Professor in the School of Molecular Sciences at Arizona State University.Continue reading
The Pause Technologies Inc. Wins First Place in the HITLAB x Versalie™ Innovation Challenge
[Phoenix, AZ] — November 22nd, 2024 — The Pause Technologies Inc., the company behind the innovative menopause management platform thePause™, has been awarded first place in the prestigious HITLAB x Versalie™ Innovation Challenge. Selected from hundreds of innovative submissions, this accolade highlights thePause™’s mission to make menopause support accessible and personalized through their digital health platform. The company will receive a $25,000 prize to continue advancing its impactful work.Continue reading
CND Life Sciences Receives Grant from The Michael J. Fox Foundation to Study Quantification of Cutaneous Phosphorylated Alpha-Synuclein (P-SYN) in People with Parkinson’s Disease
Grant funding will support the new Syn-Q Clinical Study to further investigate the quantification of P-SYN in skin biopsies using CND’s Syn-One Test®Continue reading
AdvaMed Welcomes Bipartisan Senate Bill to Expedite Medicare Coverage of Breakthrough Medical Technologies, Diagnostic Tests
Washington, D.C. – AdvaMed, the Medtech Association, today welcomed introduction in the U.S. Senate of bipartisan legislation to expedite Medicare coverage of FDA-“breakthrough”-designated medical technologies and diagnostic tests. The legislation, the Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act, introduced by Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA), is similar to H.R. 1691, which the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee passed on a bipartisan basis in June. Continue reading
Over 2,100 Patients Implanted with the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart!
Tucson, AZ, Nov 20, 2024, SynCardia Systems, LLC., a Picard Medical Inc. company, is proud to announce that it has surpassed the 2,100-patient mark of SynCardia Total Artificial Hearts implants.Continue reading
Early adaption of occupational therapy may lessen risks of hand neuropathy among pancreatic cancer patients
HonorHealth Research Institute study looks for ways to prevent or reduce nerve damage in pancreatic cancer patients treated with chemotherapyContinue reading
BIO CEO John F. Crowley calls for innovation in access at Milken Health Summit
As biotech breakthroughs enable remarkable advances in treatment and prevention of disease, we need similar levels of innovation in access, so patients benefit from these breakthroughs, John F. Crowley, President & CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), told the Milken Institute’s Future of Health Summit.Continue reading
NIH-developed AI algorithm matches potential volunteers to clinical trials
Such an algorithm may save clinicians time and accelerate clinical enrollment and research.Continue reading
Michelle Landreville Honored as the 2024 Teacher of the Year
Paradise Valley High School CREST Biotech Sustainability teacher, Michelle Landreville, was honored as the 2024 Teacher of the Year at the Governor’s Celebration of Innovation presented by the Arizona Technology Council and Arizona Commerce Authority. Continue reading