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Regenesis Biomedical Expands Clinical Resources
Regenesis Biomedical Expands Clinical Resources by Appointing Medical Director
Extending clinical reach and awareness of Provant pulsed radio frequency energy. Continue reading
SynCardia Freedom Driver allows patients waiting for a heart transplant the freedom to go home
Until now, patients with artificial hearts had to stay in the hospital until a
donor heart was available for transplant. The wait involved being hooked up to
an enormous machine weighing over 400 pounds, and could last years.Now, a new portable device from SynCardia Systems, Inc, called the “Freedom” driver allows patients waiting for a heart transplant the freedom to be out and about instead of in the hospital. Compact enough to fit into a backpack, users plug the device into a standard outlet at home.Continue reading
AZBio Members in the News – week of July 18, 2011
July 24, 2011
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July 21, 2011
FDA Announces release of Draft Guidance for Industry and Food
and Drug Administration Staff – Mobile Medical Applications
July 20, 2011
Tucson Arizona’s University Medical Center (UMC) Ranked Among Nation’s ‘Best Hospitals’
July 18, 2011
Shane C. Burgess, director of the Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology at Mississippi State University, has been appointed the new dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Arizona. His areas of expertise include cancer biology, virology, proteomics, immunology and bioinformatics.: http://uanews.org/node/40689
New UA Agriculture, Life Sciences Dean Chosen
Mississippi State University’s Shane C. Burgess brings literally a world of experience in genetics and veterinary science with him to the UA.
Shane C. Burgess, director of the Institute for Genomics, Biocomputing and Biotechnology at Mississippi State University, has been appointed the new dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at the University of Arizona.
Burgess succeeds Eugene G. Sander, who recently retired as dean and vice provost and will serve as UA president beginning Aug. 1, while the Arizona Board of Regents searches for a new chief executive.
A native of New Zealand, Burgess has worked around the world as a practicing veterinarian and scientist. Currently, he is the associate dean for strategic initiatives and economic development in MSU’s College of Veterinary Medicine and a professor in the department of basic sciences in the vet school.
His areas of expertise include cancer biology, virology, proteomics, immunology and bioinformatics. Since 1997 he has written 110 peer-reviewed publications. Read more from the story by By Jeff Harrison, University Communications, July 18, 2011 (U of A NOW) at: http://uanews.org/node/40689
Advancing Science and taking a LEED position
On Tuesday July 12, 2011, I traveled to Southern Arizona to join Dr. Ken Wertman and the team at Sanofi US as they celebrated another milestone. This time it is not for groundbreaking advancements in human and animal health. Instead we were recognizing the team’s achievement of LEED Gold Certification at their home in Oro Valley, Arizona and congratulating the team that made it happen. Laboratories are very difficult to certify because of demands posed by air handling and other challenges in an environment where scientific experimentation is taking place. Sanofi-aventis U.S. strives to limit the environmental impact of their business and the team is proud of having achieved a Leadership in Energy and Environment Design (LEED) certification.
LEED is a building rating system that was developed by the US Green Building Council in 2000 and is a nationally accepted benchmark for design, construction and operations of high performance “green buildings”. The 110,350 square-foot site was constructed in Oro Valley Innovation Park with the grand opening held on January 13, 2010. Of all the buildings in the U.S. that are LEED certified, only two percent are laboratories. Sanofi US operates two of those laboratories, one in Cambridge, MA and the one here in Oro Valley just north of Tucson, Arizona.
Another highlight of the trip was getting to spend some time with Dr. Ken Wertman and learning more about his journey, why Sanofi US chooses Arizona, and what they do here.
AdvaMed 2011 creates opportunity for investment and partnerships
An increasing number of investors are coming to AdvaMed 2011: The MedTech Conference.
AdvaMed has posted the names of the key executives and investors attending and are adding more to the more confirmed names every day. Click here to view the list of executives who have committed to attend the event thus far.
Invest Southwest Deadline Approaching
This year’s Invest Southwest is being held in conjunction with Venture Capital of the Rockies and will bring many new investors, capital groups and institutions to Arizona.Continue reading
Advocacy groups launch IPAB watch
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Several minority organizations and disease advocacy groups are starting a website to track concerns about and opposition to the Independent Payment Advisory Board.Continue reading
AZBio News for July 2011
UA Study Plays Key Role in International Lung Research – 30 year study points to new biomarkers for COPD and other lung diseases.
Final countdown: Space Shuttle Atlantis to carry next generation vaccine candidate on last space voyage: Its final trip may open a new era of research into infectious diseases, thanks to space bound experiments conducted by Cheryl Nickerson, and Roy Curtiss III, along with their colleagues at Arizona State University’s Biodesign Institute.
Science Foundation Arizona ups jobs, investment through grants (Phoenix Business Journal)
$2.2M Grant awarded to Fund Heart Failure Study at University of Arizona