PHOENIX, A.Z., (August 21, 2020) Kalos Therapeutics today announced positive preclinical efficacy results from a series of Kalos peptides for the treatment of COVID-19. Continue reading
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Opportunity Alert: Well Arizona Incubator Applications Open Now
Improving well-being takes all of us – representatives from business, food, education, government, the arts, healthcare and public health for example. We need multiple sectors collaborating to solve community well-being challenges, and that’s what the Live Well Arizona Incubator is all about: growing a cross-sector team to build a plan for improving community well-being and health, while learning alongside other diverse teams from across the state. Continue reading
UArizona and Covid Watch Launch COVID-19 Exposure Notification App
The launch will help campus reopen while also serving as a pilot for the state of Arizona.Continue reading
In Memoriam: Will Gartner
Will Gartner, serial entrepreneur and a long-time friend, advocate, and active member of AZBio, passed on Saturday, August 1st. He was 78-years young.Continue reading
Accelerate Diagnostics Announces FDA Emergency Use Authorization for COVID-19 Antibody Testing System
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXDX) and BioCheck, Inc., a privately-held San Francisco-based company focused on in vitro diagnostics, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the BioCheck SARS-CoV-2 IgM and IgG Combo Test and fully-automated MS-Fast instrument.Continue reading
GT Medical Technologies Announces Data Demonstrating Positive Local Control and Safety Outcomes with GammaTile Therapy for Large Brain Metastases
This will be the first randomized trial comparing surgery plus GammaTile Therapy against the standard of care in patients with metastatic brain tumors.
Company Presents Multicenter, Randomized Clinical Trial of GammaTile Led by MD Anderson at the Society of Neuro-Oncology 2020 Virtual Conference on Brain Metastases
Economic Update Courtesy of Alliance Bank of Arizona
Alliance Bank hosted its 2020 economic forum featuring insights from Dr. Christopher Thornberg, recognized as one of the nation’s leading economists. Continue reading
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Issues Emergency Use Authorization to Yale School of Public Health for SalivaDirect, Which Uses a New Method of Saliva Sample Processing
FDA, August 15, 2020: Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency use authorization (EUA) to Yale School of Public Health for its SalivaDirect COVID-19 diagnostic test, which uses a new method of processing saliva samples when testing for COVID-19 infection.Continue reading
Midwestern University Health Careers Institute Goes Virtual, but Stays Hands-on
The annual Health Careers Institute for High School Students at Midwestern University is an interactive, hands-on opportunity for young people interested in a future in healthcare to sample medical careers.Continue reading
Arizona Bioscience Week Celebrates Life & Science in 2020
CHANDLER, Ariz — (BUSINESS WIRE) — The Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio) today announced the lineup for the fifth annual Arizona Bioscience Week including its schedule of daily online community educational programs, a 1-hour television special Celebrating Life & Science, and the White Hat Life Science Investor Conference. All events will take place between September 14, 2020 and September 19, 2020.Continue reading