AZBio In The Loop: Introducing our first 2017 AZBio Fast Lane Honoree

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 NuvOx Pharma earns 2017 AZBio Fast Lane Award Honors

NuvOx Pharma is a biotechnology company based in Tucson, Arizona that is developing an innovative nanotechnology for oxygen delivery to treat life-threatening diseases where hypoxia plays a role. The company is ready to start a Phase II clinical trial in brain cancer, is in a Phase Ib/II clinical trial in stroke, is Phase Ib ready in sickle cell crisis, and has animal studies in heart attack, hemorrhagic shock, and traumatic brain injury.   

 
 

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National Institutes of Health Awards $4.8 Million to UA Valley Fever Center for Excellence to Develop Vaccine

The center will use the money to accelerate development of a Valley fever vaccine for dogs that one day may lead to a successful human vaccine. A California-based biotech company and Colorado State University have joined the center in the effort.

ASU Biodesign researchers enter race for early Alzheimer’s test

According to Paul Coleman, an Alzheimer’s researcher at the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative Disease Research Center (NDRC), one of the greatest difficulties plaguing efforts to find effective treatments for Alzheimer’s is the enormous lag between the disease’s inception and the appearance of clinical symptoms.

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Put Your Best Face Forward: AZBio Picture Day

The newspaper just called and they need your head shot for a story they are writing about you or your company. Your website needs to be updated and the last good photo you have is a “selfie” from 2015.  You have been using a “favorite photo” for over a decade. It used to look just like you!  Sound familiar?  Sign up to get a new professional head shot at CEI on AZBio Picture Day – Sep 12, 2017 – Phoenix. 
 

From Founder To Leader – A Mastermind Class for First Time Company Founders

The Center for Entrepreneurial Innovation is launching the CEI Mastermind Learning Series, and applications for the first course From Founders to Leaders are due Friday, September 1st.

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Arizona Bioscience Week is our opportunity to showcase the best of our industry and connect our community.  There are lots of ways to get involved. Want to host a AZBW event?   Contact AZBio  

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BioInterface Workshop and Symposium

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AZBio Awards 2017 (AZBio Members Save)

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Understand Your Genome Symposium

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AZBio Trailblazers 2017 

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