AZBio Health Innovation Spotlight Public Information Campaign Kicks Off with Vaccine Information

Posted on Mon/22/MarchMon/22/March by AZBio

The Sonoran Living Health Innovation Spotlight Public Information Campaign is designed to tackle one of our bioscience industry’s greatest challenges, the “Who Knew” Effect.

Arizona life science innovators are working to discover, develop, and deliver life saving and life changing innovations.

In 2021, AZBio is pleased to partner with ABC15 and CW61 to share quick Sonoran Living Health Innovation Spotlights during the morning and evening news hours along with longer segments on Sonoran Living periodically during 2021 to help our community learn more about the work of Arizona’s healthcare innovators. Each segment touches on a public health challenge or opportunity and spotlights an Arizona life science company’s work to create a solution.

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Investigational AstraZeneca vaccine prevents COVID-19

Posted on Mon/22/MarchMon/22/March by AZBio

Results from a large clinical trial in the United States and South America indicate that AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, AZD1222, is well-tolerated and protects against symptomatic COVID-19 disease, including severe disease or hospitalization. The independent Data and Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) overseeing the trial identified no safety concerns related to the vaccine. The United Kingdom-based global biopharmaceutical company AstraZeneca developed the vaccine and led the trial as regulatory sponsor.Continue reading→

Arizona Expands COVID-19 Vaccination Eligibility to All Ages 16+

Posted on Mon/22/MarchMon/22/March by AZBioPEERS Team

Arizonans age 16 and up can be vaccinated at state sites

PHOENIX — Registration at Arizona’s state-operated COVID-19 vaccination sites in Maricopa, Pima and Yuma counties will be open to all Arizonans 16 and older beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday, March 24, Governor Doug Ducey and the Arizona Department of Health Services announced today.

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Novel Coronavirus Circulated Undetected Months Before First COVID-19 Cases in Wuhan

Posted on Sun/21/MarchSun/21/March by AZBio

A new study dates emergence of the virus that causes COVID-19 to as early as October 2019. Simulations also suggest that in most cases, zoonotic viruses die out naturally before causing a pandemic.Continue reading→

University of Arizona Center for Innovation Startup SGNT Wins Small Business Innovation Research Grant from National Science Foundation

Posted on Fri/19/MarchFri/19/March by AZBioPEERS Team

TUCSON, Ariz. – SGNT, a University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI) startup, has received a $749,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant through the National Science Foundation (NSF). NSF’s vital support of basic research enables people to create knowledge that transforms the future.

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C-Path Names COO Kristen Swingle Interim President

Posted on Fri/19/MarchFri/19/March by Roxan Olivas

Joseph Scheeren departing the organization after two years of strong leadership

TUCSON, Ariz., March 19, 2021 — Critical Path Institute (C-Path) today announced that its Chief Operating Officer Kristen Swingle, M.S., has been appointed Interim President, effective immediately. Kristen succeeds Joseph Scheeren, Pharm.D., C-Path’s President and Chief Executive Officer since April 2019. Scheeren cited personal reasons for stepping down after stewarding C-Path through an important time of transformation, which has seen the organization add multiple new programs and its staff more than double.Continue reading→

NAU bioengineer partners with industry expert to launch successful spin-off commercializing mobility technologies

Posted on Fri/19/MarchFri/19/March by AZBio

Company’s first prototype product—a lightweight, wearable robotic ankle assist device—is designed to grow with the patient, an innovation that meets a specific market needContinue reading→

SenesTech Announces Successful Completion of a Long Term Agricultural Deployment of ContraPest®

Posted on Fri/19/MarchFri/19/March by AZBio

PHOENIX, March 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — SenesTech, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNES), a developer of proprietary, next generation technologies for managing animal pest populations through fertility control, today announced the conclusion of agricultural deployments of ContraPest® with demonstrated, sustained success in reducing rat populations and improving operating economies in poultry settings.Continue reading→

Roche launches DISCOVERY Green HRP chromogen detection kit to expand immunohistochemistry multiplexing in cancer research

Posted on Thu/18/MarchThu/18/March by AZBioPEERS Team

Multiplexed assays for simultaneously detecting several biomarkers in a single sample address the growing need to obtain more information from limited tissue samples
New test kit is an addition to line of DISCOVERY ULTRA instruments, uniquely designed for the research community
Researchers can now investigate more cancer biomarkers on a single tissue slide, paving the way for a better understanding of cancer biology and future advances in personalised healthcare

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Appointments for all state COVID-19 vaccination sites to be available each Friday

Posted on Wed/17/MarchWed/17/March by AZBioPEERS Team

PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) announced today it will make COVID-19 vaccination appointments available each Friday for the following week, easing the process for Arizonans to register for appointments at state mass-vaccination sites in the Phoenix area and Tucson.

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