TGen continues to grow as an economic engine for Arizona, creating high-paying jobs, state revenues and significant return on investment. Report documents TGen’s $174 million in total annual economic impact, while also attracting research dollars and advancing precision medicineContinue reading
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SenesTech Announces Management Restructuring and Changes to Board of Directors
SenesTech, Inc., an Arizona based life science company, today announced a series of significant changes and additions to its management team and board of directors. The Company believes the changes and additions to its team will help position it to commercialize its lead product candidate, ContraPest. ContraPest is an innovative technology for managing rodent pest populations through fertility as opposed to a lethal approach. SenesTech submitted ContraPest to the EPA for registration in 2015, and though there can be no assurance, the Company is hopeful of obtaining a positive determination in 2016.Continue reading
Applications open for 10th year of Helios Scholars at TGen biomedical research internships
8-week paid summer program pairs students with TGen researchers in significant efforts to benefit patientsContinue reading
Calimmune and St. Jude Expand Partnership to Improve Lentiviral Vector Manufacturing for Novel Gene Therapies
The licensed technology can increase global access to gene therapy through lower costs and shortened regulatory timelinesContinue reading
Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals files S-1 for $29 M IPO on the NYSE
Colorectal cancer biotech Cancer Prevention Pharmaceuticals files for a $29 million IPOContinue reading
AZBio 2015 Giving Guide
Looking to give back before year end? Check out the AZBio Annual Giving GuideContinue reading
Charles Arntzen, Ph.D. named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).
Arizona State University Regents’ Professor and research scientist Charles Arntzen, Ph.D., has been named a Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI).Continue reading
PanAridus Stretches Global Patent Lead For Natural Rubber Alternative
This is the tenth patent for PanAridusContinue reading
Making LIFE Better: Beacon Biomedical
Arizona Innovation Challenge winner, Beacon Biomedical Inc. is a medical diagnostic device company on a mission…to save as many lives as possible by providing easy, accurate and affordable blood tests for earlier cancer detection.
Arizona Commerce Authority Announces Winners in the Fall 2015 Arizona Innovation Challenge
The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) has named six innovative early-stage companies as winners in the Fall 2015 round of the Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC), its bi-annual business plan competition.