Patrick Soon-Shiong, chairman and CEO of National LambdaRail, announced the appointment of ASU President Michael M. Crow as head of a new Chairman’s Advisory Council.Aided by a $100 million guarantee from the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Advanced Health to upgrade and extend its network to support big science projects, the council will help guide the new mission of National LambdaRail, the 12,000-mile-high-performance communications network linking the nation’s leading research institutions.Continue reading
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Regenesis Biomedical takes to the stage at the AdvaMed 2011 MedTech
Regenesis Biomedical to Participate in the AdvaMed 2011 MedTech Conference: Selected to present in the Wound Management category and serve as a panelist on Emerging Growth Companies.
Scottsdale, Arizona, September 5, 2011 — Regenesis Biomedical, Inc., a medical technology company focused on regenerative medicine, announced today that it was selected to present at the AdvaMed 2011 MedTech conference. Regenesis presents in the Wound Management category. The aim of the conference is to connect companies that have an innovative medical technology to parties interested in investing capital, partnering, or initiating strategic alliances.Continue reading
The latest from Biozona News
09/11/2011 | Arizona Republic | Ken Alltucker
It’s two weeks before the new Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center opens for patients, but its new appointment calendar is filling quickly. The early interest has Banner Health CEO Peter Fine and his staff talking about plans to expand the facility, which is 133,000 square feet. But Fine acknowledges that metro Phoenix patients will be the ultimate judge of how quickly the center grows.
Gowan partners with Colombia company to promote ‘green’ products 09/09/2011 | Yuma Sun | Chris McDaniel
Gowan Company of Yuma has reached an agreement with EcoFlora, a company in Colombia, to create a joint venture called EcoFlora AGRO. Through this joint venture, Gowan Company and its global marketing companies will be the exclusive partner in developing, registering, and marketing EcoFlora’s current unique plant extract based portfolio and their robust product pipeline.
Executive profile: R.F. ‘Rick’ Shangraw Jr. of Arizona State University 09/09/2011 | Phoenix Business Journal | Patrick O’Grady
Rick Shangraw has seen technology and growth from both the public and private
sectors. Shangraw currently heads up Arizona State University’s Office of Knowledge Enterprise Development, which is designed to take the best of the university’s ideas and turn them into commercial realities.
UA-linked hospitals get new names 09/08/2011 | Arizona Daily Star | Stephanie Innes
University Medical Center is now called the University of Arizona Medical Center-University Campus. And University Physicians Healthcare Hospital at Kino will now be known as the University of Arizona Medical Center-South Campus. Both hospitals are part of the University of Arizona Health Network, which is the new name for the entity that formed in the summer of 2010 when University Medical Center Corp. merged with University Physicians Healthcare.
Phoenix OKs construction of $17 mil parking garage on Biomedical Campus 09/08/2011 | Downtown Devil | Jessica Zook
The City of Phoenix approved a proposal Wednesday for the construction of a $17 million parking garage downtown. The Boyer Company gained approval as the real-estate developer for the garage, which will serve the growing Phoenix Biomedical Campus and will be on the southeast corner of Fillmore and Fifth streets. Construction is scheduled to start in November 2012 and be complete by early February 2014.
Arizona has netted $2.6B in health-related stimulus since 2009
09/07/2011 | Business Journal | Angela Gonzales
Since the enactment of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has made $2.6 billion in stimulus funds available in Arizona. Of that, $2.2 billion went for the increased federal share of state Medicaid costs, while another $106 million went to scientific research, facilities and equipment.
Innovations make tech incubator live up to its name
(editorial) 09/07/2011 | Arizona Republic
The Innovations Technology Incubator is part of Chandler’s mission to create high-wage jobs for residents. The idea is to grow and foster ideas in science and technology. Once that happens, entrepreneurs would leave Innovations to buy or lease buildings, purchase equipment and create jobs in Chandler. Christine Mackay, Chandler’s economic-development director, says the city has been approached by new companies and existing tenants that need more space. The current facility is 100 percent occupied.
Regents panel OKs UA plans for 2 new research buildings 09/02/2011 | Arizona Daily Star | Becky Pallack
The University of Arizona is adding two new research buildings on the north side of Speedway to its wish list. Capital improvement plans were approved by an Arizona Board of Regents committee on Thursday. A proposed $85 million bioscience lab facility would be built near the Bio5 building for disease research.
ASU scientists receive $5 mil for DNA research 09/01/2011
| State Press | Kharli Mandeville
What if there was a way for doctors to know what diseases their patients were susceptible to before they even showed symptoms? Two Biodesign Institute researchers have been awarded more than $5 million in grants to further pursue research into a cutting edge technology to sequence an individual’s genetic information, or genome.
NAU researcher thrust into the maelstrom after 9/11
ERIC BETZ Sun Staff Reporter azdailysun.com | Monday, September 12, 2011
- On the morning of September 11, 2001, Paul Keim was out for a run with his dog on Observatory Mesa, oblivious to the events unfolding along the eastern seaboard.
He was training for a marathon that he would never run.
Within weeks, he would be sitting on the hood of his Toyota on the tarmac at Flagstaff Pulliam Airport when a blonde woman walked off a Gulfstream jet and handed him a package.
“Dr. Keim, this is the anthrax,” she told him. Read more at the Arizona Daily Sun
Study: Medical Device Tax Could Cost Jobs, Stifle Innovation
WASHINGTON,D.C. –The medical device tax, if implemented, could cost tens of thousands of jobs, almost double the industry’s total taxes, raise the effective tax rate to among the highest in the world, and harm U.S. competiveness, according to a study released today by the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed). The new study, “Employment Effects of the New Excise Tax on the Medical Device Industry,” by Manhattan Institute senior fellow Diana Furchtgott-Roth and Hudson Institute senior fellow Harold Furchtgott-Roth, outlines a number of economic harms likely to result from the tax.Continue reading
ASU to develop early diagnostics against colorectal cancer
ASU’s Leland Hartwell, Nobel laureate and chief scientist at the Biodesign Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health, spearheaded the agreement with Jianping Wang, director of the SYSU Gastrointestinal Institute of the Sixth Affiliated Hospital in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
ASU, China’s Sun Yat-Sen University partner
Arizona State University and China’s Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU) have formalized a research collaboration aimed at developing early and predictive diagnostics to improve patient outcomes for colorectal cancer. ASU’s Leland Hartwell, Nobel laureate and chief scientist at the Biodesign Institute’s Center for Sustainable Health, spearheaded the agreement with Jianping Wang, director of the SYSU Gastrointestinal Institute of the Sixth Affiliated Hospital in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.
“Recent advances in molecular technologies promise great improvements in medical care through prevention and early detection of disease,” Hartwell said.
Read more at ASU News
Webinar: Bringing Science to the Marketplace
The Office of Cancer Centers Learning Series Webinar Presents: Bringing Science to the Marketplace: The NCI’s Small Business Innovation Research Program Continue reading |
Intrinsic Bioprobes, Inc. Acquired by Thermo Fisher
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc., the world leader in serving science, announced on September 1, 2011 that it has enhanced its workflow for biomarker research and diagnostics by acquiring Tempe, Arizona based Intrinsic Bioprobes Inc., a manufacturer of unique immuno-enrichment, sample-preparation tools used in quantitative mass spectrometry. The Intrinsic Bioprobes portfolio enables Thermo Fisher to offer its worldwide life science research and clinical diagnostics customers an enhanced solution for quantitative protein biomarker detection.
President Sander visits the University of Arizona’s Research Parks
(Tucson, Arizona) On August 29, University of Arizona President Eugene Sander toured the University’s Research Parks. The Office of University Research Parks supports the University of Arizona’s mission of education, research and outreach by utilizing research parks and business incubators to advance technology development, commercialization and business attraction.
Luceome Biotechnologies Receives $1.9 Million in Phase I and Phase II SBIR Funding to Advance its High Throughput Screening Platform
TUCSON, AZ – LUCEOME BIOTECHNOLOGIES a privately held biotechnology company focused on the discovery and development of its innovative proprietary assay platform today announced the award of $1.6 million in grant funding from The National Institutes of Health to further their research in high throughput screening using the KinaseSeeker™ technology. Earlier this year, Luceome was awarded a grant for $287K for research in the area of poly(ADP-ribose) detection.