How You Can Impact Arizona’s Innovation Future

Grass roots advocacy is when people engage in the legislative process by sharing their views with their elected leaders.  It can take the form of writing or signing on to letters, testifying at hearings, attending town halls, visiting an elected leader at their office; or, here in Arizona, sharing their position on bills at the Legislature using the Request to Speak System. Continue reading

Funding for the Arizona Health Innovation Trust Fund Passes in Senate Appropriations

The Arizona Health Innovation Trust Fund (AHIT) was established in 2022 to develop workforce programs; support small health innovation businesses; and provide other financial support that will drive growth in Arizona’s life science sector. On February 23, 2023, SB1084 was amended to appropriate $50 million in funding for AHIT in Arizona’s FY24 budget and declares that the Legislature intends that the Fund steadily grows to maintain a permanent endowment balance of at least $200 million. The amended bill received a Do Pass as Amended recommendation.  SB1084 now moves to consideration by the Senate Rules Committee.Continue reading

Health Catalysts Group Releases Annual HCG Diagnostics Year In Review for 2022

The HCG Diagnostics Year in Review for 2022 contains data related to clinical diagnostics and diagnostics in the public markets, with special attention to the MEGA Index, diagnostic company IPOs, and diagnostic M&A. This report also includes Arizona State University’s Testing Commons COVID Year in Review, which focuses on all things related to SARS-CoV-2 diagnostics as well as COVID incidence vs influence and a history of the COVID mutations in the US.Continue reading