AZBio president & CEO, Joan Koerber-Walker, joins Bob Roth on Health Futures to discuss health innovation, the importance of making good choices during the pandemic, and why AZBio is helping to build AZAdvances. Continue reading
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UArizona Researcher Will Screen Drug Combos That Might Lengthen Our Lives
Funded by the National Academy of Medicine, Dr. George Sutphin will conduct a high-throughput screen of life-extending compounds in roundworms.Continue reading
UArizona Researchers Develop Ultra-Thin ‘Computer on the Bone’
osseosurface electronic device applied to a synthetic bone Osseosurface electronic devices, which attach directly to the bone, could one day help physicians monitor bone health. It’s show here applied to a synthetic bone in the Gutruf Lab at the University of Arizona. Image Courtesy of Gutruf Lab
Engineers and physicians teamed up to develop a wireless device to monitor and protect bone health.Continue reading
Life Science Leaders Weigh In On Build Back Better Provisions
On Friday, November 19, 2021, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better bill on a 220-213 vote. The bill now moves to the Senate for further review and action. Valued at close to $2 trillion, the bill includes a potpourri of Democratic social spending priorities that includes free preschool for 3 and 4 year old children, initiatives to fight climate change and affordable housing programs. The bill also includes increases to Pell grants for college tuition, expands family leave, and provides new hearing benefit for seniors. It also incudes “pay fors” including increases corporate taxes, funds additional resources for IRS enforcement, AND implements price controls on certain medicines. Investors and life science companies of all sizes have expressed serious concerns that if the latter provisions pass the Senate and are implemented the impact on future health innovation could be devastating. Continue reading
Regents approve universities’ three-year Technology and Research Initiative Fund plans for FY 2022
The Arizona Board of Regents has approved new, three-year funding proposals from Arizona State University, Northern Arizona University and the University of Arizona that will enable critical technology and research advancements through the Technology and Research Initiative Fund. Continue reading
Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Expands Eligibility for COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters
November 19, 2021: Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the emergency use authorizations (EUA) for both the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines authorizing use of a single booster dose for all individuals 18 years of age and older after completion of primary vaccination with any FDA-authorized or approved COVID-19 vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices will meet later today to discuss further clinical recommendations.Continue reading
CooperCompanies to Acquire Generate Life Sciences® for $1.6 Billion
Acquisition will Expand CooperSurgical’s Fertility and Labor & Delivery OfferingsContinue reading
AdvaMed Cybersecurity Summit Previews the Future of Medical Device Cybersecurity
Experts from FDA and Industry will provide timely updates on the state of medical device cybersecurity, including issues related to FDA requirements and a preview of the future of medical device cybersecurity.Continue reading
HTG and Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Announce Bladder Cancer Research Collaboration
HTG’s Innovative Transcriptome Panel Technology to be Leveraged in Retrospective StudiesContinue reading
Arizona Honors Cancer Caregivers
According to the American Cancer Society, in 2021, there will be an estimated 41,000 new cases of cancer in Arizona and an estimated 15,580 deaths will result from this disease. For for every new cancer patient diagnosed there will be at least one new cancer caregiver and/or family to care for that patient.Continue reading