TUCSON, Ariz. August 13, 2024– Critical Path Institute’s (C-Path) Translational Therapeutics Accelerator (TRxA) announced today that Kenneth Keiler, Ph.D., Professor of Molecular Biosciences at the University of Texas at Austin, has been awarded a research grant for his innovative project titled “Inhibitors of the Gram-negative Cell Envelope Stress Response as Anti-Infectives and Antibiotics.” Continue reading
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Flambeau Medical is Growing in Phoenix
Flambeau Medical, a full-service, contract manufacturing organization serving the medical device and life science industries is growing in Phoenix. The company provides a full suite of development and manufacturing capabilities in FDA registered and ISO-13485:2016 certified manufacturing operations.Continue reading
Suresh Garimella to become the 23rd president of the University of Arizona
The Arizona Board of Regents has appointed Suresh Garimella as the 23rd president of the University of Arizona.Continue reading
CMS Publishes Final TCET Rule to Guide Medtech Innovators
In June of 2023, the comment period for the proposed rule on Transitional Coverage for Emerging Technologies (TCET) through the national coverage determination (NCD) process under the Social Security Act closed. The draft rule has been released for public inspection and the final rule will be published on August 12, 2024.Continue reading
Accelerate Diagnostics Announces a Successful Completion of its WAVE™ Pre-Clinical Trial
Accelerate Diagnostics, Inc. (NASDAQ: AXDX) an innovator of rapid in vitro diagnostics in microbiology, announced the successful completion of its WAVE pre-clinical trial. The Accelerate WAVE system is designed to deliver rapid antimicrobial susceptibility testing (“AST”) directly from positive blood culture (“PBC”) bottles and bacterial isolated colonies (“Isolates”) to report accurate results within 4.5 hours, on average.Continue reading
C-Path’s TRxA Announces $250,000 Award for Drug Development Project in ALS
TUCSON, Ariz., August 8, 2024 – Critical Path Institute’s (C-Path) Translational Therapeutics Accelerator (TRxA) announced today a new research grant awarded to Daniela C. Zarnescu, Ph.D., Professor of Cellular and Molecular Physiology at Penn State University College of Medicine, in collaboration with Jon Njardarson, Ph.D., Professor at the University of Arizona. Continue reading
C-Path Inaugural Global Impact Conference: Pioneering Drug Development Collaborations
Sept. 9-11, 2024, Washington, D.C.Continue reading
C-Path Welcomes New Advisory Members to Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Consortium
TUCSON, Ariz., August 6, 2024 — Critical Path Institute’s (C-Path) Critical Path for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (CPA-1) consortium today announced the addition of several key advisory members. Continue reading
Anivive Receives NIAID Contract Worth Up to $33M to Progress Valley Fever Vaccine
LONG BEACH, Calif., Aug. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ – Anivive Lifesciences Inc, a One Health technology company today announced that the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health, has awarded Anivive a new contract (#75N93024C00009) worth up to $33M to support the development of a vaccine against the fungus Coccidioides, which causes Valley Fever.Continue reading
AZMN Founders to Receive the 2024 AZBio Service Award
Jack and Barbara Kavanagh, founders of the Arizona Myeloma Network and Cancer Caregivers of America, will be honored with the AZBio Service Award at the 20th annual AZBio Awards on September 18, 2024 at the Phoenix Convention Center.Continue reading