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The Medical Device Tax: Repeal it for the sake of innovators and patients

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As industry leaders we all need to stay in the loop on key issues that affect our industry and our state.  One of those issues is the 2.3% Medical Device Tax.  When we were out in DC last April,  AZBio leadership met with all of our Congressional teams to share information on how this tax impacts our industry and our state .  In addition to sharing with them what is happening here in Arizona, we asked them if they would keep us “in the loop” on what is happening at our nation’s capitol. 

On Thursday, June 7, 2012 we got some important news from Capitol Hill. 

Read on for a special “In the Loop” guest post by Congressman Paul Gosar, R-AZContinue reading→

First Things First

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In an industry like ours, doing things in the right order matters.  It does not matter of you are working in the lab, biz dev or the front office.  When you forget to put first things first you might not get the outcome you expect…or need.

At AZBio we have been investing our time in research.  For us that means getting out of the office and into the  community to talk to Members, create opportunities to connect and to listen to what they have to say.  Whether we are are in one-on-one visits to Members and their companies, meetings at the GPEC, The Desert Angels or BCLSA or hanging out with the AZBio Gang at Beer and Bio, we’ve been asking questions and gathering data on what you, our members want and need.   So far this research has led to some new developments and there are a lot more coming,  Here are FIVE important things you said…Continue reading→