It’s not every day that you get the chance to sit down face-to-face with a Nobel Laureate. But that’s exactly what happened on Tuesday, April 22, 2014, when about 150 Arizona biotechnology movers and shakers shook it up with Leland “Lee” Hartwell, PhD, at the AZBio Leadership Conversation luncheon at the Phoenix Country Club.Continue reading
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Dr. AJ Milici appointed Flagship Biosciences’ Head of Biology
Flagship Biosciences announced on April 3, 2014 that Dr. Anthony J. Milici has been appointed Head of Biology. Dr. Milici brings over 30 years of pharmaceutical drug development experience in the areas of neurodegenerative disease, inflammation, and oncology.Continue reading
21-Year-Old Leaves Hospital with a Kidney Saved by the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart
“I was completely shocked,” recalls Tiernee Gonzalez of Ohio. “I found out that it wasn’t the end, that I had another chance at life.”Continue reading
Scientists at the UA Make Critical End-Stage Liver Disease Discovery
The discovery of an unknown cellular pathway has helped scientists and physicians better understand end-stage liver disease and offers a potential target for new therapeutics.Continue reading
Ulthera files for $86M IPO
Ulthera, which sells ultrasound energy systems for the non-invasive lifting of eyebrows and skin around the neck, filed on Monday with the SEC to raise up to $86 million in an initial public offering.Continue reading
Provista Dx announces completion of $6M Series B Financing
Provista Diagnostics, Inc., (Scottsdale, AZ) a privately held molecular diagnostics company developing and commercializing diagnostic, prognostic and predictive tests for cancers affecting women, today announced completion of its Series B financing. The $6.0 million Series B financing was fulfilled by the company’s existing investors.Continue reading
Piper Charitable Trust Announces New President & CEO
The Board of Trustees of Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust announced today that Dr. Susan M. Pepin, nationally recognized medical educator, clinician, and researcher, will become the next president and CEO of Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, effective July 28, 2014.Continue reading
Amgen Granted FDA Fast Track Designation for Investigational Ivabradine for Chronic Heart Failure
Amgen Statement on FDA Fast Track Designation for Investigational Ivabradine for Chronic Heart FailureContinue reading
Nazneen Aziz Joins Phoenix Children’s as Senior Vice President of Research Affairs
Nazneen Aziz, PhD, has joined Phoenix Children’s Hospital as Senior Vice President of Research and Chief Research Officer.Continue reading
Pentagon-backed Keim lab research may open pathways to precision medicine
Research motivated to blunt the sinister potential of a deadly infectious disease may hold the promise of life-saving treatments at the edge of a transformation in medical care.Continue reading