Life365, a leading data engagement and virtual care company, will receive an AZBio Fast Lane Award, recognizing companies for outstanding progress and acceleration of innovation in Arizona at the AZBio Awards on October 15, 2025 .
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NIH Launches Landmark Project on Whole-Person Health and Function
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has launched an effort to advance research on whole-person health and create an integrated knowledge network of healthy physiological function. Whole person health involves looking at the whole person—not just separate organs or body systems—and considering multiple factors that promote health. For example, a multicomponent lifestyle intervention including healthy diet, physical activity and stress management may improve multiple and interconnected aspects of health including cardiovascular (e.g. blood pressure), metabolic (e.g. glucose metabolism) and musculoskeletal function (e.g. muscle strength).Continue reading
Reference Medicine: Fast-Tracking Innovation in Cancer Diagnostics
Each year, AZBio recognizes the select few companies that have achieved outstanding and are accelerating innovation. Reference Medicine is one of these Fast Lane companies. Continue reading
Crescent Edge Managing Partner Nannon Roosa Appointed Chair of BIOSA Board to Lead Southern Arizona Bioscience Growth
The Bioindustry Organization of Southern Arizona (BIOSA) has appointed Nannon Roosa, PMP, CPA, FACMPE, Managing Partner of Crescent Edge LLC, as Chair of its Board of Directors.Continue reading
AZBio Awards to honor two U of A faculty members, startup company
Melissa Herbst-Kralovetz, LifeSpan Digital Health and Dr. Eric Reiman are being recognized by the Arizona Bioindustry Association.
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Executive Order seeks to ensure Arizonans who want COVID vaccine can get one
Phoenix, AZ – Today, Governor Katie Hobbs signed an Executive Order expanding access to COVID vaccines in Arizona. This action seeks to protect the health and safety of Arizona families ahead of respiratory disease season, and to reduce the strain on Arizona’s hospital system and health care workers.Continue reading
C-Path Concludes 2025 Global Impact Conference with Progress Across Rare Diseases, Neurology and Pediatrics
Global regulators, industry leaders, scientists, and patient advocates set near-term commitments on early interception, trial modernization, and patient-first evidence.Continue reading
XLR8 PBC Introduces Fall 2025 Cohort
XLR8 PBC has cemented its role as a unique and highly impactful program within the health tech ecosystem. A strategic launchpad for companies poised for significant growth and market penetration, the program has been designed to support founders/CEOs with access to top industry leaders, mentorship, and strategic resources.
New Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap: How the state becomes a nationally recognized bioscience hub
The Flinn Foundation releases a new Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap to guide industry discovery, innovation, and economic growth for the next five years. The new plan builds on Arizona’s talent base, world-class research, and entrepreneurial spirit to improve the economy as well as Arizonans’ health and quality of life. Developed by SRI International of Menlo Park, Calif., the Roadmap launches at stakeholder events statewide and online the week of Sept. 8, 2025.Continue reading