Decades of Progress with More to Come

Over four decades ago, President Richard Nixon signed the National Cancer Act and the “War on Cancer” was engaged.  Now as we look at the progress that has been made and the progress yet to come, executives from PhRMA share the recent results of a study released on over 5000 new drugs in the biopharma pipeline that are taking us forward in the war against cancer and other diseases.Continue reading

BioCentury this week looks at Medicare- 150 Ideas: Will Any of Them Work?

The nation is heading toward budget sequestration. For Medicare, this means a 2 percent spending cut.

But that’s just a down payment. Any serious attempt to tackle the U.S. deficit must curb the increase in Medicare and Medicaid spending.

Now, the Kaiser Family Foundation has issued a report listing 150 ideas to tackle the problem. The problem: Almost all of them would hurt someone — either by directly limiting access to healthcare, or reducing payments to hospitals, physicians or drug companiesContinue reading

Applications Open for the Spring 2013 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC) on February 12, 2013

The Ariziona Commerce Authority is pleased to announce the opening of the submission window for the Spring 2013 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC) on February 12, 2013.   On or before that day, the Application – Download & Submission page will be updated, and you will be able to download an application, complete it, and then submit it by March 19th.   The Arizona Innovation Challenge awards the most money in the country for a business plan competition!Continue reading