| AZ BioIndustry Association Presents Dr. Penny with Leadership Award
The AZ BioIndustry Association recently presented Dr. Robert Penny, the CEO of the International Genomics Consortium, with the 2011 Jon W. McGarity Leadership Award for his vision in advancing cancer personalized medicine and success in leading the industry.Continue reading |
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Luceome receives NIH grant to put technology on market
Luceome Biotechnologies an emerging, privately-held biotechnology company located in Tucson, Arizona has received a $1.6 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to commercialize its drug research technology.Continue reading
VisionGate raises $2M for early detection of lung cancer
Phoenix’s VisionGate Inc has raised $2 million in the first portion of equity financing raised from existing and new investors. The company has developed a non-invasive test for the early detection of lung cancer using 3D cell imaging from a single sputum sample. Continue reading
360 Vantage Wins AZBio Fast Lane Award
As seen on the 360 Vantage Blog
Our sincerest thanks to Joan Koerber-Walker, CEO of AZBio, and her entire team for their outstanding leadership in putting
together last week’s AZBio EXPO and Awards Dinner. This annual event
was truly the state’s premier gathering of innovators and leaders in the bioscience community, and we were extremely honored to participate. Clearly, these leaders are moving the biotech industry forward faster — using their unparalleled passion and expertise to advance research in new ways that will change lives and leave a lasting legacy.Continue reading
together last week’s AZBio EXPO and Awards Dinner. This annual event
was truly the state’s premier gathering of innovators and leaders in the bioscience community, and we were extremely honored to participate. Clearly, these leaders are moving the biotech industry forward faster — using their unparalleled passion and expertise to advance research in new ways that will change lives and leave a lasting legacy.Continue reading
Total Artificial Heart Manufacturer Honored by Arizona BioIndustry Association
SynCardia Named “Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year”
(Source: Syncardia)Continue reading
EmpowHER Media Honored With AZBio Fast Lane Award
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — (MARKET WIRE) — 10/13/11
— EmpowHER, an award-winning social health company for women, was honored with the AZBio Fast Lane Award presented by the Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio), the state’s leading trade association for organizations involved in the biosciences. The Fast Lane Award recognizes companies and organizations in the healthcare and health information fields that through recent innovations have yielded measurable results that are moving their organizations and the state of Arizona forward faster.Continue reading
Moving Forward Faster Requires Leaders and Innovators: 2011 AZBio Award Winners Announced
The Arizona BioIndustry Association announced the leaders and innovators who are moving the Arizona biosciences industry forward faster at the 2011 AZBio Awards on October 13, 2011 in front of a standing room only crowd. Winners include: Dr. Nadja Anderson of the University of Arizona BIO5 Institute, 2011 Michael A. Cusanovich Educator of the Year, SynCardia Systems, Inc., as the 2011 Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year, Dr. Robert Penny of the International Genomics Consortium as Jon W. McGarity Bioscience Leader of the Year , Dr. Jessica Langbaum of the Banner Alzheimer’s Institute as 2011 Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year, and Greg Stanton as the winner of the 2011 Public Service Award.Continue reading
MSDx Enters Disease Research Field with Introduction of New NK Perforin Kit
MSDx announced today the first of a series of blood testing products that provide novel tools for studying disease processes. Today the company is introducing The NK Cytolytic Competence Assay (Human CD16/Perforin) Flow Cytometry Kit, a Research Use Only (RUO) kit, which has wide-ranging potential for research in multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes and many other disease areas.Continue reading
2011 AZBio Awards Honorees Announced
The Arizona BioIndustry is Moving Forward Faster in 2011
The Arizona BioIndustry Association has selected finalists and honorees for its annual awards gala to be held at the Sheraton Wild Horse Pass on Oct. 13. Awards to be presented include: 2011 Michael A. Cusanovich Educator of the Year, Fast Lane Company Awards, the Arizona Bioscience Company of the Year, the Jon W. McGarity Bioscience Leader of the Year Award, and the Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year Award.
National LambdaRail appoints Crow as head of Chairman’s Advisory Council
September 14, 2011
Patrick Soon-Shiong, chairman and CEO of National LambdaRail, announced the appointment of ASU President Michael M. Crow as head of a new Chairman’s Advisory Council.Aided by a $100 million guarantee from the Chan Soon-Shiong Institute for Advanced Health to upgrade and extend its network to support big science projects, the council will help guide the new mission of National LambdaRail, the 12,000-mile-high-performance communications network linking the nation’s leading research institutions.Continue reading