Faculty Member Earns Prestigious Award for Schizophrenia ResearchContinue reading
Category Archives: AZBio News
NEA’s David Mott on what VC firm’s $2.6B fund means for biotech (biotechVC)
New Enterprise Associates packs financial firepower like few other venture capital outfits today, particularly those investing in biotech. Fresh off closing a diversified venture fund of $2.6 billion revealed in July, NEA is expected to spend roughly a third of its capital from the fund on healthcare investments primarily in the biopharma industry, General Partner David Mott (who sold MedImmune to AstraZeneca ($AZN) for $15.6 billion in 2007), told FierceBiotech.Continue reading
Brain State Technologies® Opens New Worldwide Brainwave Optimization™ Centers
With a global reach of 19 countries, partner network expands across U.S., Canada, Panama and Australia.Continue reading
Rick Myers To Receive the 2012 AZBio Public Service Award
A widely respected and tireless civic leader, Rick Myers is a visionary and a strong advocate for promoting the biosciences in Arizona. Rick serves as the Governor-appointed Chair for the Arizona Board of Regents and advocates for growing the research enterprise and promoting biosciences.Continue reading
Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. develops first-ever fully automated dual-stain technique for miRNA and protein detection in cancer
Revolutionary technique may enable new findings in what drives tumor cell growth and new targeted treatment options for patients1Continue reading
Living with an Artificial Heart
SynCardia Publishes 1st Brochure for Total Artificial Heart Patients & Their Caregivers
12-Page Resource Describes How the Total Artificial Heart Works, What to Expect Before & After Surgery and the Steps to Patient Discharge Using the Freedom® DriverContinue reading
Full Moon Full Life benefits TGen pancreatic cancer research
Sept. 29 concert near Nashville features country music’s Jamey JohnsonContinue reading
TGen and Scottsdale Healthcare researchers Stand Up to Cancer in Hollywood
TGen, Scottsdale Healthcare cancer researchers attending Stand Up To Cancer gala in Hollywood
Primetime fundraising telethon airs Sept. 7 simultaneously on ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC and cable channelsContinue reading
Valeant to Acquire Medicis for $2.6B
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc. Agrees to Acquire Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation for $44.00 Per Share in Cash
Combination Creates a Global Leader in DermatologyContinue reading
Jennifer Kehlet Barton, Ph.D. named 2012 Michael A. Cusanovich Bioscience Educator of the Year
Jennifer Kehlet Barton, Ph.D., Associate Vice President for Research and Professor, Biomedical Engineering at The University of Arizona has been named the 2012 Michael A. Cusanovich Bioscience Educator of the Year by the Arizona Bioindustry Association.
She will receive her award October 23, 2012 during the 2012 AZBio Awards which will be held at the Phoenix Convention Center and draw bioscience leaders from across the state of Arizona.Continue reading