Moving Life Science Innovations along the path
From Discovery To Development To Delivery
OUR VISION OF THE FUTURE: Arizona is a top-ten life science state.
OUR MISSION: AZBio supports the needs of Arizona’s growing life science ecosystem.
Arizona’s bioscience industry is growing rapidly and reached more than 36,000 jobs spanning 2,912 business establishments in 2021. Industry employment has grown by nearly 22 percent since 2018—twice the growth rate of the nation—with each of the five major subsectors adding jobs during the period. Arizona’s universities conducted $602 million in R&D activities in bioscience-related fields in 2020, fueled in part by steadily increasing NIH awards to Arizona institutions since 2018. Venture capital investments in Arizona bioscience companies increased significantly in 2021, and during the 2018-21 period totaled $565 million. Arizona inventors have been awarded 2,283 bioscience related patents since 2018, among the second quintile of states in patent activity. Read the Report: AZ-BIO2022 - state profile
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A key component in Arizona’s life science ecosystem, the Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio) is the only statewide organization exclusively focused on growing Arizona’s bioscience industry.
AZBio Member Organizations in the fields of business, research and education, health care delivery, economic development, government, and other professions involved in the biosciences are the key drivers of the growth of Arizona's life science sector. As the unified voice of our industry in Arizona, AZBio strives to make Arizona a place where bioscience organizations can grow and succeed.
AZBio works nationally and globally with the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA), the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), and leading patient advocacy organizations.
Through these relationships, AZBio has access to information, contacts, resources, cost saving programs, and the global bioscience and medtech community.
Success Stories – Good News from Arizona’s BioIndustry
ACLA Opposes Unilateral FDA Action to Regulate Laboratory Developed Tests Under Medical Device Authority
September 29, 2023 Washington, D.C. – The American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA) today issued the following statement after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a proposed rule that would seek to regulate Laboratory Developed Tests (LDTs) as medical devices under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. ACLA does not believe that FDA’s actions […]
FDA Proposes Rule Aimed at Helping to Ensure Safety and Effectiveness of Laboratory Developed Tests
For Immediate Release: September 29, 2023 Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced a proposed rule regarding laboratory developed tests, or LDTs, which play an important role in healthcare. The rule is aimed at helping to ensure the safety and effectiveness of these tests, which are used in a growing number of health care […]
Design of a new NAU medical school part of ABOR’s comprehensive effort to improve health outcomes across Arizona
Arizona will see its first medical school in Flagstaff as part of the Arizona Board of Regents’ call to its public universities to close the health care workforce gap in the state.
Cancer Drug Developer Dr. Steve Potts’ Congressional Testimony on the IRA
AZBio Board Member Dr. Steve Potts discusses the negative impacts provisions of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are having on the health innovation pipeline with Duane Schulthess, Managing Director of Vital Transformation, on the Vital Health Podcast.
Events
- BioFuture 2023
        Oct 4, 2023 - New York - The Medtech Conference
        Oct 9, 2023 - Anaheim - Bisnow International Life Sciences and Biotech Conference
        Oct 11, 2023 - Philadelphia - ASU Annual Diagnostics Summit
        Oct 19, 2023 - - The brain hates losing (and other news from neuroeconomics)
        Nov 2, 2023 - Tempe