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Arizona’s bioscience industry is growing rapidly and reached nearly 30,000 jobs spanning 2,160 business establishments in 2018. Industry employment has grown by 15 percent since 2016—twice the growth rate of the nation—with each of the five major subsectors adding jobs during the period. Arizona’s universities conducted nearly $580 million in R&D activities in bioscience-related fields in 2018, fueled in part by steadily increasing NIH awards to Arizona institutions since 2016. Venture capital investments in Arizona bioscience companies increased in 2019, and during the 2016-19 period totaled $349 million. Arizona inventors have been awarded 2,178 bioscience-related patents since 2016, among the second quintile of states in patent activity.
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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 Arizona’s bioscience industry. AZBio membership includes patient advocacy organizations, life science innovators, educators, healthcare partners and leading business organizations. AZBio is the statewide affiliate of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and works in partnership with AdvaMed, MDMA, and PhRMA to advance innovation and to ensure that the value delivered from life-changing and life-saving innovation benefits people in Arizona and around the world.
Success Stories – Good News from Arizona’s BioIndustry
ASU appoints Hao Yan as director of new Center for Molecular Design and Biomimicry
“With the formation of the first ASU Center entirely devoted to biomimicry, Hao Yan’s considerable leadership and expertise will serve as a major catalyst in developing a world-class research initiative that seeks to better understand nature’s design rules, and reimagine, reinterpret and rebuild them in a countless number of ingenious ways in order to […]
World Class Board of Advisors Assembled for Tallwave’s High Tide for Healthcare IT Startup Competition
Lean Business Plan Competition for Entrepreneurs Seeking to Disrupt Healthcare Innovation to Solve Today’s Healthcare Issues
17th U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona joins TGen scientific-medical advisory panel
Dr. Carmona brings a wealth of experience to TGen’s Center for Rare Childhood Disorders.
Smithsonian’s “Bionic Man” TV Special and Exhibit Feature the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart
Documentary States the SynCardia Heart is the Only Manmade Internal Organ That’s Already Saving Lives