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 employed 40,399 in 2023 across 3,652 state business establishments, representing a rapid 24.6 percent increase in employment since 2019 and placing the state among the leaders in employment growth. The average wage in the bioscience industry was $102,161—53 percent higher than the state’s private sector average. Academic R&D expenditures in bioscience fields reached a new height of $683.3 million in 2022. NIH funding for Arizona totaled $366.5 million in 2023 following steady annual growth since 2019. Arizona’s bioscience companies attracted strong venture capital investment, with $281.8 million invested in 2023. Arizona stands out in patent activity in bioscience-related technology areas—its 3,387 patent awards from 2019 through 2023 places the state in the second quintile among all states. AZ-BIO2024 - state profile

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.

Designed to Accelerate Health Innovation, Trinnovate Ventures Invests in Four New Start-Ups

Trinnovate Ventures, Inc., a new organization focused on accelerating healthcare innovation, has partnered with four companies and is seeking additional proposals for consideration.

To Treat the Heart, Neurotechnology Aims to Balance the Brain

Brain State Technologies (Scottsdale, Arizona) has announced that use of their allostatic neurotechnology was associated with positive effects for the cardiovascular system and reduction of inflammation, in individuals with diverse health conditions. The findings are being presented at the Council on Hypertension of the American Heart Association, meeting in Orlando, Florida from September 14-17.

TB-REFLECT: A COLLABORATIVE EFFORT TO ENHANCE TB CLINICAL RESEARCH

TUCSON, October 25, 2016 – The Critical Path Institute’s (C-Path) Critical Path to TB Drug Regimens (CPTR) initiative and the Global TB Programme of the World Health Organization (WHO) have partnered with researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), to develop leading-edge quantitative analyses of data from the TB-Platform for Aggregation of Clinical […]

Announcing the 2016 AZBio Trailblazers

The 2016 AZBio Honorees are: Senator Nancy Barto, Senator Bob Worsley, Senator Kimberly Yee, Speaker Pro Tem Bob Robson, Representative Kate Brophy McGee, Representative Heather Carter, Representative Regina Cobb, DDS, Representative Randall Friese, MD, Representative Jay Lawrence, Representative Eric Meyer, MD