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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 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
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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
$400,000 grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) to test and refine a new antibacterial material,
Molded in clay: new antibacterials to kill germs
Calimmune CEO Louis Breton Named to PharmaVOICE 100 for 2016
Calimmune, Inc., a clinical-stage gene therapy company, is pleased to announce that its Chief Executive Officer, Louis Breton, has been selected by PharmaVOICE magazine as one of the top 100 most inspirational and extraordinary leaders in the life sciences industry for 2016.
Castle Biosciences Announces Clinical Results of Melanoma Gene Expression Test in Stage I and II Cohort Study at 2016 AAD Summer Meeting
Study confirms DecisionDx-Melanoma accurately predicts metastatic risk in Stage I or Stage II patients who have no sign of disease beyond original tumor
HTG Molecular Diagnostics Obtains CE IVD Mark for Its HTG EdgeSeq DLBCL Cell of Origin Assay and HTG EdgeSeq System
HTG Molecular Diagnostics, Inc. (Nasdaq:HTGM), a provider of instruments and reagents for molecular profiling applications, today announced that it has obtained CE-IVD marking for its HTG EdgeSeq DLBCL Cell of Origin Assay and next-generation sequencing (NGS) based HTG EdgeSeq system.
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