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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 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
ASU’s Project Honey Bee paired up with DCU’s MedEx
The transatlantic flight of Project HoneyBee Inspired by the honeybee, nature’s best collector and communicator of information, Project HoneyBee seeks to validate wearable sensor data in order to improve patient outcomes. Photo by: “Apis mellifera flying” by Muhammad Mahdi Karim Another transformative collaboration has emerged from the Transatlantic Higher Education Partnership between Arizona State University […]
UA Researchers Find Connection Between Persistent Insomnia, Inflammation and Mortality
Data from an ongoing UA respiratory study spanning more than 40 years shows that persistent (chronic) insomnia is associated with higher levels of inflammation in the blood and a 58 percent increased risk of death.
ASU revises royalty policy, more proceeds to researchers
Arizona State University researchers with inventions licensed to existing companies or to form new startups will be entitled to a larger share of the proceeds under a new university policy developed by the Intellectual Property and Institutional Review Committee and approved by President Michael Crow.
SynCardia Named Innovator of the Year by the 2014 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation Awards for Its Freedom Portable Driver
SynCardia was honored for its Freedom portable driver that powers the SynCardia Total Artificial Heart. This allows clinically stable implant patients to be discharged from the hospital to wait for their matching donor hearts at home and their community.
Events
- AZBioPEERS: In-State Incubators, Exploring Local Resources
        Apr 23, 2024 - - Tucson Symposium 2024
        Apr 23, 2024 - Tucson - Ginny L. Clements Breast Cancer Research Institute Annual Symposium
        Apr 24, 2024 - TUCSON - 2024 MedTech Conference
        May 21, 2024 - - AACC 2024 Rocky Mountain Local Section Spring Meeting
        May 31, 2024 - Phoenix