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
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.
CredibleMeds Awarded Three-Year FDA Contract To Support the Safe Use of Antibiotics
New award to fund partnership with Banner Health and the University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
New Autism Study Safety Data to be Presented at the Translational Neuroscience Cell Symposium
Cord Blood Registry® (CBR®) announced today that Dr. Michael G. Chez principal investigator at Sutter Neuroscience Institute will present data from the first ever FDA-registered study on the safety of autologous umbilical cord blood (AUCB) stem cells in treating autism at the Translational Neuroscience: Bridging the Gap Between Basic Research Discoveries and Clinical Applications Cell […]
NuvOx Pharma Announces Published Manuscript in the Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs & Therapy
NuvOx Pharma announced that a manuscript describing results of the Company’s product dodecafluoropentane emulsion (DDFPe) in reducing damage from myocardial infarction (MI) has been published in the journal Cardiovascular Drugs and Therapy.
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        Apr 23, 2024 - Tucson - Ginny L. Clements Breast Cancer Research Institute Annual Symposium
        Apr 24, 2024 - TUCSON - 2024 MedTech Conference
        May 21, 2024 - - Regulatory Education for Industry (REdI) Annual Conference 2024: Innovation in Medical Product Development
        May 29, 2024 - - AACC 2024 Rocky Mountain Local Section Spring Meeting
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