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 $565 million. Arizona inventors have been awarded 2,283 bioscience related patents since 2018, among the second quintile of states in patent activity. Read the Report: AZ-BIO2022 - state profile
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Get Connected With Arizona's Bioindustry
A key component in Arizona’s life science ecosystem, the Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio) is the only statewide organization exclusively focused on growing Arizona’s bioscience industry.
AZBio Member Organizations in the fields of business, research and education, health care delivery, economic development, government, and other professions involved in the biosciences are the key drivers of the growth of Arizona's life science sector. As the unified voice of our industry in Arizona, AZBio strives to make Arizona a place where bioscience organizations can grow and succeed.
AZBio works nationally and globally with the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), the Medical Device Manufacturers Association (MDMA), the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA), and leading patient advocacy organizations.
Through these relationships, AZBio has access to information, contacts, resources, cost saving programs, and the global bioscience and medtech community.
Success Stories – Good News from Arizona’s BioIndustry
UA Surgeons Implant Southern Arizona’s First HVAD Pump
The HVAD pump is the smallest, next-generation full-support heart-assist device.
Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. join forces to fight cancer
Two of Arizona’s premier biomedical institutions unite to develop critically needed diagnostic biomarkers for cancer
UA Team and NASA Team Up to Look at Life
All for One: What Makes an Individual
Pfizer shares software for biotech drug research with pharma rivals
Pfizer ($PFE) has led the way in an effort to share software and standards for managing data on complex molecules, providing the tech know-how on a precompetitive basis to competitors such as GlaxoSmithKline ($GSK), Roche ($RHHBY) and Bristol-Myers Squibb ($BMY).
Events
- Venture Madness 2024
        Apr 3, 2024 - Scottsdale - Behind BIO5
        Apr 3, 2024 - Tucson - BISNOW: Phoenix Healthcare and Life Sciences Summit
        Apr 4, 2024 - Phoenix - 9th Annual ABRC-Flinn Research Conference
        Apr 5, 2024 - Phoenix - BIO Legislative Fly In
        Apr 16, 2024 - Washington