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.

RiboMed Receives Three Additional Patents for Disease Diagnostics Methods

RiboMed Biotechnologies Inc., a leading Epigenetics-Based Diagnostics company, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued three additional patents covering the use of their core technology, Abscription® (Abortive Transcription), for disease and biowarfare agent related biomarker detection. The patents expand protection to MethylMagnet® and MethylMeter®, RiboMed’s bisulfite-free DNA methylation detection products and […]

Dr. Michael R. Waldrum Named CEO of The University of Arizona Health Network

A noted physician and hospital administrator who currently serves as the CEO of the University of Alabama Hospital at Birmingham, Dr. Michael R. Waldrum will take over as president and chief executive officer of The University of Arizona Health Network, effective Jan. 27.

UA has Hart: Inaugurating the 21st President

By La Monica Everett-Haynes, University Communications | November 30, 2012 In her inaugural address, UA President Ann Weaver Hart charged members of the campus and community to think and act in more progressive and unconventional ways to aid in the success of the University.

BioCentury This Week – Redefining Fast

The newest edition of BioCentury This Week television brings together Friends of Cancer Research and FDA to explore what has to happen to make the breakthrough pathway real, how fast the transformation will take place, and how many drugs may qualify.