New medical technology can be exciting, but innovation alone is not enough. Before it reaches patients, it must be safe, effective and ready for responsible use. That is where clearance from the Food and Drug Administration becomes important. For many medical devices, FDA clearance is the point where years of development, testing and refinement begin moving into clinical … [More]
Scaling Down to Scale Up: The Business Case for Boutique Senior Living
In Arizona’s senior housing market, scale has long been treated as a measure of success. Larger facilities, higher unit counts and operational efficiency have defined growth for decades. Now, that model is being challenged as smaller, boutique-style communities gain traction by prioritizing consistency, retention and resident experience over size alone. In Scottsdale, New … [More]
$25M Partnership to Establish Nation’s First Medical School Branch on Tribal Land
The University of Arizona and Gila River Health Care, the Gila River Indian Community's tribally operated healthcare system, announced a long-term partnership to establish the nation's first MD-granting medical school branch located on the lands of a sovereign Tribal Nation. The University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix Regional Medical Branch in Sacaton, Arizona, … [More]
$1M Investment Launches Phoenix Children’s Pursuit of Prestigious Magnet Designation
Phoenix Children's is launching its Journey to Magnet, a multi-year enterprise initiative designed to advance nursing excellence, strengthen patient outcomes and further elevate the quality of care delivered to children and families across Arizona. To celebrate, PCH50 is making a $1 million investment to support the organization’s ongoing pursuit of Magnet designation through … [More]
Targeting Therapeutics for Oncology
Breakthru Medicine is a preclinical biotech developing multiple targeted therapeutics for oncology across a wide range of solid tumors. Breakthru's team of veteran drug developers has collectively brought more than a dozen drugs to market and has advanced late-stage programs with the potential to transform outcomes for one of the most lethal forms of cancer. The team's … [More]
Business & Bioindustry
Arizona’s collaborative ecosystem drives discovery and growth
“Arizona is one of the nation’s fastest growing and most attractive hubs for biosciences,” says Sandra Watson, president and CEO of the Arizona Commerce Authority, noting also the corollary that the bioscience sector is one of the state’s fastest-growing industries. As the businesses we showcase in this article consistently attest, Arizona offers a rapidly growing workforce, … [More]
Flourishing Ecosystem: Foresightful Investment Pays Off
Home to one of the fastest growing bioindustry sectors in the country, Arizona is benefiting from almost 30 years of investment into developing an ecosystem that supports the discovery, development and delivery of life science innovations designed to improve the human condition. Just as nature requires ecosystems that work together to sustain life, the life science industry, … [More]
Advancing Non-Invasive Neurocritical Care
To understand how Anuncia is impacting healthcare, it is important to understand who Anuncia is as a company and what we do. Anuncia is addressing a clinical problem that has existed for decades that significantly impacts the lives of patients and families living with a condition called hydrocephalus. Excess cerebrospinal fluids (CSFs) can cause dangerous pressure on the brain … [More]
Forging Ahead in Minimally Invasive Care
The future of minimally invasive care is being shaped in Tempe, Arizona. While BD’s global purpose is to advance the world of healthTM, that mission comes to life through the work of local teams whose innovations help millions of clinicians care for billions of patients around the globe. An essential component of that effort is BD Peripheral Intervention (BD PI), a $2-billion … [More]
Innovating in Tissue Restoration
Our company, BioLab Holdings, is a Mesa-based biotechnology and tissue restoration company focused on advancing innovation across the continuum of care. Through clinician-driven strategy, partnerships and commercialization, we identify, develop and deliver breakthrough technologies that restore tissue and improve patient outcomes. At our core, we develop products that provide … [More]
The Collaboration between Arizona Physicians and National Medtech Companies
Arizona’s healthcare community is becoming a more important part of the national medtech conversation. That is not just because new medical device companies are paying attention to the state. It is because physicians here are treating complex cases every day and can offer the kind of practical feedback that helps new technology move from an idea to something that works … [More]
Guest Editor: John Shufeldt, Xcellerant Ventures and Jetstream Venture Fund
Biosciences – Health Forward Healthcare as a topic is often associated with one crisis or another: availability, delivery model, cost, et cetera. But behind all of that is the bioscience industry — and that industry is thriving here in Metro Phoenix. Healthcare is at a pivotal crossroads. To solve our industry’s most pressing challenges, we must fundamentally shift how … [More]
Greater Phoenix Is Shaping the Future of Precision Medicine
Cancer remains one of humanity's most complex challenges. For generations, physicians have made treatment decisions based largely on what they could see under a microscope, where a tumor originated and how similar patients responded in the past. Today, that paradigm is changing. We are entering an era where cancer can be understood at the molecular level, revealing the … [More]
Translating Scientific Discoveries into Viable Diagnostics
As one of Castle Biosciences’ three original founders, I have had the privilege of helping the company grow from a small, early-stage organization into a leading diagnostics company serving patients and clinicians across the country. Castle began operations in 2008 and established its first laboratory presence in Phoenix the same year. From the beginning, our goal has been to … [More]
Manufacturing Biosensing Technology at Scale
At Dexcom, we make glucose biosensing technology that gives people living with and without diabetes real-time visibility into their glucose levels. For millions of people, biosensing technology transforms diabetes management and daily life by putting actionable data directly into the hands of users and their care teams. The shift from reactive treatment to proactive management … [More]
Furthering Breakthroughs in Regenerative Medicine
Humabiologics is a Phoenix-based regenerative medicine company making human biomaterials more accessible to scientists, clinicians and product developers in regenerative medicine, tissue engineering, bioprinting, organoids, disease modeling and drug discovery. Our mission is to give researchers more human-relevant building blocks to develop better therapies and more predictive … [More]
Translating Innovation into Impact for Ultra-Rare (and Commercially Underserved) Diseases
When people ask me what has fueled the rapid growth of Greater Phoenix's bioscience sector, I don't start by talking about funding or facilities. I talk about collaboration. Throughout my career, I've had the opportunity to work across clinical research, healthcare innovation, venture investing and biotechnology. I've seen what happens when researchers, physicians, … [More]
Advancing Non-Invasive Pain Management against One of Healthcare’s Most Persistent Challenges
Regenesis was founded with a simple but meaningful mission: to improve quality of life by developing innovative medical technologies that help relieve pain. Today, we continue that mission by researching, designing, manufacturing and supporting energy-based medical devices that expand access to safe, non-invasive, drug-free pain management solutions for patients and … [More]
