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Arizona Bioscience Overview

Arizona Bioscience Overview:

Arizona is home to one of the fastest growing bioscience industries in the U.S.  Watch the video to see how a statewide collaboration built the research infrastructure and attracted a growing talent base of thought leaders committed to making Arizona a leading bioscience state.
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Arizona Pioneer Thomas M. Grogan, MD

Arizona Pioneer Thomas M. Grogan, MD:

Thomas M. Grogan, M.D., Founder of Ventana and SVP, Medical Affairs of Ventana Medical Systems, Inc. (Ventana), a member of the Roche Group, receives the AZBio Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement at the 2013 AZBio Awards on October 10, 2013.

Dr. Grogan was a pathologist and professor at the University of Arizona when in the mid 1980’s he and a small team set out to challenge the limitations of the then current standards and processes for cancer pathology.  What was to become the company’s first digital pathology instrument evolved from Grogan’s notes on a yellow pad into the BenchMark IHC/ISH staining platforms.   Under Grogan’s leadership, Ventana was founded in 1987, went public in 1996, and was acquired by Roche for $3.4 billion in 2008. Over the last 25 years, Ventana has grown to become a global leader in developing and manufacturing tissue-based diagnostic instruments and tests focused on the detection of cancer. Ventana employees continue to pursue the same deeply rooted mission of innovating diagnostic testing and enabling personalized healthcare to improve the lives of all patients afflicted with cancer worldwide.

Dr. Grogan has made it his personal mission to make life better for the millions of patients who battle cancer each day.  His passion and dedication are infectious and has spread across the company that he and his team built. Through their efforts they have revolutionized the field of cancer diagnostics and are pioneering new roads in the field of personalized healthcare.”
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Tomorrow's Leaders Take a Bow

Tomorrow's Leaders Take a Bow:

Students from across Arizona display their research in the Student Discovery Zone sponsored by Northern Arizona University at the 2013 AZBio Awards.
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Leslie Boyer, MD 2013 Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year

Leslie Boyer, MD 2013 Arizona Bioscience Researcher of the Year:

In 2013, Dr. Leslie Boyer was been named one of 30 heroes of rare diseases by the Food and Drug Administration’s Office of Orphan Products Development.  Her work includes a clinical studies program conducted throughout Arizona with protocols for placebo-controlled, double-blind trials, open-label studies, historical control studies, and the statewide STING project. She has coordinated phase 2 and phase 3 multicenter clinical trials of pit viper antivenom, developed the Antivenom Index, and participated in the establishment of the Pan-American Lymphotoxinology Taskforce. Boyer, who is a member of the UA’s BIO5 Institute, has focused her scientific career on venomous bites and stings, which are often unrecognized public health issues. She began by developing public education programs that offer poison and toxin emergency treatment advice. In 2004 and 2005, with an FDA Orphan Product grant, she led a team that conducted clinical studies leading to the marketing approval of the first scorpion antivenom – representing one of more than 40 products developed through orphan grant-sponsored research. 
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Linda Hunt of Dignity Health Arizona, 2013 Arizona Bioscience Leader of the  Year

Linda Hunt of Dignity Health Arizona, 2013 Arizona Bioscience Leader of the Year:

The Jon W. McGarity Arizona Bioscience Leader of the Year Award honors the person in Arizona who provided the most outstanding leadership that contributed significantly to development of the State’s bioindustry and/or recognition of the advancement of bioscience in Arizona.

Recognizing that collaboration builds a stronger community, Linda Hunt has taken a leadership role to advance healthcare and the biosciences for the people of Arizona. Hunt has worked diligently with legislators, business leaders, educators, scientists and community organizations in order to identify, formulate, and support policies that will give Arizonans better healthcare and raise the bar of knowledge.Hunt has served as the head of Dignity Health in Arizona since 2012.  Dignity Health includes three major hospitals in the Valley, St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center and Chandler Regional and Mercy Gilbert Medical Centers.   A fourth hospital, St. Joseph’s Westgate, is under construction.
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An Extra 30 Years – Joan Koerber-Walker, AZBio (2019)

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2019-10-14 05:21:37
An Extra 30 Years – Joan Koerber-Walker, AZBio (2019)

In the healthcare discussion, as we look at the value of life science innovations, we must never forget the importance of the years.  Joan Koerber-Walker, president and CEO of the Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio), leads an organization representing companies who together employ over 300,000 Arizonans who are discovering, developing, and delivering life science innovations that make life better in Arizona, across the United States, and around the world.




2019 AZBio Fast Lane Award Honoree - OncoMyx Therapeutics

AZBio

2019-10-14 05:20:37
2019 AZBio Fast Lane Award Honoree - OncoMyx Therapeutics

The National Cancer Institute (NCI) estimates that there will be over 600,000 deaths from cancer in 2019.  That is roughly two percent of the U.S population.  The majority of these deaths will be caused by cancers that form into solid tumors.
OncoMyx, a startup launched from Arizona State University (ASU), develops oncolytic immunotherapies based on the myxoma virus (MYXV) platform to orchestrate an immune response and treat cancer. Successful immuno-oncology cancer treatment generally requires combination therapy, and oncolytic viruses have emerged as a safe and effective immuno-oncology complement. The company’s MYXV platform is poised to be a best-in-class oncolytic virus approach, and the top oncolytic virus team has assembled around MYXV to create important new therapeutic options for cancer patients. OncoMyx is currently being launched in Phoenix to test next-generation viruses in human clinical trials against a variety of human cancers.
https://www.azbio.org/oncomyx-therapeutics-inc-to-be-honored-with-an-azbio-fast-lane-award

2019 AZBio Fast Lane Award Honoree - GT Medical Technologies

AZBio

2019-10-14 05:19:37
2019 AZBio Fast Lane Award Honoree - GT Medical Technologies

Approximately 400,000 Americans are newly diagnosed with some type of brain tumor each year. For decades, clinicians have sought better treatments for these patients that would effectively target tumor cells while preserving healthy tissue, but to no avail. There have been few new effective therapies over the past 30 years, and outcomes for patients have improved very little during this time. Recurrence of brain tumors is common, and about half of all patients treated for brain tumors have their disease recur within a year. As a result, patients often run out of treatment options when their tumors reoccur. GT MedTech is a medical technology company passionately committed to improving the lives of patients with brain tumors. This company is an excellent example of how the combination of leading edge research and development combined with an experienced management team can move a company forward faster.
https://www.azbio.org/gt-medical-technologies-inc-to-be-honored-with-an-azbio-fast-lane-award

2019 AZBio Fast Lane Award Honoree - Biosensing Instrument

AZBio

2019-10-14 05:18:37
2019 AZBio Fast Lane Award Honoree - Biosensing Instrument

Developing a new drug is one of the most expensive and complex innovation challenges. Biosensing Instrument, Inc. (BI), a Tempe based life science company, is transforming early drug discovery research at pharmaceuticals and academic laboratories around the world by enabling measurements that were not possible before.

https://www.azbio.org/biosensing-instrument-to-be-honored-with-an-azbio-fast-lane-award

The Entrepreneurial Journey – James Bates, AdviNow Medical (2019)

AZBio

2019-10-14 05:17:37
The Entrepreneurial Journey – James Bates, AdviNow Medical (2019)

James Bates, CEO of AdviNow Medical, shares insights on the entrepreneurial journey at the 2019 AZBio Awards




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