Phoenix delegation to showcase Arizona biotech at major industry convention in Boston / Phoenix Business Journal
A delegation led by the city of Phoenix—consisting of city officials and biotech startups from the Valley and Taiwan—will be attending the BIO International Convention from June 16-19 in Boston. It marks the eighth year the city of Phoenix is attending the event—the biotech industry’s largest conference.
Sixth Street-backed Caris Life Sciences targets $5.3 billion valuation in US IPO / Reuters
Cancer diagnostic firm Caris Life Sciences, which has a significant presence in Phoenix, is targeting a valuation of up to $5.3 billion and seeking up to $423.5 million in its initial U.S. public offering. Caris is an artificial intelligence-based precision medicine firm that helps diagnose cancer through its tumor profiling and blood-based cancer diagnostics.
U of A names 6 teams to each get $250,000 through Big Idea Challenge / Arizona Daily Star
The University of Arizona has named six Big Idea Challenge winners to receive up to $250,000 over two years in seed money. A team of seven researchers won in the future of health and biomedical sciences focus area for the project, “Convergent digital health for remote access.”
University of Arizona study shows promising results in addressing post-operative pain in female mice / KJZZ
A new study out of the University of Arizona has shown promising results in addressing post-operative pain in female mice, which the researchers hope could translate to better pain management for women after surgery.
Abrazo Health to open new Valley medical campus / Phoenix Business Journal
Abrazo Health will open its new 60,000-square-foot medical office building in Buckeye on June 18, with providers signed on in cardiology, orthopedics, spine care, sports medicine, internal medicine, urology, and physical therapy.
Court approves stalking horse bidder in Accelerate Diagnostics bankruptcy sale / Phoenix Business Journal
San Francisco-based Indaba Capital Management has gained federal court approval as a stalking horse bidder for the assets of Accelerate Diagnostics as part of the Tucson-based medical diagnostics company’s ongoing Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
The folly of cutting research funding from universities / Arizona Daily Star (Op-ed)
Heather Jensen, a University of Arizona graduate and doctoral student at the University of California, Los Angeles, writes that for thousands of scientists like her, these past few months have been devastating while watching not only our own work unravel, but the entire scaffolding of scientific progress destabilize in real time.
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