U of A and partner to open medical school branch in Yuma / Arizona Daily Star
The University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix will open a medical school branch in Yuma, partnering with Onvida Health, to help address a severe shortage of rural doctors. A three-year primary care accelerated pathway program will be offered starting in 2026.
Abbott will acquire Exact Sciences for $21 billion / AZ Big Media
Exact Sciences, which has an Arizona presence at TGen in the Phoenix Bioscience Core and is best known for its Cologuard colon cancer screening test, is being purchased by Abbott in a deal valued at up to $23 billion.
This company is developing an eye test to help detect Alzheimer’s / KJZZ
Banner Alzheimer’s Institutes in Phoenix is partnering with a California-based company on a federally funded study to study the tracers in people already living with Alzheimer’s disease. Read more: Banner Alzheimer’s Institute receives $25.7 million NIH grant to study link between blood pressure and dementia
Three Arizona health tech startups land $700K for wearable medical devices / Phoenix Business Journal
The WearTech Applied Research Center has awarded three Arizona startups — HemaSense, Senphonix, and Hydrawav3 —a total of $700,000 to support development of wearable health care-related technologies.
AI-powered senior care device maker shifts HQ to Phoenix / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno)
Helpany, a Swiss startup that makes an AI-powered fall prevention tool for senior living residents, has relocated its U.S. headquarters from the Bay Area to the Phoenix area.
Strive Pharmacy leases 223,000-square-foot Mesa facility to boost production capacity / Phoenix Business Journal
Strive, a compounding pharmacy founded in Gilbert in 2018, will take over a 223,442-square-foot space at the Hub @ 202 complex in Mesa to expand its manufacturing capacity with plans to grow its headquarters facility.
How Arizona’s technology community is redefining health care / AZ Big Media (Op-ed)
Steven Zylstra, president and CEO of the Arizona Technology Council, writes that the concentrated density of talent and translational science in Phoenix is no accident. It’s the result of more than a decade of aligned investment by our hospitals, universities, civic leaders and technology companies.
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