Live Blog: Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap
Welcome to the Flinn Foundation Bio Blog where you will receive the latest news throughout 2025 (and beyond) on the next iteration of Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap.
The Roadmap is the nation’s longest-running, statewide bioscience strategic plan. Bookmark this page for regular updates on the biosciences in Arizona and the development of the new Roadmap coming this fall.
Live Blog: Arizona's Bioscience Roadmap
News and Updates
Arizona biosciences set record highs in research funding, show increasing competitiveness
April 23, 2025
Arizona continues to outpace the nation in several key bioscience industry and innovation ecosystem metrics, including gains in jobs and academic R&D expenditures. Still, challenges remain in the areas of commercialization and venture capital deal activity. Those are top-line findings…
Arizona Bioscience News: Venture Madness 2025; ASU construction projects; City of Hope Cancer Care; HonorHealth Peoria
April 17, 2025
Faster, cheaper, better: the rise of blood tests for Alzheimer’s / Nature Banner Alzheimer’s Institute in Phoenix is playing a key role in identifying disease-specific biomarkers in the bloodstream, leading to minimally invasive, affordable alternative Alzheimer’s tests.
Arizona Bioscience News: Venture Madness 2025; ASU construction projects; City of Hope Cancer Care; HonorHealth Peoria
April 10, 2025
Venture Madness 2025: Meet the startup pitch competition winners / Phoenix Business Journal Three startups took home cash prizes as winners of last week’s Venture Madness, Arizona’s longest-running pitch competition, including second-place HemaSense of Flagstaff. The early-stage company is developing a…
Arizona Bioscience News: Xcellerant Ventures; NAU “wearable robots”; Terraza Medical Village
April 03, 2025
Xcellerant Ventures, AVC to invest $7 million into health tech startups / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) Scottsdale-based Xcellerant Ventures has raised an additional $7 million in capital from Arizona Venture Capital Inc. and other limited partners to back between four and seven…
Arizona bioscience data to be revealed April 23
March 21, 2025
Heather Carter, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona Health Choice CEO and chair of the Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee, will share new data from TEConomy Partners highlighting Arizona bioscience and hospital jobs, wages, federal grants, venture capital, university tech-transfer,…
Arizona Bioscience News: HonorHealth Research Institute; CAMI construction halts; XLR8 PBC
March 21, 2025
HonorHealth institute opens Bioscience Core lab / Phoenix Business Journal Scottsdale-based HonorHealth Research Institute opened its $7 million, 2,500-square-foot Center for Translational Science laboratory on the Phoenix Bioscience Core campus in downtown Phoenix within the 850 PBC building developed by Wexford…
Arizona Bioscience News: Flinn Entrepreneurship Program; ASU Medical School location; Wearable tech
March 13, 2025
2 Arizona bio startups earn $100K through Flinn entrepreneurship program / AZ Big Media Arizona bioscience companies Anuncia Medical and Macula Vision Systems have been selected from a competitive field of startups to receive funding support through the 2025 Flinn Foundation…
