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 Bioscience News: Bio Capital Conference panels; Banner Alzheimer’s labs; Phoenix biotech raises $60M; $5M U of A science gift; NAH halts site search
February 12, 2026
Bio Capital Conference introduces two new panels ahead of March 5 event / Flinn Foundation Investors, advisors, and strategists who understand what it takes to succeed at every stage of the journey will offer their insights to conference-goers during the…
Arizona Bioscience News: ASU VR medical training; Mental health startup raises $1M; Verde Valley SciTech Festival; STEMMY Award nominations; accelerateAZ supports startups
February 05, 2026
ASU researchers are working on VR glasses that walk users through medical procedures in real time / KJZZ Arizona State University researchers are developing augmented reality glasses that can help walk users through some procedures in real time, which could help…
Arizona Bioscience News: Bio Capital investor panel; Phoenix biotech raises $60M; U of A tops $1B research; U of A science lecture series; HonorHealth expands East Valley
January 29, 2026
Breakthru Medicine emerges from stealth with $60M Series A for cancer drug development / Yahoo Breakthru Medicine, a Phoenix-based bioscience company focused on targeted therapy areas that affect cancer patients, has emerged from stealth with the close of a $60 million…
Bio researcher, developer to lead Arizona bioscience steering committee
January 21, 2026
An internationally recognized University of Arizona researcher and executive and a Phoenix Bioscience Core developer with Wexford Science and Technology have been named chair and vice chair of the Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap Steering Committee. Jennifer Barton, Ph.D., and Kyle Jardine…
Arizona Bioscience News: AbbVie acquires Tempe facility; Ohio healthtech opens Mesa pharmacy; TSMC plans Arizona expansion
January 15, 2026
Chicago's AbbVie to acquire Tempe medical device manufacturing facility / Phoenix Business Journal Chicago biopharmaceutical company AbbVie plans to acquire West Pharmaceutical Services Inc.’s Tempe medical device manufacturing facility and create 200 new jobs at the site to support production of…
How Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap came about — and the new 2030 vision
January 06, 2026
*This article first appeared in the Winter 2025 issue of Arizona Physician magazine, a publication of the Maricopa County Medical Society. By Brian PowellFlinn Foundation The Arizona Cardinals and the state’s ascension in the biosciences over the past two decades…
Arizona Bioscience News: U of A med school in Yuma; Abbott–Exact Sciences deal; $700K for wearable tech; Alzheimer’s eye test; AI senior care HQ move; Strive expands in Mesa; AZ health tech growth
December 04, 2025
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…
