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: Nectero Medical; Arizona’s tech sector; Science Prep Academy; National Rural STEM Learning Summit
May 23, 2024
Tempe biotech firm Nectero lands $96M VC investment to support clinical trials / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) | Tech-based biotech company Nectero Medical, which focuses on heart disease treatments, has closed a $96 million series D round to accelerate…
Arizona Bioscience News: Phoenix Bioscience Core; Startup ReSuture; COVID-19 FLiRT
May 16, 2024
How redevelopment strategy created a dynamic Downtown Phoenix / AZ Big Media | Bioscience has emerged as a driving force behind Downtown Phoenix’s economic growth. The 30-acre Phoenix Bioscience Core has fostered a thriving ecosystem of innovation and discovery with…
Arizona Bioscience News: Health equity; AI coaching bot; Valve replacement; Telehealth
May 10, 2024
A doctor for the system / The Lumberjack | Northern Arizona University’s Julie Baldwin is the director of NAU’s Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) and has been in the public health field for more than three decades, where she…
Arizona Bioscience News: Growing bioscience industry; Navi Nurses; Melanoma TIL treatment; 2024 AZ Inno Fire Awards
May 03, 2024
Arizona’s bioscience industry is the 4th-fastest-growing in the nation. Here’s why. / Phoenix Business Journal (Op-ed) | The momentum is continuing for Arizona’s bioscience industry, fueled by a robust network of premier health care and educational institutions as well as…
Arizona Bioscience News: Bioscience sector advancement; Valley fever detection; Arizona nursing shortage
April 25, 2024
Here’s how much Arizona bioscience sector is outpacing the nation / AZ Big Media | The Arizona bioscience sector has continued its sustained advancement over the past two years and established record highs for several performance metrics, at growth rates…
Arizona bioscience growth continues, sets record highs
April 22, 2024
Arizona’s bioscience sector has continued its sustained advancement over the past two years and established record highs for several performance metrics, at growth rates often outpacing the nation, according to the latest data analysis commissioned by the Flinn Foundation. Arizona…
Arizona Bioscience News: Bioelectric antimicrobial bandage; NAU nursing labs; Arizona long COVID
April 19, 2024
Fountain Hills medical device firm unveils FDA-cleared OTC bioelectric bandage / Phoenix Business Journal | Fountain Hills-based Vomaris Innovations Inc. unveiled its bioelectric antimicrobial bandage, powered by patented microcell battery technology embedded directly within the bandage, to help heal wounds…
