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
Six Arizona startups driving biosciences forward in 2024
April 03, 2024
Arizona-based bioscience companies developing blood tests to diagnose cancer and other diseases more quickly and accurately, AI tools to automate lab work, and an alternative way to treat itchiness in dogs have been selected for the 2024 Flinn Foundation Bioscience…
Arizona Bioscience News: Banner Heath Center Plus; Native veterans Telehealth; Children’s allergies; Valley startups pitch
March 28, 2024
Banner Health eyes medical offices in Scottsdale as part of large hospital campus / Phoenix Business Journal Phoenix-based Banner Health has plans for a new three-story, 119,500-square-foot “Banner Health Center Plus” medical office building on about 15 acres near Loop…
New data to be released at April 22 Flinn bioscience event
March 22, 2024
Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap—the state’s long-term strategic plan to develop a thriving bioscience hub—has entered its third decade. Find out how we are faring by attending the Flinn Foundation’s annual event on the progress of Arizona’s bioscience sector. The virtual event…
Arizona Bioscience News: Syn-One test; Alzheimer’s Association report; CHIPS Act funding
March 21, 2024
Scottsdale doctor helps create skin test to help detect diseases like Parkinson’s or dementia / Arizona’s Family The Syn-One Test from CND Life Sciences uses a tiny skin sample to detect a buildup of proteins inside the patient’s nerves, which is often…
Arizona Bioscience News: Northern Arizona Healthcare surgery center; 2024 STEMMY Awards; TSMC grants
March 14, 2024
Northern Arizona Healthcare announces new surgery center after referendum halts prior plans / Arizona Republic Northern Arizona Healthcare has announced plans for a new outpatient surgery center just east of Flagstaff Medical Center, including a complete interior remodel and a…
Arizona Bioscience News: Arizona’s physician shortage; MyACTome acquired; Flagstaff STEMMY nominees
March 08, 2024
Arizona has a severe doctor shortage despite new medical schools. Here’s why / KJZZ Arizona’s universities have put a lot of money into opening and expanding medical schools in our state as we face an ongoing physician shortage. But Brittney Kaufmann,…
Arizona Bioscience News: ASU patents in top 10; New GT Medical leader; MCCCD connecting bio startups
February 29, 2024
ASU patent count among the world’s top 10 in 2023, inventors group says / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) A National Academy of Inventors’ 2023 list shows Arizona State University was granted 170 patents last year—a jump from 160 in 2022—marking…
