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: CDC grant to UArizona; Valley fever vaccine; TSMC facility impact
December 09, 2022
UA receives $7.3M from CDC to join long COVID project / KJZZ A $7.3 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to the University of Arizona will help monitor long COVID progression in 1,000 or more people…
Arizona Bioscience News: Vaccine effectiveness partnership; NAU professor honored; ATI names new CEO
December 02, 2022
Arizona to host $12.5M CDC vaccine effectiveness center / KJZZ Arizona State University, Phoenix Children’s Hospital and Valleywise Health will recruit patients and gather real-world data regarding circulating COVID-19 and influenza strains as part of a five-year, $12.5 million Centers for Disease…
Arizona Bioscience News: New Roche factory; Rural health care grants; Lung cancer screening
November 17, 2022
Cancer-test maker Roche unveils new factory in Marana / Arizona Daily Star Roche Tissue Diagnostics will soon have more space to boost production of its cancer-detecting instruments and tests after cutting the ribbon on a new, 60,000-square-foot building in Marana next…
Arizona Bioscience News: Arizona innovators honored; Barrow joins landmark study
November 10, 2022
Individuals, companies earn praise as Arizona Governor’s Celebration of Innovation winners / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) Dozens of winners were honored this week during the 2022 Governor’s Celebration of Innovation awards, which recognizes individuals and companies making major impacts in…
Arizona Bioscience News: $150M for new UArizona bio center; Abrazo Health neonatal expansion; New bio impact study
November 03, 2022
University of Arizona is getting $150 million in COVID-19 relief money for a bioscience center / Arizona Republic A planned Phoenix-based research center operated by the University of Arizona—Center for Advanced Molecular and Immunological Therapies—will get a $150 million allocation of federal…
Bio veteran Kristen Swingle steers C-Path’s rapid growth
November 02, 2022
The Critical Path Institute was established in Tucson in 2005 under a partnership with the Food and Drug Administration, just three years after the Flinn Foundation introduced Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap. The independent, nonprofit organization, with Arizona roots and an expanding…
Arizona Bioscience News: New COVID-19 variants in Arizona; Phoenix firm gets FDA clearance; AOL co-founder highlights VC progress
October 27, 2022
New COVID-19 variants are in Arizona. What to know / Arizona Republic Omicron subvariants fueling rising COVID-19 cases in Europe and Western Asia have been detected in Arizona. Public health officials and medical providers say the best way to avoid serious illness…
