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: $50M for OncoMyx Therapeutics; Five bio, health firms win Innovation Challenge; City of Hope to acquire CTCA
December 09, 2021
Phoenix bioscience startup secures $50M to kill cancer using a rabbit virus / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) Phoenix-based OncoMyx Therapeutics has received $50 million in funding to be used to develop cancer killing agents using a virus found in…
Arizona Bioscience News: TGen’s $658M impact; European lab giant to Tucson; TRIF funding plans approved
December 02, 2021
Bioscience nonprofit spurs $658M economic impact on Arizona, report says / Phoenix Business Journal (AZ Inno) TGen, a Phoenix-based nonprofit genomics research institute, created an economic impact of $657.7 million in 2020, tripling its impact from just three years before,…
Arizona Bioscience News: COVID-19 in Arizona; UArizona developing new pain relief treatment; Innovation Challenge finalists named
November 18, 2021
Is it another surge? COVID-19 cases are on the rise again / Arizona Republic The recent spike of COVID-19 in Arizona appears to be an unexpected and discouraging extension of a prolonged wave that began during the summer with the…
Arizona Bioscience News: Valley fever vaccine for dogs; Using biotechnology for crops; Rising COVID-19 cases
November 11, 2021
Rising COVID-19 cases among unvaccinated Arizonans causing more infections among vaccinated / KJZZ The average number of COVID-19 cases reported daily in Arizona has risen more than 25% in the last two weeks with about one in five of the state’s COVID-19 cases in October being a…
Arizona Bioscience News: NIH study on Hispanic response to illness; Humans can give pets COVID-19; Arizona cases surging
November 04, 2021
UA researchers study why Hispanics fare better than whites when illness strikes / Arizona Daily Star The University of Arizona $3.4 million study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, will investigate the social support networks and health outcomes of…
Arizona Bioscience News: Covid-19 now leading cause of death in Arizona; NAU to host STEM workshops for Native students; West Nile on the rise
October 28, 2021
Arizona is ready to provide COVID-19 vaccines to kids ages 5-11, health officials say / Arizona Republic State health officials say Arizona is ready to provide the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to kids ages 5 to 11 after work that has included recruiting…
Bio firms advance in Innovation Challenge; BioLab Sciences wins Bioscience Company of the Year; West Nile research & more Arizona Bioscience News
October 21, 2021
Here are the 26 Arizona Innovation Challenge semifinalists for 2021 / AZ Big Media The Arizona Commerce Authority has announced the 26 semifinalists from a pool of 110 applicants for the 2021 Arizona Innovation Challenge, including 10 early-stage firms representing…
