Tucson health-care tech firm acquired for $11.5 million
8/14/13 | Arizona Daily Star | David Wichner
Medical Referral Source, a Tucson technology startup that provides Web-based medical referral systems, has been acquired for $11.5 million by Washington, D.C.-based The Advisory Board Co., a major health-care technology and consulting firm.
CORE acquires Tempe’s Premier Orthopedics
8/14/13 | Phoenix Business Journal | Angela Gonzales
The Center for Orthopedic Research and Education Institute has acquired Tempe-based Premier Orthopedics for an undisclosed sum, bringing CORE’s number of locations in Arizona to 15.
BioAccel teams with Flambeau on technology competition
8/14/13 | Phoenix Business Journal | Angela Gonzales
BioAccel has selected Phoenix-based Flambeau Medical Markets Group–which provides product design and development, engineering, prototyping, mold design and manufacturing–to help launch its Solution Challenges Initiative, a statewide competition to identify technology solutions for medical device and diagnostic needs.
C-Path’s tool for medical trials gets global market
8/13/13 | Arizona Daily Star | David Wichner
Critical Path Institute–formed as a public-private partnership including the University of Arizona and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to accelerate drug development–got a boost when the FDA and the European Medicines Agency both approved an Alzheimer’s disease clinical trials simulation tool developed by a C-Path consortium.
Trauma-center projects abound
8/13/13 | Arizona Republic | Michelle Mitchell
New trauma centers to treat the most critically injured patients are being planned at suburban Phoenix hospitals, but a statewide report from a national trauma organization suggests a moratorium on new trauma centers in Arizona until a systemwide plan outlining need is established.
TGen2School wins $20,000 grant
8/11/13 | Arizona Daily Sun | Staff Report
The Arizona Community Foundation has awarded a $20,000 grant to Translational Genomics Research Institute North for the research institute’s TGen2School program, a business-school initiative.
Peoria’s Arizona Center for Cancer Care expanding
8/9/13 | Peoria Times | Carolyn Dryer
The Arizona Center for Cancer Care in Peoria has formed a new group that will offer customized cancer care at 20 offices in the Valley, while also opening facilities at the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare.
Experts: East Valley bioscience sector has potential but more funding necessary
8/9/13 | East Valley Tribune | Corey Malecka
Local city officials tout economic development plans, education programs and the will to progress as signs of the potential of the East Valley as a major player in the biosciences.
Daniel Openden takes over as SARRC president
8/7/13 | Phoenix Business Journal | Angela Gonzales
Daniel Openden has taken over as president and CEO of the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center.