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The City of Phoenix's new vision for its downtown, presented in draft form to the public last week, features biomedical research as a cornerstone element—more so, in fact, than in previous plans.
Phoenix Biotechnology Accelerator, LLC, or 'P-Bio,' got the go-ahead and a lease agreement from the Phoenix City Council last week for the first phase of development of its downtown incubator, which will be located on the northeast corner of 7th Street and Van Buren.
The founder of a Valley biotech firm intends to open a small-business accelerator as part of her company's upcoming facility in downtown Phoenix. Ribomed Biotechnologies CEO Michelle Hanna plans to house her company's labs and offices, as well as the "Phoenix Biotechnology Accelerator," in a converted building near TGen.
In the wake of last week's announcement of a joint ASU/UA biomedical campus in downtown Phoenix, city leaders wasted no time in pursuing their next major goal of adding a hospital to downtown's growing biosciences center.
Tucson welcomed another technology startup to its growing high-tech industry this month when Tailored Materials Corp., a manufacturer of carbon-based elements called "nanotubes," announced it had raised $2 million in private equity to finance the initial phases of commercializing and marketing its proprietary technology.
Looking ahead toward a greater presence in the Phoenix area, the University of Arizona Health Sciences Center has appointed a 16-member board to oversee its Greater Phoenix operations.
The University of Arizona has drawn up preliminary plans to triple the size of its Science and Technology Park over the next decade to 6 million square feet, including a complex of wet-labs and high-tech office space.
Arizona State University will continue to break ground in the state's growing bioscience industry by offering a new master's degree in biotechnology and genomics law next year, the first of its kind in the nation.
Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is looking to pool resources into a fund that could help the Valley in its quest for a new knowledge-based economy.
A no-show at the world's largest biotechnology trade show just three years ago, Arizona continues to expand its presence at the annual BIO convention. Last week a delegation of 60 traveled to San Francisco for the four-day event, and the state's floor space doubled from 2003.
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