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Arizona’s innovative ecosystem fuels bioscience and health care discoveries and breakthroughs. Home to many of the world’s leading technology companies, Arizona is the best place for innovators and entrepreneurs to start, 扩大和繁荣.

 

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From remotely controlled instruments to inexpensive portable devices that allow patients to conduct their own lab tests and download their results—the future of medical care is developed in Arizona. Arizona businesses are creating platforms for convenient voice or live video consultations via smartphones and tablets for healthcare providers and their patients.

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的 high concentration of bioscience innovators in Arizona means there is an abundance of specialized medicine. 公司, institutions and researchers in the state are targeting advanced therapies to prevent Alzheimer’s disease, investigating protein biomarkers as indicators of individual health and developing cancer therapies calibrated to target specific strains.

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亚利桑那州的创新者

Arizona 创新 Challenge, one of the largest business plan competitions in the country, is designed to advance innovation and technology commercialization opportunities in Arizona by assisting early-stage ventures to scale. 生物科学 and medtech startups in Arizona are developing innovative solutions to the world’s health challenges.

Developed a molecular measurement device to support more efficient and accurate single-cell molecular measurement
Combines mobile ultrasound technology with a maternal-health centered software platform that helps increase access to and streamline the maternal care process
Electric toothbrush designed for hospital patients on ventilators to reduce the rate of ventilator-acquired-pneumonia (VAP)
R&D公司 creating gene regulation therapies aimed at fighting 耐药肿瘤
Manufactures innovative best-in-class spinal implant devices that increase the long-term success for spinal surgery
Combines artificial intelligence and augmented reality to automate the doctor’s office visits and increase access to care through kiosk stations
Improves clinicians’ ability to diagnose and treat glaucoma with a medical device that increases the accuracy of intraocular eye pressure measurement
Developed the world’s first automated ear cleaning device for clinical use, replacing the standard process of care since 1812
慢性护理管理 program for seniors with Medicare, delivered through Alexa

GROUNDBREAKING programs

亚利桑那州的生物科学 & health care innovation ecosystem is supported by institutions, foundations and nonprofits that collaborate in unique ways to improve care and outcomes.

Arizona Biomedical Research Centre
的 Arizona Biomedical Research Centre (ABRC), administered by the Arizona Department of Health Services, was created by Arizona citizens who had the foresight to identify and support innovative biomedical research to improve the health of all Arizonans. ABRC supports researchers to become successful and globally competitive, 通过研讨会, 会议, and other educational activities. In fiscal year 2019, ABRC issued $8.2 million in grants to support diverse biomedical research in Arizona.

 

Arizona 技术 Council
的 leading technology-driven trade association in Arizona, the Arizona 技术 Council holds an annual MedTech conference. This conference brings together physicians, healthcare advocates and innovative companies to discuss the future of healthcare and medical technologies, including the need for more funding for startups.

 

AZBio
的 Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio) is an affiliate of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, the leading national association for biotech companies, 和AdvaMed, the largest association of medtech companies. AZBio is committed to helping bioscience companies succeed through collaboration and education.

 

BioInspire
Dedicated to medical technology startups, BioInspire is a medtech incubator in Peoria, Arizona. 的 town and incubator partnered to support bioscience entrepreneur startups, issuing $2.4 million in seed funding for early-stage development.

 

Flinn基金会
的 Flinn基金会’s 生物科学 Roadmap is a collaborative, strategic effort between the foundation, state universities and research institutions to enhance 亚利桑那州的生物科学 innovations and industry. 结果是, the state has seen medical schools rise, strengthened research and clinic centers, and increased capital for bioscience companies. 除了, the Flinn基金会’s 生物科学 Entrepreneurship Program offers funding and support to promising Arizona bioscience startups, growing health care entrepreneurship in Arizona.