The Arizona Bioindustry Association (AZBio) today announced that GT Medical Technologies, Inc. (GT MedTech) has been named an AZBio Fast Lane Company and will be honored on October 2, 2019 at the AZBio Awards. Approximately 400,000 Americans are newly diagnosed with some type of brain tumor each year. For decades, clinicians have sought better treatments for these patients that […]
Siamab Therapeutics, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company developing novel glycan-targeted cancer therapeutics, has entered into a strategic agreement valued at up to $202 million with an undisclosed, large commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company under which such company will develop and commercialize antibody-based products targeting a tumor-associated carbohydrate antigen (TACA) identified by Siamab’s proprietary TACA discovery platform. Under the […]
GT MedTech’s Innovative GammaTile Therapy Is Shown to Slow Brain Tumor Progression, Designed to Improve Patient and Caregiver Quality of Life HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center is First Hospital in State to Offer New Targeted Therapy for Recurrent Brain Tumors SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. & TEMPE, Ariz.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center is the first hospital in […]
Codelucida’s FAID™ low-density parity-check (LDPC) error-correction technology was honored with the Most Innovative Flash Memory Technology award at the Flash Memory Summit 2019 Best of Show Awards ceremony. Flash Memory Summit, the world’s largest and most prestigious storage industry conference and exposition, recognized Codelucida for their impressive leadership and innovation with technology and solutions in […]
The Tucson biotech startup co-founded by UA alumnus Louis Breton in 2006, was acquired in September 2017 by Australia-based CSL Ltd. for $91 million up front and a potential $325 million in performance payments if Calimmune hit milestones including clinical trials for its stem-cell gene therapy to strengthen patients’ own immune systems. https://tucson.com/calimmune-inc/article_d035a0da-bd35-11e9-ae02-f364caa7810c.html
San Francisco-based AngelList Talent has acquired Prospectify, a Tempe tech startup, to bolster its efforts to match startups with talent. Prospectify, which helps sales teams identify and connect with qualified leads, will have its tech and team integrated into AngelList to do the same type of work, but reimagined for job seekers. Prospectify founder and CEO Noah […]
SANTA CLARA, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Flash Memory Summit is pleased to announce its 2019 Best of Show Award winners. This year’s 22 awards recognize the most significant products and companies worldwide within the Flash Memory and Solid State Storage industries. According to show organizers, a record number of award submissions were received this year and the sophistication […]
The Arizona Commerce Authority (ACA) today announced the selection of ten awardees in the Spring 2019 Arizona Innovation Challenge (AIC), its business plan competition designed to advance innovation and technology commercialization opportunities in Arizona by helping early-stage ventures scale. All AIC awardees will participate in Venture Ready, the ACA’s rigorous, year-long mentorship program that connects […]
Qwick, a Phoenix-based on-demand staffing platform leveraging technology to enable food and beverage professionals to connect with top-rated hospitality businesses will launch its Dallas branch in late April. Dallas will be the fast-growing company’s fourth city after Phoenix, Tucson and San Diego, launching in its first Texas market and just in time for the city’s […]