Category: Innovation
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Arizona Startups Awarded Over $50,000 At IDEA Funding 2025 Pitch Competition
April 4, 2025 (Tucson, Ariz,)— IdeaFunding, co-led by Startup Tucson and the University of Arizona Center for Innovation (UACI), has played a significant role in the entrepreneurial landscape for over twenty-seven years and is Southern Arizona’s largest and longest running pitch competition. The IdeaFunding finals took place on March 27 at the Rialto Theater where 25…
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Mayor’s Impact Driven Roundtable with HealthTech Leaders
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego and PBC Executive Director Scarlett Spring Convene Innovation Roundtable with Rising HealthTech Leaders April 18, 2025 – Phoenix, AZ – Yesterday, Mayor Kate Gallego hosted a high-impact roundtable with leaders from ASU Health, UA COM-P and three groundbreaking health innovation leaders to discuss the impact of artificial intelligence and healthcare/life science. Phoenix…
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New initiative aims to make nursing degrees more accessible
Danielle Sebbens, associate director of ASU’s Doctor of Nursing Practice program, gives tours of the interior of the mobile simulation unit during the ribbon-cutting event on the ASU West Valley campus on March 26. The unit will allow students on the West Valley and Polytechnic campuses to complete their required simulations without having to drive…
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Anuncia Medical Receives FDA Breakthrough Device Designation for ReFlow® External Ventricular Drains (EVD)
Company Supporting Global and Local Initiatives Reducing the Impact of Hydrocephalus SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., March 20, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Anuncia Medical, Inc. (“Anuncia”), a pioneering company in CSF management and neurocritical care, has received Breakthrough Device Designation from the FDA for its ReFlow® EVD, an innovative solution for external ventricular drains (EVDs) used to manage brain swelling and…
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XLR8 PBC Announces Inaugural Cohort
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Phoenix, AZ – March 14, 2025 – Phoenix Bioscience Core (PBC) is proud to announce the first cohort of XLR8 PBC, a program designed to support scale-ready health tech startups with access to top industry leaders, mentorship, and strategic resources. The selected companies represent cutting-edge advancements in medical technology, addressing critical gaps…
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Statewide initiative to speed transfer of ASU lab research to marketplace
Board of Regents grant to fund technology-transfer project for 3 state universities A new statewide initiative will help Arizona State University, the University of Arizona and Northern Arizona University move their research from the laboratory to the marketplace faster, a process called “technology transfer.” A $1.5 million grant from the Arizona Board of Regents will…
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A Simple Guide to Commercializing Academic Research
At Arizona State University (ASU), we are changing the way the world solves problems. From rising global temperatures to opioid addiction, emerging diseases to disinformation, the biggest challenges we face are complex, interdependent, and daunting. But in academia, groundbreaking discoveries and innovative research often remain confined within the walls of universities and laboratories. Even so…
