BIO 2008 International Convention, San Diego, CA
June 17 - 20, 2008
BIO 2008 a Success for Arizona!
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Arizona Pavilion at BIO 2008. BIO 2008 provided a vehicle for 30+ Arizona bioscience industries, economic development organizations, research institutions, and universities to be beneficiaries of maximum exposure in an international setting. The larger than ever Arizona pavilion was a collaborative effort that resulted in the most successful event to date, with plans for it to be even better next year.
A total of 20,108 industry leaders from 70 different countries and 48 states attended the BIO International Convention in San Diego.
The Arizona Pavilion at BIO 2008 included:
Arizona BioIndustry Association (AZBio)
The Arizona BioIndustry Association (AZBio) is a not-for-profit, 501 (c) 6 trade association promoting the growth of Arizona bioscience companies through advocacy, collaboration, communication, events and purchasing programs. AZBio is also the state affiliate of the national, Washington D.C.-based Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO).
Arizona Department of Commerce (ADOC)
Working closely with our economic partners around the state, the Arizona Department of Commerce serves as your single statewide point of contact to provide the information and support services you need to properly evaluate the business opportunities anywhere in Arizona.
Arizona Public Service (APS)
Arizona's largest and longest-serving electric utility, serves about 1.1 million customers in 11 of the state's 15 counties. With headquarters in Phoenix, APS is the largest subsidiary of Pinnacle West Capital Corporation (NYSE:PNW).
ARL (Arizona Research Laboratories)
ARL (Arizona Research Laboratories) is a group of researchers solving critical scientific problems and generating knowledge for the future. The organization's structure and values promote innovation through dynamic interdisciplinary collaborations. It's principle units engage in biomedical research, including: Neuroscience, insect science, biomedical engineering and provide biotechnology core services.
ASU Research Park
The Arizona State University (ASU) Research Park is a 320-acre, master-planned corporate campus environment. The Park includes regional and corporate/divisional headquarters, data and information management centers, research and development, and other facilities. Companies located at the Park enjoy strong corporate relationships with ASU, its faculty and students on a variety of levels.
Arizona Technology Enterprises (AzTE)
Arizona Technology Enterprises brings together Arizona State University inventors and industry to transform scientific discoveries into market products and services for the benefit of the university, its faculty and society as a whole
BIO5 Institute at the University of Arizona
The BIO5 Institute at The University of Arizona brings together scientists from agriculture, medicine, pharmacy, basic science and engineering to prevent, treat and cure disease, and feed humanity while preserving livable environments. BIO5 creates science, industry and education partnerships to engage in leading-edge research, translate innovations to the market, and to inspire and train the next generation of scientists.
Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University
The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University focuses on creating personalized diagnostics and treatments, outpacing infectious disease, cleaning the environment, seeking alternative energy sources and securing a safer world. Representing Arizona’s most comprehensive research portfolio under one roof, the 350,000 sq. ft. laboratory facility houses 500 researchers and staff.
Caris MPI
Caris MPI is a new paradigm in reference lab testing offering comprehensive information about a patient's disease in a personalized format for physicians and clinical research sponsors. Caris MPI provides diagnostic testing, biospecimen collection, analysis and sample storage for physicians, researchers, product development, and clinical trials.
City of Avondale
The City of Avondale is part of an emerging medical corridor along I-10 in the Greater Phoenix area–within minutes of major regional bio assets and higher education institutions focusing on research and technology. The City is ideally situated between two hospitals and Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Goodyear.
City of Chandler
Chandler, part of the premiere 101 Science and Technology Corridor, provides easy access to ASU, UA, research hospitals, and more than 40 of Chandler’s internationally recognized technology companies. This is one reason why Covance, one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive pharmaceutical and biotechnology drug development services companies recently chose to call Chandler home.
City of Flagstaff
Flagstaff, Arizona is a vibrant community defined by its innovative companies, dynamic workforce, award-winning university, four season climate and 300+ days of sunshine per year. Flagstaff offers the ideal business environment for leading-edge research and for established companies to flourish in industries such as biotechnology, medical device manufacturing and sustainable systems.
City of Goodyear
Located just 20 minutes from Downtown Phoenix along the West I-10 corridor, Goodyear is the fourth fastest growing suburban city in the country. Its desert vistas, majestic mountains, and master planned communities with emerging medical employment opportunities have already attracted over 58,000 residents and a highly educated workforce.
City of Peoria
The City of Peoria, Arizona has allocated over 2300 square acres to bioscience economic development along the Loop 303 corridor. Committed to responsibly building a vibrant local economy that connects smart growth and quality of life to the City’s diverse natural assets, Peoria is naturally connected. For more visit www.peoriaed.com.
City of Phoenix
The City of Phoenix has made significant investments in biomedical and academic facilities, specifically the Phoenix Biomedical Campus, a 28-acre urban research park planned for six million square feet of research, laboratory and academic facilities. Call us at 602-262-5040 or visit http://phoenix.gov/DOWNTOWN/biotech.html to receive information about expanding or locating to Phoenix.
City of Scottsdale
The Translational Genomics Institute’s accelerators, Mayo Clinic, Scottsdale Healthcare and Arizona State University are the institutional drivers in Scottsdale’s biosciences. InNexus, Medicis, ImmuneRegen and host of other biosciences companies located in Scottsdale are all part of the highly collaborative, emerging bioscience community in Arizona.
City of Surprise
Surprise, Arizona is located in Northwest Phoenix and is the next expansion site of the Sun Health Research Institute, a world-renowned Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s research facility. Currently with a population of 107,000, Surprise will have a million people at build-out and is master-planning its healthcare and future industry corridors
City of Tempe
Tempe is home to the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University, the Valley’s first LEED certified commercial wet-laboratory building and over 300 technology companies. Tempe’s technology-based economic development program assists companies with their site-location, partnering and community integration needs. Please contact Alex Smith (480.350.2708) or visit (http://www.tempe.gov/technology) for more information.
Dedicated Phase I
Dedicated Phase 1 is dedicated to providing pharmaceutical and biotechnology sponsors with a wide range of services including study concept and design, Phase I-Iia bioequivalence studies and conducting Phase I-IV special population trials with rapid study enrollment, high retention and meticulous data.
DPR Construction, Inc.
DPR Construction, Inc., (www.dprinc.com) is a unique technical builder with a passion for results. With the purpose of “building great things,” DPR has completed more than $1 billion of bioscience projects in the last five years, consistently delivering exceptional results in the construction of cGMP manufacturing, laboratory and biopharmaceutical facilities.
Flinn Foundation
The Flinn Foundation is a privately endowed grant-making organization established in by Dr. and Mrs. Robert S. Flinn to improve the quality of life in Arizona. The Foundation awards grants to nonprofit organizations in Arizona, primarily to improve the competitiveness of the state's biomedical research enterprise. It also supports the arts and the Flinn Scholars Program, which offers top Arizona high school graduates full-ride financial benefits to attend one of the state's public universities.
Gilbert , Arizona
The Gilbert, Arizona life science sector has over two million square feet of hospital and clinical research facilities with 300+ acres dedicated to the research and development of cardiovascular disease, orthopedics and women's health. Gilbert’s proximity to over 800 science and technology-based firms is also attracting international attention in reparative cell technology.
Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC)
A true public/private partnership, the Greater Phoenix Economic Council is the regional economic development organization for Greater Phoenix. GPEC works with its 18 member communities, Maricopa County and more than 140 private investors to provide expert support in streamlining your site search and connecting you with decision-makers to expedite the selection process.
Maricopa Community Colleges (MCC)
The Maricopa Community Colleges are located in Greater Phoenix and serve over 250,000 students per year through its ten colleges and two skill centers. We are the largest providers of higher education and job training in Arizona, fulfilling the workforce needs of the diverse employer communities throughout Maricopa County.
Mayo Clinic
For more than a century, Mayo Clinic has been an international leader in patient care, health sciences research and medical education. Since opening in Scottsdale in 1987, Mayo has evolved into an integrated multi-campus system that includes Mayo Clinic, the Samuel C. Johnson Research Building and the Mayo Clinic Collaborative Research Building in Scottsdale as well as Mayo Clinic Hospital in N.E. Phoenix.
Mission3
Mission3 was founded to assist biotech, pharmaceutical, and medical device companies to bring needed therapies and devices to market quickly and efficiently. It's state-of-the-art enterprise software suite allows companies to manage projects and documents; comply with regulatory requirements; and submit applications in an automated, electronic, and managed environment.
Northern Arizona University (NAU)
Northern Arizona University has a student population of about 20,000 at its main campus in Flagstaff and at 35 sites across Arizona. The emphasis is on undergraduate education, but you’ll also find a wide range of graduate programs and research, including programs designed to foster economic development in the biosciences.
Provista Life Sciences (PLS)
Provista Life Sciences is dedicated to bringing cutting-edge medical testing technologies to the market. PLS also offers healthcare professionals and patients innovative tests to aid in the early detection of cancers and central nervous system diseases.
Science Foundation Arizona (SFAz)
Science Foundation Arizona is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with goals to build and strengthen scientific, engineering and medical research programs and infrastructure in areas of greatest strategic value to Arizona’s competitiveness in the global economy.
SenesTech
SenesTech is a biotechnology company founded in 2002 in Flagstaff, Arizona. Its mission is to build on the platform technology of accelerated ovarian senescence to develop models to improve women’s health and quality of life by providing endocrine relevant research models for pharmaceutical screening and simultaneously to use the technology to address feral animal overpopulation and support relevant community outreach programs.
SmithGroup
SmithGroup is the longest continually operating A/E firm in the U.S. with offices in Arizona, California, Washington DC, Michigan, Illinois, Minnesota & North Carolina. Through our multidiscipline collaborative work environment, SmithGroup professionals continue to define new emerging trends in laboratory planning and research facility design. A top ten, nationally recognized bioscience/biomedical laboratory design firm, SmithGroup has designed more than 16 million square feet of built bioresearch laboratories.
Snell & Wilmer
Snell & Wilmer is one of the largest full-service law firms in the West and has been providing exceptional service since 1938. We have over 400 attorneys practicing throughout the region, offering our clients what they value--exceptional legal skills, quick response, practical solutions and professional integrity (www.swlaw.com)
Salt River Project (SRP)
SRP, based in Phoenix, is the nation’s third-largest public power utility and one of Arizona’s largest water suppliers, providing power to customers throughout a 2,900-square-mile service territory in central Arizona. SRP also operates a system of dams and canals that deliver water to the area.
Sun Health Research Institute (SHRI)
Sun Health Research Institute is dedicated to studying age-related diseases: Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s diseases, arthritis, fibromyalgia, gait disorders, cardiovascular disease and cancer. SHRI is also known for the quality of its whole-body Tissue Bank. More than 200 scientists worldwide rely on SHRI’s tissue to unlock the mystery of human aging.
TGen Drug Development Services (TD2)
TGen Drug Development Services, an affiliate of the Translational Genomics Research Institute, delivers comprehensive drug development services in oncology. Service offerings include: in vitro cell viability assays, in vivo single agent and combination efficacy evaluation, regulatory submissions and innovative clinical trial design, coordination and management. TD2 strives to be the service provider of choice for the development of early stage, targeted oncology agents from discovery through Phase I and IIa clinical trials.
Tucson Regional Economic Opportunities Inc. (TREO)
TREO serves as the lead economic development agency for the greater Tucson area and surrounding community partners. TREO offers an integrated approach of programs and services to support the creation of businesses, the expansion of existing businesses and the attraction of companies that offer high impact jobs.
Arizona BIO 2008 Attendee Notebook.pdf
2008-2009 Arizona Bioscience Directory.pdf
