Economic Collaborative of Northern Arizona (ECoNA) — Bioscience Roadmap Update

Good morning,

We are all aware of the crucial role the bioscience sector plays in driving innovation, economic growth, and improving healthcare outcomes in Arizona. We hope you will join us next month for a virtual update on Arizona’s Bioscience Roadmap.

The Flinn Foundation, which originally commissioned this long-term strategic plan more than two decades ago, will host the free Zoom session from 12 – 1:30 p.m. on Monday, April 22. You can register to attend HERE.

The event will feature presentations by Mitch Horowitz and Ryan Helwig, principles of TEConomy Partners, will reveal the latest performance metrics on Arizona bioscience and hospital jobs, wages, federal grants, venture capital, university tech-transfer, and more.

The biosciences encompass a wide array of enterprises and research that touch on most people’s lives. Jobs in the sector on average pay 31% – or $18,000 – higher than other private sector jobs in the state. This includes work in agricultural feedstock and industrial biosciences; drugs, pharmaceuticals, and diagnostics; hospitals, medical devices, and equipment; and research, testing and medical labs.

The roadmap was created to measure and promote progress in five different areas:

• Fostering a hub of bioscience companies and entrepreneurs across the state;
• Increasing the ability of research institutions to transform their results into products or treatments;
• Making Arizona a “bio-talent” powerhouse;
• Promoting the state’s convergence of research, health care and commercialization to economic partners in neighboring states, Canada and Mexico; and
• Sustaining and enhancing Arizona’s reputation for collaboration

I hope to (virtually) see you at the Bioscience Roadmap update as we learn more on the progress being made for this exciting sector that is so important to northern Arizona.

Sincerely,

Gail Jackson

President & CEO

Economic Collaborative of Northern Arizona