Carbon Health buys two urgent care chains
The company is buying two urgent care chains in Tuscon, Arizona and Sacramento, California. It now has 83 clinics in 12 states, as it looks to go toe-to-toe with other primary care competitors.
NuvOx Pharma: Breathing new life into an old contrasting agent
Tucson, Arizona-based NuvOx Pharma has major plans for treating life-threatening hypoxia with a drug originally approved as a contrasting agent in Europe.
The Funding Model for Cancer Innovation is Broken — We Can Fix It
Closing cancer health equity gaps require medical breakthroughs made possible by new funding approaches.
Syncardia ramping up production of its total artificial heart
To keep up with the demand for its total artificial heart, Tucson-based Syncardia is in the midst of a Series F funding round, a spokesman said. This isn’t new technology. The company’s had Food and Drug Administration approval for the device for just about a decade; however, Syncardia says it’s the only approved total artificial heart […]
SynCardia raises another big round to build a new version of artificial heart
An artificial heart maker in Tucson, Ariz., has raised $14 million to go small with its temporary Total Artificial Heart. Syncardia wants to build a 50cc version of the device. SWK Holdings Corporation contributed $10 million to this round. SWK is a publicly traded, specialized finance company with a focus on the global healthcare sector. […]