Mayor Jim Lane speaks at a previous year’s Cure Corridor Event. This year, he will provide an overview on the growth and achievements happening within the Cure Corridor. (Submitted photo)
CURE Collaboration Scottsdale Cure Corridor event showcases health care
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By Nicole Hehl rizona is home to one of the fastest-growing bioscience industries in the United States, according to the Arizona Commerce Authority. Unique collaborations among health care and bioscience research institutions, private companies and care facilities are igniting new ways to advance medical innovation and improve patient care. At the epicenter of that collaboration and innovation is Scottsdale’s Cure Corridor. If you haven’t heard of the Cure Corridor, it’s likely that you or someone you know has benefited from its impact through career opportunities or medical research and treatment. The Cure Corridor began as somewhat of a geographical coincidence as health
care and bioscience facilities developed in a concentrated area that now stretches east to west along Shea Boulevard from the Mayo Clinic at 136th Street to Cigna Medical Group at Scottsdale Road and north to south along Scottsdale Road and the Loop 101 from the Scottsdale Airpark to SkySong, the ASU Scottsdale Innovation Center. In 2012, Scottsdale Mayor W.J. “Jim” Lane defined the region and introduced a vision to connect and enhance Scottsdale’s health care and bioscience sectors. “Scottsdale is known as a community engaged with its health care science industry in a positive and appreciative way,” Lane says. “The original emphasis was in the ‘cure’ of health conditions due to genetics. Over the years we’ve branched to include many facets of health care delivery and
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bioscience industries. “ Giving an identity to the Cure Corridor has pushed it beyond a geographic cluster to a growing collaboration of more than 50 organizations, including hospitals, universities, tech startups, world-class health care providers and pharmaceutical companies. Researchers and organizations are moving beyond the often competitive and proprietary environment of the industries to forge new partnerships and share discoveries. The collaboration is driving research and new technology, with more than 18,000 employees working on innovations in health care and bioscience, according to Scottsdale Economic Development Office, leading to improved patient care and hopefully future cures. …continues on page 30