October MDM2 Insider
Helping MedTech Teams Find the Gaps Before They Become Costly
Early-stage MedTech teams often face questions that can reshape their path to market: What evidence will clinicians need? Is the regulatory path clear? Who will pay for the product? The hardest gaps to catch are often the ones a team does not yet know to look for.
MDM2 is working with Tesoro VC to help emerging MedTech companies take a more structured look at their readiness across areas like clinical problem validity, regulatory path, adoption, and commercialization. Through an invitation-based assessment and mentor review process, teams can get candid feedback while there is still time to address issues before they become expensive.
Read the full article to learn how the MDM2-Tesoro MedTech assessment can help companies identify gaps, strengthen their commercialization plans, and connect with experienced ecosystem mentors.
Exploring Pathways to
Bioscience Health Careers
Arizona Bioscience Week, hosted by AZBio, takes place October 5-9, 2026. As part of the week, the Maricopa County School Superintendent's Office, with support from the Flinn Foundation and MDM2 is offering Exploring Pathways to Bioscience and Health Careers: free series of on-demand industry spotlight videos featuring Medtronic, PADT, Phoenix Children's, Midwestern University, and ASU Microelectronics college pathways.
Each spotlight introduces a career, the skills frequently used on the job and examples of pathways to the career. Teachers also receive classroom guides and projects to use throughout the school year and earn professional development hours.
Register HERE to receive daily emails of industry spotlights and classroom resources. You can also follow @Week at Glance.
PEI Innovation Summit 2026
Calling all innovators: PEI’s Innovation Summit will bring together some of Arizona’s leading voices in technology, healthcare, entrepreneurship, and commercialization.
Join us for medtech panels, technology demos, and keynote conversations featuring innovators helping shape the future of Arizona’s economy.
Experience live tech demos showcasing Arizona's latest breakthroughs in aerospace, medtech, sustainability, and beyond. Hear directly from leading experts in space exploration, health technology, and infrastructure innovation as they share what's next and what it means for our state.
Upcoming Events
Arizona Bioscience Week presented by AZBio and Arizona Commerce Authority
October 5–9
ASU National Diagnostics Summit 2026October 14 | ASU Old Main, Tempe + Virtual Option
ASU’s diagnostics summit brings together industry, academic, and government stakeholders to discuss emerging business, technology, policy, and regulatory issues in diagnostics.
PDX — Product Development Expo 2026October 20–21 | Mesa Convention Center
A hands-on product development and manufacturing expo covering mechanical design, electronics, prototyping, automation, materials, medical device design controls, design transfer, sensors, and human factors.
Connect Labs Phoenix Open House + Taiwan AI Smart Health ShowcaseOctober 22 | Phoenix Bioscience Core
Connect Labs Phoenix is hosting an open house in conjunction with Venture Café Phoenix’s Taiwan AI Smart Health Showcase, with guided tours, activities, and opportunities to connect with teams advancing science, technology, and health innovation at the PBC.
PADT NerdtoberfestOctober 28 | PADT / ASU Research Park, Tempe
An advanced engineering and manufacturing event highlighting simulation, 3D printing, scanning, R&D, additive manufacturing, and Arizona technology.
Phoenix Life Sciences & Biotech Conference 2026November 17 | Scottsdale
A local life sciences event focused on Phoenix’s growth as a bioscience market, with topics including capital, research institutions, life science real estate, precision oncology, digital health, medtech, biomanufacturing, and translational neuroscience.
