Your company/organization becomes a member by completing and submitting a membership application. Once we review and approve the application and receive payment, we will notify you that the membership has been activated and provide further details on your benefits.
You can complete a membership application online or print an application and email it to biomember@bio.org.
Yes, BIO's membership structure allows law firms, PR firms, academic institutions, suppliers, nonprofits and other non-biotech companies to join and participate in BIO.
There are U.S. state and regional biotech organizations. BIO works closely with these organizations and a number of them are actually BIO members. However, membership benefits are not reciprocal with any of these organizations. To enjoy BIO member benefits, your company/organization would need to join BIO.
Please contact the BIO Membership team by emailing biomember@bio.org and a member of the team will contact you directly.
All BIO memberships are company/organization based; BIO does not offer individual memberships.
BIO membership is available only to bona fide organizations that promote biotechnology research and support the growth and development of the biotechnology industry; and to organizations with public policy positions and business practices that are generally consistent with BIO’s reputation and its policies and principles in support of innovation, including intellectual property, as determined by the Board Standing Committee on Membership. BIO reserves the right to review applications for membership to confirm that the applicant meets these criteria for membership, and for the specified categories of membership as per BIO’s bylaws. BIO may, in its sole discretion, reject an application for membership or elect not to renew a membership.
Memberships are for a 12-month period from the time your membership payment is made and renews on an annual cycle.
BIO is the premier biotechnology advocacy organization representing biotech companies, industry leaders, and state biotech associations in the United States and more than 35 countries around the globe. BIO members range from biotech start-ups to some of the world’s largest biopharmaceutical companies – all united by the same goal: to develop medical and scientific breakthroughs that prevent and fight disease, restore health, and improve patients’ lives. BIO also organizes the BIO International Convention and a series of annual conferences that drive partnerships, investment, and progress within the sector.
Yes; BIO members unlock exclusive savings at events: preferred rates, premium networking, and special perks at the industry’s premier partnering conferences.
BIO Business Solutions® is the largest cost savings program for the life sciences industry, operated by BIO. BIO Business Solutions® negotiates significant volume-based discounts, favorable terms, and other benefits on products and services with industry leading suppliers on behalf of BIO members and the members of state and regional biotech associations.