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BIO Supports PDUFA VIII Commitment Letter and…
Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) Senior Vice President of Science & Regulatory Affairs Annetta Beauregard issued the following statement on the release of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA) VIII commitment letter:“For more…
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BIO Statement on Senate Reintroduction of the…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – John F. Crowley, President and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), released the following statement on the reintroduction of the bipartisan Pioneering Antimicrobial Subscriptions to End Upsurging Resistance …
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BIO International Convention Returns to San Diego…
20,000+ biotech leaders gather with a shared mission: to improve lives  SAN DIEGO (June 22, 2026) - The BIO International Convention (BIO 2026), the world’s largest and most comprehensive event for the biotechnology industry, begins today…
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America’s Biopharmaceutical Companies Working Around the Clock to Beat Coronavirus
March 20, 2020
Companies are Coming Together to Achieve Shared Goal of Eradicating the Virus  Today, the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) underscored the industry’s commitment…
Maine Takes Significant Step in Addressing Climate Challenge Through Renewable Chemicals Tax Credit
March 19, 2020
Maine is speeding up its transformation to a 21st-century, biobased economy with the passing of the Renewable Chemicals Tax Credit, which will foster the production of environmentally friendly innovations—like renewable chemicals and biobased…
Media Advisory: World’s Largest Biopharmaceutical Organization to Host Two-Day Virtual Summit on Coronavirus
March 18, 2020
BIO-Led Summit to Build Collaboration Between Biopharma Industry, Government Leaders & Scientific Experts  Responding to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 public health crisis, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) is taking the…
SEC Regulatory Changes Provide Small Biotech Companies Relief from Burdensome Requirements
March 12, 2020
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has adopted regulatory changes to provide small public companies with a temporary exemption from Sarbanes-Oxley 404(b) compliance. 404(b) requires public companies to report on the internal controls they…
BIO Statement Urging USDA Adoption of Pre-Market Notification Process within Biotech Reg System
March 6, 2020
Washington, D.C. (March 6, 2020) – The following statement can be attributed to Dana O’Brien, BIO’s Executive Vice President for Food & Agriculture urging USDA to establish a pre-market notification process within its plant biotechnology…
BIO Asia Conference in Tokyo Cancelled Amid COVID-19 Outbreak
February 21, 2020
Washington, DC – February 21, 2020 - The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) announced today, it is canceling the annual BIO Asia conference in Tokyo scheduled for March 10-11. The decision was based on the global impact of COVID-19 and…
A Patient Advocate’s Perspective on Foreign Price Controls
February 7, 2020
In a new video, Cynthia Bens, patient advocate and Senior Vice President of Public Policy at the Personalized Medicine Coalition, shares her views on how adopting foreign price controls for prescription medicines will impact patients in the U.S. …
Patients, Scientists and Researchers Will Be Watching the State of the Union
February 4, 2020
Ahead of tonight’s State of the Union Address, Jim Greenwood, President and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, shared what he hopes President Trump will say to America’s patients counting on the development of new medicines and cures,…
Adopting foreign price controls “prevents investors from being able to invest, and inventors from being able to invent.”
February 3, 2020
In a new video, Alex Karnal, a life science investor and partner at Deerfield Management, shares why investing in new cures and treatments is personal, and he explains how President Trump’s plan to import foreign price controls would have an …
Biotech Leader Rachel King Urges President Trump to Reject Foreign Price Controls, Ensure U.S. Continues to Lead in Innovation
January 31, 2020
Rachel King is co-founder and CEO of GlycoMimetics, a biotech company based in Rockville, Maryland that is working hard to develop new treatments for patients with various diseases of the blood. In a new video, Mrs. King explains why President Trump…