Press Releases

The following statement may be attributed to Nancy Travis, vice president of international affairs, BIO. “The Biotechnology Innovation Organization supports today’s action by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative to request formation of a…

Using organic social sharing techniques and tools, BIO’s social media team was able to drive record levels of engagement for their premier event.  For social media managers, successfully reaching an organization’s member companies, partners,…

New BIO/Morning Consult survey shows strong support for biotech innovation and its role in addressing critical global challenges. The majority of U.S. voters (62%) hold a favorable opinion of biotechnology and view its benefits as important,…

The next farm bill offers opportunities to invest in long-term food security, climate resiliency and growing the nation’s burgeoning bioeconomy, according to the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, which has submitted recommendations to the House…

Two Congressional committees this week pushed through legislation to reauthorize the Pandemic All Hazards and Preparedness Act (PAHPA). Following the votes, Phyllis Arthur -- Senior Vice President, Infectious Diseases & Emerging Science…

The Senate HELP Committee today released a discussion draft of legislation to reauthorize the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Act (PAHPA). BIO represents many small- and mid-size companies that are at the heart of the type of public-private…

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) today released its guidance for the Drug Price Negotiation Program (Negotiation Program) under the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (IRA). John Murphy, BIO’s Chief Policy Officer, made the…

The House Ways & Means Committee has approved a bill that includes language to delay retroactively through 2025 the mandatory capitalization of research and development expenses, which took effect in tax year 2022. The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of…

"The intense competition for talent in 2021, 2022 and into early 2023 extended to the life sciences as the nation’s overall unemployment rate reached                            …

Today, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) presented Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Ronald J. Mariano with BIO’s Legislative Champion Award. Speaker Mariano received the award in conjunction with the BIO…