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BIO Launches “The Fight of Our Lives,” a National…
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) announced the launch of ​​The Fight of Our Lives, a new national campaign focused on the stories behind biotechnology breakthroughs, the patients whose lives depend on them…
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BIO Statement on the Section 232 Pharmaceutical…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – John F. Crowley, President and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), released the following statement on Section 232 Pharmaceutical Proclamation.“A thriving American biotechnology ecosystem is essential to…
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BIO Statement on Passage of Legislation…
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Brad Zakes, senior vice president for emerging companies and economic affairs at the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), released the following statement on passage of legislation reauthorizing the SBIR/STTR program:"The…
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Year-Round Use of 15 Percent Biofuels in Gasoline Will Reduce Pollution and Save Americans Billions of Dollars
May 31, 2019
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today released the following statement after the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its rule allowing for the year-round use E15 gasoline.
BIO Honors Dr. Emil D. Kakkis with 2019 Henri A. Termeer Biotechnology Visionary Award
May 29, 2019
BIO announces the winner of this year’s Henri A. Termeer Biotechnology Visionary Award: Emil D. Kakkis, MD, PhD, President and Chief Executive Officer, Ultragenyx (NASDAQ: RARE) and Founder, EveryLife Foundation for Rare Diseases. The award,…
Former U.S. Secretary of Agriculture and Iowa Governor to Receive 2019 George Washington Carver Award
May 20, 2019
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today announced that former U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary and former two-term Governor of Iowa Tom Vilsack will receive the 12th annual George Washington Carver Award for Innovation…
BIO Applauds Senate Passage of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation Act
May 17, 2019
Washington, DC (May 17, 2019) – The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today applauds the Senate passage of the Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness and Advancing Innovation (PAHPAI) Act (S. 1379). The legislation would re-authorize…
New BIO Report: More Progress Needed in Innovation of Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutics
May 14, 2019
Today, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) released a new report, The State of Innovation in Highly Prevalent Chronic Diseases Volume IV: Alzheimer’s Disease Therapeutics, the fourth in a series on the innovation landscape of highly…
BIO Continues Partnership with NIH for Fifth “Innovation Zone” Exhibit
May 8, 2019
Washington, D.C. (May 8, 2019) – The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced an agreement to feature Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)-funded early-stage biomedical companies in…
Congress to EPA: Stop Undercutting Family Farms and Our Nation’s Renewable Fuel Future
May 7, 2019
Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) President and CEO Jim Greenwood today expressed support for a U.S. House of Representatives letter, authored by Representatives Cindy Axne (D-Iowa) and Adrian Smith (R-Neb.), requesting U.S. Environmental…
BIO Submits Comments Supportive of EPA Plan to Allow Year-Round Use of E15
April 29, 2019
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today submitted comments supportive of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) “Proposed Rulemaking for Modifications to Fuel Regulations to Provide Flexibility for E15 and to…
Influential CEO Jamie Dimon to Deliver Keynote at BIO 2019
April 29, 2019
The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today announced that Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., Jamie Dimon – a leader in the banking industry and catalyst for innovation across American business, including the healthcare industry…
Biotechnology Industry Takes Action To Diversify Leadership
April 16, 2019
Washington, D.C. (April 16, 2019) – The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) announced today the “Right Mix Matters” campaign to increase diversity and inclusion in the biotech industry. Following on its previously announced goals to increase…