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Author Archive: Jim Greenwood
Jim joined BIO as President & CEO in 2005 after representing the eighth district of Pennsylvania in the U.S. House of Representatives for six terms. He had worked with BIO while in Congress on stem cell research and other health issues, and has since learned so much about the many applications of the science in food and agriculture and in industrial and environmental biotechnology.
Due to its revolutionary research and development in issues ranging from feeding the world by increasing crop yields to healing the world with new medicines to providing cleaner sources of energy, Jim is a passionate champion for biotechnology. When visiting member companies, he is inspired by executives and scientists who are united in their mission to help patients, farmers and other consumers lead a better life.
Prior to Congress, Jim served in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and Pennsylvania Senate for six years each. He and his wife Tina live in historic Washington Crossing, Pennsylvania (where he has participated in the re-enactment of George Washington crossing the Delaware River on Christmas Day in 1776). He enjoys fishing, birding and scuba diving.
You can find him on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/jamescgreenwood.Latest Posts
Biotech Depends on Policies that Promote Innovation
The biotechnology industry’s endeavor to transform science into therapy for a previously untreatable disease is the subject of a new movie, “Extraordinary Measures.” The movie is the story of John Crowley, founder of Novazyme, and his struggle to find funding to develop a therapy for Pompe disease. The story, though, may not seem so out of the ordinary to those in the biotechnology industry who conduct vital research and development on products that will help Read More >
Welcome to BIOtech Now
BIOtech Now is the first in a number of new products from BIO intended to enhance our communications with the biotech community — not only with our members, but with other stakeholders as well. This monthly e-newsletter, combined with its web site, serves as our flagship in that effort. BIOtech Now will: Offer original content that emphasizes the business needs of the industry. Highlight BIO’s advocacy efforts. Provide a portal to all BIO activities and Read More >
Food and Energy Security: Raising AgriBio’s Profile
The world’s population is projected to reach 9.1 billion by the middle of this century. Feeding that number of people — in addition to producing animal feed, fiber and biofuels — will require a 70 percent increase in overall agricultural production, primarily in the developing world, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UN FAO). That is why the priorities for BIO’s Food and Agriculture Section in the coming year start with increasing Read More >
Efforts to Restrict Gene Patenting and Licensing Would Threaten Advances in Public Health and Harm the National Economy
On February 4th, BIO hosted a media briefing on how efforts to restrict gene patenting and licensing would threaten advances in public health and harm the national economy. Participants included: BIO President & CEO Jim Greenwood; Senator Birch Bayh, co-author of the Bayh-Dole Act; Brian Stanton, Ph.D., Task Force Member on Intellectual Property and Access to Genetic Testing; Jim Davis, Ph.D., J.D., General Counsel of Human Genome Sciences, Inc.; Jon Soderstrom, Ph.D., Managing Director of Read More >
Global Dialogue on Meeting Food Needs for the Next Generation
When we look at the challenges affecting our world today, many come to mind – energy demand, food security and climate change, just to name a few. Biotechnology provides tools to meet all of these challenges. The sustainable farming practices afforded to today’s modern farmers allow us to produce more food, fuel and fiber on less land with less environmental impact. These technologies – and the policies and infrastructures needed to realize their benefit – Read More >
