12.20.2012

Fiscal Cliff: Don't Cut Programs that Work

In order to avoid the "fiscal cliff," Congress must compromise and protect our economic future by cutting costs and raising revenue, without compromising our nation's support for critical government programs. Programs vital to the health of our nation — quite literally — should not suffer dramatic cuts...

PDUFA

FDASIA: A Step Forward for Patients

Almost everyone is pleased with FDASIA. How did that happen? While past PDUFA re-authorizations were contentious at times, during this cycle stakeholders began their efforts two years prior to expiration...

BIOFUELS

Fast Food vs. Fuel

The claims made in the NCCR-funded report are at best unrealistic. The report authors cherrypick data points from two older studies, ignoring alternate outcomes modeled within the same studies, to create a scenario in which billions of gallons of biofuel production is eliminated...

BIODEFENSE

Pandemic and All-Hazards Preparedness Reauthorization Act

We strongly support the simultaneous reauthorization of Project BioShield and the Special Reserve Fund (SRF) with PAHPRA ...

PUBLIC POLICY

Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act: Impact on the Biotechnology Industry

President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law on April 5, 2012. BIO advocated strongly for this new law...

DRUG DEVELOPMENT

Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger: Takeaways from Partnering For Cures 2012

The chorus to Kanye West's 2007 chart-topper Stronger can teach us volumes about speeding drug development...

PERSONALIZED MEDICINE

Delivering on the Promise of Personalized Medicine

As sequencing moves out of the lab and into the clinic, a host of players must get involved to make our collective promises of personalized medicine a reality...

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Whole Genome Sequencing and Myriad Supreme Court Case: Nothing to See Here

Bio IT World just published an article stating that the Myriad Supreme Court case will have little to no effect on whole genome sequencing...

BIODEFENSE

The Future of Biodefense: Will Public-Private Partnerships Continue?

Ten years ago, in the wake of the 2001 anthrax attacks, the U.S. government set out on a bold path to improve the country's preparedness for bioterrorism by developing and stockpiling new drugs and vaccines...

DRUG DISPOSAL

New Drug Disposal Law Doesnt Make Sense

Product stewardship is a broad term applied across many industries, encompassing environmental, health, and safety concerns...

PATENTS

Inter Partes Review — a Useful Tool for Overcoming Freedom-to-Operate Obstacles

For companies facing freedom-to-operate obstacles, the AIA provides a number of tools for dealing with troublesome patents...

BIOFUELS

BIO Thanks Congressmen and Senators for Clearing a Path for Military Biofuel Producers

BIO thanked members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees for finalizing the National Defense Authorization Act of 2013...

INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

BIO Opens Registration for 10th Annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing

BIO announced that registration and housing are now open for the 2013 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing...

Conferences & Events

04.22.13

2013 BIO International Convention

Plan Early! Thousands of companies from around the world and all industry segments will be at BIO, ready to build...

01.29.13

BIO Asia International Conference

BIO Asia is the premier dedicated biotech partnering event in Asia that offers an unrivalled opportunity to meet with the leading international pharmaceutical and biotech companies in one place at one time…

02.11.13

BIO CEO & Investor Conference

The BIO CEO & Investor Conference is the largest investor conference focused on established and emerging publicly traded biotech companies...

03.12.13

Legislative Day Fly-In 2013

Once a year, BIO hosts the Legislative Day Fly-In, inviting biotechnology executives from across the country to come to Washington D.C. for a day and a half of legislative briefings and advocacy...

03.25.13

BIO IPCC Conference

Over the past nine years, BIO's semiannual IP Counsels Committee Conference has become a popular and growing event among our members' IP and legal professionals...

04.19.13

BIO Executive Training Programs

The Business Development Basics and Advanced Business Development courses support the activity that takes place at our partnering, investor and venture capital conferences each year by training individuals who are making the deals that drive this industry...

06.16.13

World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing

Entering it's tenth year, BIO World Congress offers unique networking opportunities, an overview of the latest technological developments and real world scenarios for bringing technological solutions to market...

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Eric Gascho, director of government affairs at the National Health Council, presents on grassroots advocacy at the BIO Patient and Health Advocacy Summit...

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