02.14.2013

Congress created the 340B program to help uninsured indigent patients gain better access to prescription medicines. This white paper examines the history and original intent of the program and highlights key findings to help policymakers ensure that the program meets its stated purpose...

STATE OF THE UNION

Thoughts on the President's State of the Union

"The state of our union can be improved — and if the President and Congress can work together on these issues, our nation will grow stronger," BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood writes...

BIO EVENTS

BIO CEO & Investor Conference

The 15th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference, the largest independent investor conference for established and emerging publicly traded and select private biotech companies, wrapped up earlier this week. Find out what you missed on BIOtechNOW...

ANIMAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

FDA Delay of Salmon Approval is a Blow to Science and Business

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it is extending for 60 days the comment period for the genetically engineered AquAdvantage Salmon...

BIOFUELS

Fuels America Sends a Valentine to the Oil Refiners

Fuels America (@FuelsAmerica) today sent an early Valentine card to the oil refining industry. Turns out, many Americans — who paid an extra $257 at the pump last year while using fewer gallons of gas — are in love with oil...

EDUCATION

STEM Education Aimed at Girls

We write a fair bit about STEM education here at BIOtechNOW, so I was a bit surprised to come across a word I'd never heard before. STEMinists may be a made-up word, but it's still a good one...

BIOTECH INDUSTRY

Biotech Hall of Fame: Interview with Biotech's First Investment Banker

Earlier this week, I had the opportunity to discuss biotech's storied history with Fred Frank, one of the industry's greatest luminaries, on what we can learn from the past to help shape the future...

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Brazil Patent Policy: At a Crossroads

The Government of Brazil approaches the patent policy crossroads with two ministries wanting to move in opposite directions...

RENEWABLE ENERGY

A Call to Arms for Renewable Fuels

BIO President & CEO Jim Greenwood delivered remarks on the Renewable Fuel Standard and participated in a panel session on the Legacy of Bipartisan Support for Renewable Energy at ACORE's National Renewable Energy Policy Forum, held on Capitol Hill...

2013 BIO INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

Governor Quinn Invites Biotech Professionals to Chicago

Governor Pat Quinn has long been a champion of the bioscience industry — both for its promise to help solve the world's most pressing problems and as a means of elevating the economic development prospects for his state...

INDUSTRIAL BIOTECHNOLOGY

Celebrating George Washington Carver's Contributions to Industrial Biotech

Every February we celebrate Black History Month recognizing the contributions and accomplishments of African Americans and their role in U.S. history...

2013 BIO INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

Simpson Bowles Keynote to Address Debt, Taxes, Government Services and Politics

I was recently asked what the single biggest threat to the biotechnology industry is today. My answer was immediate — the biggest threat to biotech innovation is the unsustainable mismatch of spending and revenue in the U.S. federal budget...

IP COUNSELS COMMITTEE CONFERENCE

BIO IP Counsels Committee Conference: Spring 2013 Line-Up

San Diego is the next site for the BIO IP Counsels Committee Conference. On March 25, 2013, biotech IP counsel will gather for an event dedicated to providing in-house IP counsel opportunities to learn cutting edge issues, network with their peers, and to enjoy another great location...

2013 BIO INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION

Tracks & Attendees Put the "International" in the BIO International Convention

As the BIO International Convention celebrates its 20th year, there is no time like the present to reflect on the evolution of the world's largest biotechnology industry gathering, and what it illustrates in terms of the patterns of global industry achievements...

Conferences & Events

04.22.13

2013 BIO International Convention

65 countries. 16,500 leaders. Countless partnering opportunities. Join 25,000+ face-to-face meetings between senior-level representatives from 3,000+ 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...

06.16.13

World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology

The BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology is the world's largest industrial biotechnology event for business leaders, investors, and policy makers in biofuels, biobased products, and renewable chemicals...

12.08.13

Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology & Bioenergy

The seventh annual Pacific Rim Summit on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy is the original conference dedicated solely to the growth of the industrial biotechnology and bioenergy sectors in North America and the Asia-Pacific region...

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John Lechleiter, CEO of Ely Lilly @Lilly_COI: Fireside Chat #BIOCEO13

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Amazing how science always discovers a new form of something "old". Cell division is studied for decades now, and yet, here's another...

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