Health Care

At the 2013 BIO International Convention, Mundel discusses biotech start-ups and how biotech and technology can help meet needs in developing countries. The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 (GBD 2010) is the largest ever systematic effort to describe the global distribution and causes of a wide array of major diseases, injuries, and health risk factors. The results show that infectious diseases, maternal and child illness, and malnutrition now cause fewer deaths and less illness than they did twenty years ago.

Kathleen Ruddy, CEO of the St. Baldricks Foundation, the world's largest funder of childhood cancer research grants outside of the federal government explains the type of relationships they hope to develop at the 2013 BIO International Convention.

Seth Ginsberg, President of the Global Healthy Living Foundation discusess their healthy biologics initiative to improve the quality of life for people with chronic illnesses at the 2013 BIO International Convention.

Congress created the 340B program in 1992 to help uninsured indigent patients gain better access to prescription medicines. This white paper examines the history and original intent of the program as well as highlights key findings to help policymakers ensure that the 340B program meets its stated purpose and to provide a roadmap for next steps to be considered.

In the next several months, the president and members of Congress will decide whether to continue the funding and authorities associated with Project BioShield, which seeks to expand the U.S. stockpile of medical countermeasures for potential chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) attacks.

In an effort to bring innovative new medicines to patients more efficiently, while protecting and enhancing patient safety, BIO is developing an initiative to modernize clinical trials.