Health Care

In order to ensure that new pioneer biotechnology products continue to reach patients and physicians, any statutory pathway for the approval of follow-on biologics must protect patient safety and preserve incentives to innovate.

Biotechnology, the combination of biology and technology, includes biologic applications, diagnostic tools and businesses that improve everyday life by providing solutions to some of life's most vexing problems.

Authors: Henry Grabowski, Iain Cockburn, Genia Long, Richard Mortimer, Scott Johnson

Dr. Moira Gunn and David Ewing Duncan report from the BIO International Convention.

What happens in Washington influences biotechnology progress every bit as much as what happens on Wall Street or in the lab.

Letters, Testimony & Comments

May 8 2013
  Dear Sir/Madam:   The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) thanks the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for...
May 7 2013
Dear Sir/Madam: The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) thanks the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the opportunity to...
April 19 2013
  The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) appreciates the opportunity to comment on the “WHO Guidelines on the Quality...
April 12 2013
Dear Sir/Madam: The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) thanks the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the opportunity to...
April 8 2013
BIO supports the goals of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in providing greater transparency regarding financial relationships with...

Press Releases

May 24 2013
Washington, D.C. – Rx Response elevated its status to Alert and has activated Rx Open in the aftermath of the...
February 28 2013
WASHINGTON, DC – February 28, 2013 –The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) lauds the Senate for...
January 25 2013
The Biotechnology Industry Organization lauds the House of Representatives for passing H.R. 307, the Pandemic and All...
October 1 2012
Washington, D.C. (October 1, 2012) — Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America (PhRMA) President and...
July 23 2012
Groups Issue Booklet to Help Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical Companies Identify Pipeline Medicines with Doping...