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Senate committee marks up SBIR/STTR reauthorization
Budgets & Biotech: Congress Urged to Continue Supporting Advanced Biofuels

Industry leaders point out that biotech-enabled advanced biofuels spur job growth and reduce U.S. dependence on imported oil.

Dr. Lisa Beth Ferstenberg, Founding CEO of Cellective Therapeutics and a serial entrepreneur

Dr. Ferstenberg discusses an innovative program to guide small emerging biotech companies and how women in biotech can accelerate their leadership within the industry.

Dr. Lisa Beth Ferstenberg, CMO of TDP Bio, Founding CEO of Cellective Therapeutics and a serial entrepreneur

Dr. Ferstenberg discusses an innovative program to guide small emerging biotech companies and how women in biotech can accelerate their leadership within the industry. 

A Fair Exchange: NASDAQ Proposes New Venture Market

New listing requirements for proposed market would give more biotech companies option of going public.

Solid Results: Survey Shows Therapeutic Discovery Project Works

The government’s Qualifying Therapeutic Discovery Project Program is doing what it was intended to do, according to a recent survey of senior executives at small biotechnology companies.

Will Your Worldview Change at the BIO International Convention?

Scientific American will release the third annual Worldview: A Global Biotechnology Perspective at this year’s BIO International Convention.  Created in partnership with BIO, the publication explores the diverse economic regions of the world, highlighting success stories, policy achievements, cutting-edge science and the unique challenges that lie ahead. This year’s report focuses on BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) country efforts to build local biotechnology hubs. 

Small Business Early Stage Investment Program: Summary of Program

The summary explains the criteria for investment companies, the process by which investment companies would apply and the manner in which the equity financing provided by the SBA could used.

Battelle/BIO State Bioscience Initiatives 2010

The U.S. bioscience industry continued to score employment gains through 2008 - the first year of the recent economic downturn, according to a study released today by Battelle and the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO).

Healing, Fueling, Feeding: How Biotechnology Is Enriching Your Life.

Biotechnology is all around us and is already a big part of our lives, providing breakthrough products and technologies to combat disease, reduce our environmental footprint, feed the hungry, and make useful products.

Beyond the Beltway: Biotech Equals Jobs

For state and local governments, promoting biotechnology is all about creating good-paying jobs and fostering sustainable economic growth.

Get the Scoop on the Presenting Companies for 8th Annual BIO Investor Forum
BIO CEO & Investor Conference: Mergers and Acquisitions
Merger Notes From the BIO Investor Forum
Guide to Biotechnology 2008

We have used the biological processes of microorganisms for 6,000 years to make useful food products, such as bread and cheese, and to preserve dairy products.

Letters, Testimony & Comments

The 10th Anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Jeffrey S. Hatfield, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vitae Pharmaceuticals
July 26 2012
Jeffrey S. Hatfield, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vitae Pharmaceuticals On behalf of the Biotechnology Industry...
BIO Supports the JOBS Act (H.R. 3606)
March 16 2012
Dear Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell: On behalf of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and its more than 1...
Spurring Job Growth Through Capital Formation While Protecting Investors
March 6 2012
William D. Waddill, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer OncoMed Pharmaceuticals highlights the importance of capital...
BIO Written Testimony: Spurring Job Growth Through Capital Formation While Protecting Investors
December 1 2011
On December 1, BIO submitted written testimony to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the importance of...
Biotech Leader Provides Testimony at Congressional Hearing on SBIR/STTR Renewal
April 7 2011
Hearing Testimony Scott Koenig, M.D., PH.D. Before the House of Representatives Committee on Small Business Good morning Chairman...
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Press Releases

Scientific American to Host BIO International Convention Super Session to Release 4th Annual Worldview Report and Scorecard Highlighting Emerging Markets
June 6 2012
Washington, DC and New York, NY, Wednesday, June 6, 2012 -The 4th Annual Scientific American Worldview Report and...
BIO Lauds Signing of JOBS Act into Law
April 5 2012
Washington, D.C. (April 5, 2012) – The Biotechnology Industry Organization expressed strong support for the...
BIO Praises Senate Passage of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act
March 22 2012
  Washington, DC (March 22, 2012) – The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) applauds the Senate...
14th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference to Highlight Latest Investment and Deal Making Trends
December 6 2011
Washington, DC (December 6, 2011) – The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announces program topics...
Wisconsin Bioscience Fund Makes Good Business Sense
November 16 2011
Self-Funding Program Supported by Leading Biotech Trade Associations WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 16, 2011)...
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