Letters, Testimony & Comments

Dear Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell: On behalf of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and its more than 1...
March 16 2012
William D. Waddill, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer OncoMed Pharmaceuticals highlights the importance of capital...
March 6 2012
On December 1, BIO submitted written testimony to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the importance of...
December 1 2011
Hearing Testimony Scott Koenig, M.D., PH.D. Before the House of Representatives Committee on Small Business Good morning Chairman...
April 7 2011
BIO advocated for the recently enacted new Therapeutic Discovery Project Credit program, which was created as a unique opportunity for...
August 3 2010
A letter to the House Ways & Means Committee by 54 trade organizations and companies supporting the extension of cellulosic biofuel...
June 23 2010
Access to Early Capital In the United States and globally, commercial development of biotechnology relies on the continuing...
May 27 2010
BIO and 34 companies and trade organizations sent a letter to Chairman Levin and Ranking Member Camp, of the House Ways and Means...
May 17 2010
Good morning Chairwoman Velázquez, Ranking Member Graves, Members of the Committee, the Staff of the Committee, ladies and...
October 14 2009
Good morning Chairman Wu, Ranking Member Smith, Members of the Committee, ladies and gentleman. I am Jim Greenwood, President and CEO of...
April 23 2009
BIO urges that changes to FIN46(R) accurately reflect the underlying economics of collaborations.
November 15 2008
The letter, signed by approximately 60 patient groups, emphasizes support for restoring eligibility in the SBIR program to venture-backed...
September 18 2008
BIO addresses concerns to FASB’s Staff Position on accounting for instrument C and conventional convertible debt.
October 27 2007
The letter, signed by over 280 biotech executives, emphasizes support for restoring eligibility in the SBIR program to venture-backed...
July 26 2005
To Hector Barreto, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
November 4 2003
To Hector Barreto, Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
October 21 2003
Administrator, U.S. Small Business Administration
May 13 2003

Letters, Testimony & Comments

July 26 2012
Jeffrey S. Hatfield, President and Chief Executive Officer of Vitae Pharmaceuticals, testified on behalf of BIO about the 10th anniversary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
March 16 2012
On behalf of BIO and its more than 1,100 members, Jim Greenwood submitted a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell in strong support of H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act.
March 6 2012
William D. Waddill, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of OncoMed Pharmaceuticals highlights the importance of capital formation to encourage investment in the biotechnology industry and spur job growth across the country.
December 1 2011
On December 1, BIO submitted written testimony to the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on the importance of implementing policies that will spur job growth through capital formation while protecting investors.  
April 7 2011
The House Subcommittee on Healthcare and Technology held a hearing on The Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation Act of 2011, a bill that would reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, which help fund small innovative companies on the brink of new technologies and discoveries.

Press Releases

June 13 2013
The SCOTUS decision represents a departure from judicial and PTO precedent supporting patentability of DNA molecules. The decision could create business uncertainty for a range of inventions.
June 6 2012
The report will be released at a Super Session, titled "International Leaders Share Their Worldview: Scientific American's Regional Bio-Innovation Scorecard."
April 5 2012
The Biotechnology Industry Organization expressed strong support for the signing of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into law today.
March 22 2012
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) applauds the Senate on the passage of H.R. 3606, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act.
December 6 2011
Washington, DC (December 6, 2011) – The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announces program topics planned for the BIO CEO & Investor Conference to be held February 13-14, 2012 at the Waldorf=Astoria in New York City, NY.