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Letters, Testimony & Comments

India Traditional Knowledge and Biological Material Draft Guidelines: Biotech Industry Provides Input
  Draft Guidelines Given the importance of protections for basic biotechnology inventions to the survival of the biotechnology...
November 28 2012
2012 Special 301 Report: Biotech's International IP Issues
BIO has identified the following countries of interest and recommends the following for our 2011 Special 301 submission. Priority...
February 14 2012
Biological Diversity: Draft Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity
October 14, 2010
October 14, 2010 To: Members of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing of the Convention on Biological...
October 14 2010
Comments, 8th Meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing
July 31, 2009
  VIEWS AND PROPOSALS OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION (BIO) AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF...
July 31 2009
Comments, Main Components in Annex I of Decision IX/12 of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
December 15, 2008
December 15 2008
Comments, 12th Session of the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC)
July 3, 2008
The List of Options on Genetic Resources for Consideration by the Intergovernmental Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge...
July 3 2008
Comments to the World Intellectual Property Organization on the draft Gap Analysis on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge
July 3, 2008
Comments of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) on the Draft Gap Analysis on the Protection of Traditional Knowledge July...
July 3 2008
Comments, draft study entitled "Study on the relationship between the ABS International Regime and other international instruments which govern the use of genetic resources: the World Trade Organization (WTO), the World Intellectual Property Organization
January 22, 2008
ACCESS AND BENEFIT-SHARING: PEER REVIEW PROCESS FOR ABS STUDIES COMMENTS OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION The...
January 22 2008
Comments, Technical Expert Group on Concepts, Terms, Working Definitions and Sectoral Approaches ("Concepts TEG") under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD
October 17, 2007
COMMENTS OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION (BIO) ON ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE TECHNICAL EXPERTS GROUP ON CONCEPTS, TERMS,...
October 17 2007
Convention on Biology Diversity and Patent Disclosure Requirements
October 23, 2006
To: Members of the TRIPS Council, World Trade Organization From: The Presidents of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, BIOTECanada...
October 23 2006
Fourth Meeting of the Ad Hoc Open-Ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing, Granada, Spain
January 30, 2006
January 30 2006
Response to Notice 227 Patents Amendment Bill, 2004
March 18, 2004
March 18 2004
Letter, Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity
February 5, 2004
February 5 2004

Letters, Testimony & Comments

India Traditional Knowledge and Biological Material Draft Guidelines: Biotech Industry Provides Input
November 28 2012
  Draft Guidelines Given the importance of protections for basic biotechnology inventions to the survival of the biotechnology...
2012 Special 301 Report: Biotech's International IP Issues
February 14 2012
BIO has identified the following countries of interest and recommends the following for our 2011 Special 301 submission. Priority...
Biological Diversity: Draft Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from Their Utilization to the Convention on Biological Diversity
October 14 2010
October 14, 2010 To: Members of the Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-sharing of the Convention on Biological...
Comments, 8th Meeting of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) Ad Hoc Open-ended Working Group on Access and Benefit-Sharing
July 31 2009
  VIEWS AND PROPOSALS OF THE BIOTECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY ORGANIZATION (BIO) AND THE PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF...
Comments, Main Components in Annex I of Decision IX/12 of the Conference of the Parties (COP) of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
December 15 2008
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BIO Applauds Fifth Anniversary of the Biosafety Protocol
September 11 2008
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Thursday, September 11, 2008) - Today marks the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of...
BIO and IICA Enter into Memorandum of Understanding to Promote Agricultural Biotechnology in the Americas
January 24 2007
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 24, 2007) – The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and the Inter-American...