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BIO’s Mission is to be the champion for biotechnology. We advocate for policies that will enable the realization of biotechnology’s promise for providing breakthrough products to cure disease, protecting against bio-terrorism, feeding the hungry, and cleaning our environment.

April 23, 2013

The bioscience industry is one of the most innovative and important economic drivers in the...

February 8, 2013

Kimball Thomson, President & CEO of BioUtah discusses his organization and what makes Utah...

July 19, 2012

Bioscience economic development in a nation as large and diverse as the United States is as...

March 21, 2012

Tracey Mumford from The Michael J. Fox Foundation discusses Parkinson's disease, the...

Letters, Testimony & Comments

May 8 2013
BIO  urges Florida Governor Scott to sign House Bill 365 – a bill related to the substitution of biologic and biosimilar medicines – which recently passed out of the Legislature.
February 1 2013
BIO supports passage of Florida House Bill 365, which provides requirements for pharmacist to dispense substitute biological products that are determined to be interchangeable for prescribed biological product.
January 24 2013
To ensure transparency and communication between patients and their treatment teams, BIO believes that certain safeguards should guide substitution policies for interchangeable biologics under state law as well.
January 24 2013
The policies outlined in Senate Bill 2190 align with all five of BIO’s Principles on Biologic Product Substitution and we therefore support its passage.
January 24 2013
BIO opposes the proposal to subject certain cancer therapies to prior authorization measures under Senate Bill 2066.

Press Releases

June 10 2013
BIO and Delaware Biocommend the State Senate for introducing legislation designed to  address the regulatory issues related to the interchangeability of biological medicines.
June 7 2013
Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber signed legislation on Thursday, June 6 designed to address the regulatory issues related to the interchangeability of biological medicines.
June 5 2013
House Bill 365, signed by Governor Rick Scott, contains four of BIO’s five principles on biologic product substitution
April 3 2013
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and BioFlorida commend the Florida Senate Committee on Health Policy for passage of Senate Bill 732 out of committee.
March 21 2013
In statehouses around the country, lawmakers are beginning to address the complexities of cutting-edge biotech drugs and the regulatory issues related to the interchangeability of biosimilar medicines.