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International Program Spotlights the BRICs at the 2013 BIO International Convention
With one-third of all attendees international, the 2013 BIO International Convention will host a wide range of programming focused on new opportunities...
Farmers Increasingly Favor Biotech Crops
The ISAAA report, Global Status of Commercialized Biotech/GM Crops: 2012, says a record 17.3 million farmers in 28 countries are growing biotech crops on 420...

Press Releases

Genentech Founders Honored As Recipients Of Biotechnology Heritage Award
Mar 29 2000
BOSTON (March 29, 2000) Herbert W. Boyer and the lateRobert A. Swanson, cofounders of Genentech Inc., have been named recipients of the Biotechnology Heritage...
Biotechnology Industry Creates Robert A. Swanson Education Fund to Honor Genentech Founder
Mar 28 2000
BOSTON (March 28, 2000) Leaders of the biotechnology industry meeting in Boston today at BIO 2000 announced the establishment of the Robert A. Swanson...
Connecticut State Executive Receives Biotech Award
Mar 27 2000
(BOSTON, MA) -- The Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, Jim Abromaitis, received the BIO Outstanding State...
BIO Contributes $5,000 To Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation
Mar 27 2000
BOSTON (March 27, 2000) - The Biotechnology IndustryOrganization (BIO) today made a $5,000 donation to the Christopher Reeve Paralysis Foundation (CRPF) during...
BIO President Responds To Biodevastation Protesters
Mar 24 2000
BOSTON, Mass. (March 24, 2000) Carl B. Feldbaum, president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), issued the following personal statement with...
BIO 2000 Media Briefing On Benefits Of Agriculture Biotechnology
Mar 24 2000
Boston, Mass. (March 24, 2000) Agricultural biotechnology experts will hold a media briefing at BIO 2000, Sunday, March 26, to discuss foods and crops...
Erickson Joins BIO as Director for New Industrial and Environmental Biotechnology Section
Mar 23 2000
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 22, 2000) -- BIO announced today that Brent Erickson has been named director of the newly created Industrial and Environmental...
Major Study Of Biotech Research On Age-Related Diseases To Be Released At BIO 2000
Mar 23 2000
WASHINGTON, DC (March 23, 2000) The Alliance for Aging Research will release the first ever profile of biotechnology companies focusing on age-related...
BIO 2000 Program Provides Teachers Update On Biotechnology
Mar 23 2000
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 23, 2000) More than 100 teachers from 23 states and Canada will take part in the Teacher Professional Development Program at BIO 2000...
BIO Files Comments On Proposed Guidelines From PTO For Patenting Gene-Based Inventions
Mar 22 2000
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 22, 2000) The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today filed comments with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) on its...


Biotechnology News

Idera Announces Presentation at AAD Annual Meeting Demonstrating Toll-like Receptor Antagonists Normalize Expression of Inflammatory Genes in Psoriasis Model
March 2, 2013

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Idera presented new data showing that its selective Toll-like receptor antagonists normalized the gene expression of important cytokines...

Oral Apremilast Achieves Statistical Significance for the Primary Endpoint of PASI-75 in the First Phase III Study (ESTEEM 1) in Patients with Psoriasis
March 2, 2013

BOUDRY, Switzerland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Celgene International Sàrl, a subsidiary of Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG) today presented the results from ESTEEM 1, the Company...

KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. Announces Positive Interim Results from Open-Label Study of ATX-101 in the Reduction of Unwanted Submental Fat (SMF) or “Double Chin”
March 2, 2013

MIAMI BEACH, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KYTHERA Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: KYTH) today announced positive interim results from a Phase IIIb, multi-center, open-label...

‘Stop Runaway Drug Pricing’ Measure Qualifies for San Francisco Ballot, says the Committee on Fair Drug Pricing (a.k.a. FAIR)
March 1, 2013

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--‘Stop Runaway Drug Pricing’ Measure Qualifies for San Francisco Ballot, says Committee on Fair Drug Pricing (a.k.a. FAIR)-Coalition of...

Gilead Sciences to Present at the Cowen & Company 33rd Annual Health Care Conference on Monday, March 4
March 1, 2013

FOSTER CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Nasdaq: GILD) today announced that its corporate presentation will be webcast from the Cowen and Company 33rd...