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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

South Carolina Becomes 26th State<br>To Form Biotechnology Association
Sep 28 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 28, 1999) - The BiotechnologyIndustry Organization (BIO) announced today South Carolina has become the 26th state to form an...
BIO Supports Sen. Hatch's Legislation Protecting Patient Access To Biotech Medicines
Sep 23 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today applauded Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) for his introduction of the Medicare Patient Access...
BIO Strongly Opposes Compulsory Licensing Legislation
Sep 23 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 23, 1999) The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) strongly opposed a bill introduced today by U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio),...
BIO Responds to Medicare Bill Introduced by Florida's Bilirakis
Sep 23 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Sept. 23, 1999) -- Carl B. Feldbaum,president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), today issued the following statement on the...
Boston Will Host BIO 2000 International Meeting
Sep 21 1999
"Biotech Works" Theme Will Attract 7,000 from Around the World WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 21, 1999) Boston will get its first opportunity to host...
BIO Medicare Radio Ads Target Clinton on Martha's Vineyard
Aug 20 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 20, 1999) --The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has launched its second series of radio ads aimed at focusing President...
U.S. Experts Conducting Monarch Butterfly Field Research
Aug 12 1999
WASHINGTON (Aug. 12, 1999) -- An expert panel of university and independent researchers, entomologists and weed scientists is currently conducting studies to...
BIO Fears Bt Cotton Report in Nature Could Mislead Public, Farmers
Aug 5 1999
Washington, D.C. (August 4, 1999) -- In response to a study by University of Arizona entomologists appearing in the scientific correspondence of the Aug. 5...
House Approves Patent Reform Bill Boosting Medical Research
Aug 4 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 4, 1999) The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today applauded the U.S. House for its overwhelming approval of a bill that...
BIO comments to the Health Care Financing Adminstration(HCFA) on the Prospective Payment System for Hospital Outpatient Services Proposed Rule
Jul 30 1999
Health Care Financing AdministrationDepartment of Health and Human ServicesAttention: HCFA-1005_PP.O. Box 26688Baltimore, MD 21207-0488 Dear Sir or Madam:...


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...