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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

BIO to Testify at Senate Finance Committee Hearing on Medicare Modernization
Jun 22 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 22, 1999) The Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing Wednesday, June 23, 1999, at 10 a.m. to discuss Medicare and prescription...
BIO President Feldbaum's BIO '99 Speech
May 26 1999
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON MAY 17, 1999 Ladies and Gentlemen: I've entitled this talk, "With the 20th Century in Our Rear View Mirror, The Choices...
Co-Founder Of Alabama Biotechnology Association Receives Leadership Award
May 19 1999
SEATTLE, Washington, (May 19, 1999) Dr. Thomas Dooley, presiding officer and co-founder of the Biotechnology Association of Alabama (BAA), received the...
BIO Responds to Nature Report on Bt Threat to Monarch Butterflies
May 19 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 19, 1999) - BIO Vice President of Food & Agriculture L. Val Giddings, Ph.D. released the following statement in response to...
Immunex Wins 1999 International Helix Award
May 18 1999
SEATTLE, Washington, (May 18, 1999) Immunex Corp. today received the 1999 Helix Award at the BIO '99 International Meeting & Exhibition, in Seattle,...
BIO Elects Board Members, Officers For 1999-2000
May 18 1999
SEATTLE, Washington, (May 18, 1999) The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today named as chairman of the board of directors, Mark Skaletsky,...
BIO Selects Chemdex As Preferred Provider Of E-Commerce Solutions
May 18 1999
SEATTLE, Washington(May 18, 1999) The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), the world's largest association representing the biotechnology industry...
Five Students Win Top Honors In 1999 BIO GENEius Awards
May 17 1999
SEATTLE, Washington, (May 17, 1999) Five students from across the nation were honored today as the 1999 winners of the BIO GENEius awards. Presentations were...
Rathmann Honored As First Recipent Of Biotechnology Heritage Award
May 17 1999
SEATTLE, Washington, (May 17, 1999) George B. Rathmann, chairman, president and CEO of ICOS Corp. and chairman emeritus of Amgen Inc., today was named the...
New Jersey Commerce Secretary Receives Biotech Award
May 17 1999
SEATTLE, Washington (May 17, 1999) New Jersey Secretary of Commerce Gualberto "Gil" Medina received the BIO Outstanding State Executive of the Year...


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...