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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

Best Ever High School Essays: BIO Awards $1,000 To Eight Contest Winners
May 11 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C., May 11, 1999 - Eight high school seniors each will receive $1,000 college scholarships as winners of the Biotechnology Industry...
BIO Adds Medicare Section To Its Web Site
May 11 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 11, 1999) - In response to the stepped-up debate on prescription drug benefits for Medicare beneficiaries, BIO has added a special...
BIO '99 Attracts Record International Contingent
May 6 1999
Washington, D.C., May 6, 1999 - BIO '99 in Seattle, Washington, May 16-20, will feature the largest international contingent ever assembled for the...
BIO Responds To Geron And Roslin Merger
May 4 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 4, 1999) Carl B. Feldbaum, president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, issued the following statement upon the announcement...
Compaq's Ben Rosen To Speak At BIO '99
Apr 29 1999
Washington, D.C., April 29, 1999 Compaq Computer Corp. Chairman Ben Rosen is among the featured speakers at the BIO '99 International Biotechnology...
BIO Strongly Backs U.S. Sen. Bennett's Efforts To Protect Patient Confidentiality
Apr 27 1999
(WASHINGTON, D.C., April 27, 1999) Carl B. Feldbaum, president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) issued the following statement on the Medical...
BIO Honors Four 'Outstanding Legislators Of The Year'
Apr 22 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C.(April 22, 1999) The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) honored four members of Congress with its "Outstanding Legislator of the...
BIO '99 To Explore Debate Over Financing Drug Benefits For Seniors
Apr 22 1999
WASHINGTON, D.C.(April 22, 1999) Mandating access to drugs and biologics for older citizens, either as part of Medicare modernization or through some other...
BIO Responds To New Kennedy/Stark Medicare Bill
Apr 20 1999
(WASHINGTON, D.C., April 20, 1999) Carl B. Feldbaum, president of the Biotechnology Industry Organization, issued the following statement on a legislative...
Tennessee Becomes 25th State To Form Biotechnology Association
Apr 15 1999
Washington, D.C. (April 15, 1999) -- The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced today Tennessee has become the 25th state to form a...


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...