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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 Announces Presenting Companies for 15th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference
Jan 15 2013
WASHINGTON, D.C. (January 15, 2013) - The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today announced the initial selection of presenting companies for...
BIO Praises SBA for Publishing Final Rule on SBIR/STTR Reauthorization
Jan 8 2013
WASHINGTON DC, January 8, 2013 -- BIO lauds the Administration and the U.S. Small Business Association (SBA) for recognizing the importance of updating the...
Extension of Second-Generation Biofuel Tax Credits Supports Innovation and Economic Growth, BIO Says
Jan 2 2013
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today thanked Congress for including extensions and modifications of the Second Generation Biofuel Producer...
BIO Applauds FDA Action on GE Salmon
Dec 21 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. (December 21, 2012) – Today, as part of its rigorous, scientific regulatory review governing genetically engineered (GE) animal...
BIO Thanks Congressmen and Senators for Clearing a Path for Military Biofuel Producers
Dec 19 2012
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today thanked members of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees for finalizing the National Defense...
BIO Opens Registration for 10th Annual World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology and Bioprocessing in Montreal
Dec 17 2012
Today the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) announced registration and housing are now open for the 2013 World Congress on Industrial...
Military Biofuel Supporters Thanks Senators for Amendment to National Defense Authorization Act
Nov 29 2012
A coalition of organizations representing farmers who grow energy crops, the advanced biofuels industry which converts these feedstocks into drop-in fuels,...
15th Annual BIO CEO & Investor Conference to Highlight Drivers of Biotech Momentum
Nov 27 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 27, 2012) – Now in its fifteenth year, the BIO CEO & Investor Conference, hosted by the Biotechnology Industry...
BIO Applauds EPA Response to RFS Waiver Requests
Nov 16 2012
The Environmental Protection Agency’s logic-based decision to uphold the Renewable Fuel Standard will protect America’s energy security and...
The Accord: Generic Event Marketability and Access Agreement Is Now Effective
Nov 15 2012
Washington, D.C. (November 15, 2012) – The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) and the American Seed Trade Association (ASTA) announced today...


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...