Committee and Section Activity

Eligibility to participate on BIO staff-level committees varies with each committee, but is based on one of the general four policies set forth below. Please refer to each committee to determine eligibility. Please note that committees may have additional, committee-specific eligibility requirements not listed below depending on the nature and focus of the committee (e.g., BIO's General Counsels Committee is limited to General Counsels or Senior Legal Officers of BIO member companies).

General Eligibility Policies:

1. Participation limited to a full-time employee of R&D-intensive ("core") member companies only.
2. Participation limited to a full-time employee of or an authorized consultant to R&D-intensive ("core") member companies. BIO requires written notice from the R&D-intensive member company that the consultant is authorized to act as an official company representative. Further, the consultant must sign a BIO confidentiality agreement indicating that he/she will not share any information learned or obtained through participation on the committee with any client other than the BIO member company which authorized his/her participation on its behalf.
3. Participation is open to a full-time employee or representative of all BIO member organizations.
4. Participation is by invitation only.

Biodefense and Pandemic Working Group
Advocates for policies to facilitate the biotechnology sector's contribution to national preparedness, including federal funding for biodefense, biodefense procurement reform, authorized funding for advanced development projects, and strong federal pandemic influenza funding across an array of technologies to address near-term, mid-term, and long-term opportunities.
Staff Contact: Phyllis Arthur
Eligibility Requirements: 3

Biopharmaceutical Law Committee ("BLC")
Provides additional legal support in the development of BIO analyses and positions on FDA-related legal/regulatory and legislative issues. The committee also helps to identify issues of concern to be proactively addressed by BIO, and advises BIO and its other committees as to how particular issues may affect member companies from a legal perspective.
Staff Contact: Sandi Dennis
Eligibility Requirements: 1

Working Groups/Subcommittees:
BLC Steering Committee
Staff Contact: Sandi Dennis
Eligibility Requirements: 1

Clinical Trials Working Group
Staff Contact: Sandi Dennis
Eligibility Requirements: 1

BLC Interim Steering Committee
Staff Contact: Sandi Dennis
Eligibility Requirements: 1

Follow-On Biologics Task Force
Staff Contact: Sandi Dennis
Eligibility Requirements: 1

Company/Physician Relationships Working Group
Staff Contact: Sandi Dennis
Eligibility Requirements: 1
 

CFO/Tax Vice President Committee
Concentrates on financial services, accounting, tax and other policy areas regarding capital formation that impact member companies. This committee advises BIO staff about legislation and regulation affecting these policy matters. Specific subject areas of interest include Sarbanes-Oxley, revenue recognition, illegal short selling, and tax policy, including improvements to the R&D tax credit, orphan drug credit and the federal tax treatment of Net Operating Losses (NOLs).
Staff Contact: Shelly Mui-Lipnik, Paul Poteet
Chairs: Lynne Sullivan, Biogen Idec
Will Waddill, Oncomed
Eligibility Requirements: 1 (or by invitation)

Communications Committee
Helps to direct BIO's Communications Department on the design, implementation and evaluation of public relations, media outreach and consumer awareness efforts under the direction of the Board Standing Committee on Public Awareness. The committee includes senior executives from BIO member companies responsible for public relations, investor relations, public policy, marketing and media relations within their respective companies.
Staff Contact: Kenneth Lisaius
Chair: Open
Eligibility Requirements: 1 (or by invitation)
 

Subcommittees:
Food & Agriculture Section Advisory Group
Staff Contact: Karen Batra
Eligibility Requirements: 2

Industrial & Environmental Advisory Group
Staff Contact: Paul Winters
Eligibility Requirements: 1