For the first time, the Future of Food Summit was co-hosted by the International Food Information Council Foundation (IFIC) and EatingWell—a magazine focused on food culture. And while IFIC has long hosted the annual event, the addition of EatingWell provided a new perspective on the intersection…

The 2020 BIO International Convention is heading back to San Diego, California next June, and planning is well underway! First order of business? Announcing our theme. This year we reflect on the passion, drive and risk-taking of an industry that consistently strives to accomplish things that…

The Subcommittee on Consumer Protection and Commerce of the Committee on Energy and Commerce is set to examine the U.S. patent system this morning. Ahead of the hearing – and in honor of #ThrowBackThursay – we are resurfacing a piece by BIO’s Tom DiLenge that helps debunk some of the most…

The 5th BIO Latin America was held September 3-4 in the largest metropolis in the Western Hemisphere - Sao Paulo, Brazil. The BIO Latin America Conference, co-hosted by BIO and Biominas Brazil, has solidified itself as the premier life sciences meeting in the Latin America, welcoming over 675…

“As we speculate on the details and implications of the administration’s renewable fuels deal, the future of an entire green industry hangs in the balance,” writes Stephanie Batchelor, VP of BIO’s Industrial and Environmental Section in Biofuels Digest. The biofuels industry is still feeling the…

“For years of my life, I’ve let myself be defined by the words of others. Addict, junkie, criminal. With all those labels, it’s so much harder to go get tested for hepatitis C and add one more notch to that.” Those are the powerful words of Cat, a harm reduction advocate from North Carolina—one of…

The Trump Administration is moving forward with a plan to import foreign price controls into Medicare. Under the proposed International Pricing Index (IPI) model, the federal government would move away from a long-standing market-based reimbursement system to one that is tied to prices paid in…

Most people consider mosquitoes to be a summertime pest – the unwelcome guest at the backyard barbecue. More concerning are the threats from disease-carrying mosquitoes, those that can potentially result in Dengue, West Nile, Yellow fever and Zika. And now media are reporting alarming cases of…

Even as this year's New York Fashion Week comes to a close, it's important to remember that all of September is considered Fashion Month. After all, it IS called The September Issue! And given that it is Fashion Month, it's a good time to learn about the benefits of one of the lesser talked about…

Writing for the Boston Globe, Dr. Michael Rosenblatt, chief medical officer of the venture firm Flagship Pioneering, debunks the common myth that biopharmaceutical companies are “free-riding” on government research. Policymakers in Washington have long preferred to believe that scientists and…