BIO.News Newsletter

For your weekend listening, we have a new episode of the I AM BIO Podcast with a world-renowned zoonotic disease expert who explores the origins of the coronavirus—and some of it may surprise you. Here are 605 words, or 3 minutes.

Mark your stay-at-home calendar! Next Tuesday, April 28, join Medexprim and Graticule for a free webinar on how global collaboration can help us build much-needed real-world data for treating COVID-19. Click here to register...because if there's one thing we love more than Netflix right now, it's collaboration. Today, we have an update on the global food supply chain and why One Health matters, plus links to Johnson & Johnson’s new web series about a COVID-19 vaccine, in around 715 words, or 3…

Microsoft has teamed up with BIO members Takeda and CSL Behring to recruit patients who have recovered from COVID-19 to donate their plasma—yet another shining example of how the industry is coming together to collaborate in innovative ways to defeat this thing. In other news, today we're celebrating 50 years of Earth Day—and we’re taking a look at the links between humans, animals, and the environment and what it means for the pandemic. We’ve also got an update from Pew on the antibiotic…

Microsoft has teamed up with BIO members Takeda and CSL Behring to recruit patients who have recovered from COVID-19 to donate their plasma—yet another shining example of how the industry is coming together to collaborate in innovative ways to defeat this thing. In other news, today we're celebrating 50 years of Earth Day—and we’re taking a look at the links between humans, animals, and the environment and what it means for the pandemic. We’ve also got an update from Pew on the antibiotic…

Another Tuesday. Our industry’s still working hard on coronavirus breakthroughs—but some lawmakers want to put those vaccines and treatments at risk by making changes to the Bayh-Dole Act, which helps partnerships and R&D happen. We discuss why the law matters more than ever, plus a look at how your coffee habit could help clean up the planet and provide the products we need, in about 660 words, or 3 minutes, 20 seconds.

The experts warned us. But luckily, they know what to do now. We’re kicking off Monday with lessons from the past and a look at what's in the future, in around 730 words, or 3 minutes, 40 seconds.

Yes, this virus is bad, as Dr. George Scangos of Vir Biotechnology explains in the latest episode of the I AM BIO Podcast—but we have some promising news from Gilead and SAB Biotherapeutics today, too. Here are 760 words, just under 4 minutes. Enjoy the weekend.

It’s Thursday. Today, we look at how America’s biotech industry is tackling both the coronavirus and climate change—and why large-scale global action is possible on both, in about 770 words, just under 4 minutes.

Tomorrow (Thursday), catch BIO’s Jim Greenwood at Wuxi Apptec COVID-19 Forum, where he’ll discuss the latest developments in the fight against the coronavirus. The free event will stream on Thursday, April 16, starting at 10 AM ET/7 AM PT. Today, we have news from the IRS for small biotechs, plus an announcement about how we’re helping essential workers and local families, in 800 words, 4 minutes.

Here's something cool. Music-minded scientists have assigned a unique musical note to each amino acid in the coronavirus, turning it into an eerily beautiful song—which could help them discover antibodies or drugs to treat it. Today, we’re taking a quick break from the coronavirus to look at what people are saying about the CAR T-cell reimbursement issue, as well as Mazda’s biofuels initiative and the latest on when Congress will return from recess, in about 615 words (3 minutes).