Press Releases

HHS yesterday released three payment models for testing by CMS, which HHS believes will lower the cost of prescription drugs. BIO's Chief Policy Officer, John Murphy, made the following statement: "Today, the Department of Health and Human…

Mexico’s new decree creates more questions than answers. The decree still wrongly calls into question the safety of products of agricultural biotechnology for human consumption by creating a non-science-based distinction of corn used for food and…

Today, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) released a new analysis showing that the current level of investment in new pain and addiction treatments is falling short of what is needed to combat the mounting public health crises. The…

The governments of Mexico, Canada and the United States should look to the framework in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement to continue growing the complementary trade and integrated markets throughout North America, agriculture-related associations…

VANCOUVER, BC, CANADA, and WASHINGTON, DC, UNITED STATES, Dec. 12, 2022 – Today, Novateur Ventures, a leading global life sciences advisory firm and Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), the world's largest advocacy association for…

The next farm bill offers an opportunity to examine innovation’s influence on the resiliency of our economy in the face of global challenges, BIO wrote in a statement for the record to the Senate Agriculture Committee's Nov. 15 hearing on energy and…

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) is pleased to announce that Beth Ellikidis has joined BIO as Vice President, Agriculture and Environment. In her role, Beth will lead the policy and market access strategies for BIO’s Agriculture and…

Awards Recognize Innovators in Agricultural, Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology   The Biotechnology Innovation Organization today announced Dr. Annie Tsong, chief strategy & product officer at Amyris, as the winner of this year’s…

Washington, D.C. (October 28, 2022) – BIO is disappointed to hear Mexico intends to proceed with its plan to arbitrarily restrict imports of biotech corn. While Mexico states that Brazil, Argentina, and other countries may appear to be alternative…

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) and the Council of State Bioscience Associations (CSBA) today released new data on the bioscience industry in the United States.The new report, The U.S. Bioscience Industry: Fostering Innovation and…