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There are more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic floating in our oceans. The U.S. transportation sector leads all other sectors in greenhouse gas emissions. Diseases that thrive in hot weather are killing important staple crops. Our reliance on products derived from fossil fuels is harming our planet.

Climate change is real but through biotechnology, we can meet these challenges head-on by making the same reliable plastics, foods, and fuels with less environmental impact.

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Press Releases
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New BIO Analysis Reveals Declining Pain Drug Pipeline and Underinvestment in New Addiction Therapies
February 2, 2023
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 report, authored by David Thomas and Chad Wessel of…
Groups Call on North American Leaders to Follow USMCA to Resolve Disputes, Grow Trade
January 9, 2023
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 said in a joint statement as the heads of the three…
Optimize your time and investment by downloading a networking info app for the 41st Annual JP Morgan Health Care Conference
December 12, 2022
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 biosciences, research and academic institutions, launched an…
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A Timeline of Modernizing Food and Farm Biotech Laws...

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2019: USDA Announces SECURE Rule

To provide transparency to consumers, BIO advocates for the agency to require developers to notify them when new plants are brought to market,

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2019: Executive Order to Modernize Biotech Framework

President Trump directs USDA, EPA, and FDA to align existing biotech regulations with actual risk and to grow pubic confidence in biotech to benefit our food, health, and planet.

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2017: Trump Administration Establishes Rural Prosperity Task Force

The task force includes biotechnology as part of its recommendations to the government on how to strengthen rural economies.

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2017: Obama Administration Updates Biotech Laws

To keep up with 21st-century innovations USDA and FDA begin updating definitions and enforcement of biotech plants and animals. 

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2012: National Bioeconomy Blueprint Unveiled

The blueprint is a comprehensive vision to strengthen America's economy through technology and science, and spotlights agricultural biotechnology.

Letters, Comments & Testimony
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Ag Biotech Alliance Response to Biotech RFI
February 5, 2023
ABA has submitted comments to the Office of Science & Technology Policy on how regulations underpinning the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology can better facilitate the use of biotechnology to stimulate the economy and to enable products that further societal goals…
BIO Response to Biotech RFI
February 5, 2023
BIO has submitted comments to the Office of Science & Technology Policy on how regulations underpinning the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology can better facilitate the use of biotechnology to stimulate the economy and to enable products that further societal goals…
BIO comments to USTR on the Agency’s 2023 Special 301 Review, January 30, 2023
January 31, 2023