Press Releases

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today released the following statement in response to the introduction of the “Growing American Food Exports Act of 2018” by Representatives Neal Dunn (FL-02) and Jimmy Panetta (CA-20).

BIO today welcomed USDA’s release of a new report, Indicators of the U.S. Biobased Economy, which measures substantial economic growth, job creation, and household income from biofuel and bioenergy production and future growth in renewable chemicals…

Washington, D.C. (March 20, 2018) – The following statement on the House introduction of the STRONGER Patents Act by Representatives Steve Stivers (R-OH-15) and Bill Foster (D-IL- 11) may be attributed to Tom DiLenge, BIO’s…

Washington, D.C. (March 16, 2018) – The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) commends Governor Matt Mead for signing critical legislation to create a pathway for the substitution of interchangeable biologic medicines, with appropriate…

BIO submitted written testimony to the U.S. House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Tax Policy, for the hearing “Post Tax Reform Evaluation of Recently Expired Tax Provisions,” asking the committee to provide a seamless multi-year extension of the…

BIO regrets signing of misleading drug pricing and reporting bill by Oregon Governor Brown, as it will fail to provide patients the lower drug costs they were promised

Washington, D.C. (March 13, 2018) - Each year, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) presents the Rosalind Franklin Award for Leadership in Industrial Biotechnology to an outstanding woman in the industrial biotechnology sector who has…

Washington, D.C. (March 12, 2018) – The International Council of Biotech Associations (ICBA) today announced the launch of internationalbiotech.org, a new website to support the organization’s mission of growing and connecting the innovative…

BIO voiced its opposition to the GREENER Fuels Act, introduced by Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) and Rep. Peter Welch (D-VT), because it would revise the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in way that will chill investment in advanced biofuel.

Washington, DC (March 1, 2018) – BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood issued the following statement today regarding the introduction by Senator Charles Grassley of S. 2453, the Ensuring the Value of the 340B Program Act of 2018: