Press Releases

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:

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today announced the selection of Des Moines, Iowa, as the location for the 2019 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. The event will be held July 8-11, 2019 and it will host industry…

Washington, D.C. (February 13, 2018) — Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) President and CEO Jim Greenwood issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s FY 2019 budget proposal.

Legislation provides critical regulatory relief to small, pre-revenue emerging companiesWashington, D.C. (February 12, 2018)— The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) announced its strong support today for H.R. 3978, the TRID Improvement Act…

Report highlights the need to stimulate innovationto battle the opioid epidemicWashington, DC (February 12, 2018) – Today, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) released a new report, The State of Innovation in Highly Prevalent…