Press Releases

In BIO’s view, granting the petitions to change the point of obligation would create unnecessary regulatory uncertainty and fail to further the statutory goals of the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) program.

The ninth annual George Washington Carver Award will recognize an individual who has made a significant contribution to building the biobased economy by applying industrial biotechnology to create sustainable and environmentally…

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today submitted comments on the Environmental Protection Agency’s recently proposed Renewables Enhancement and Growth Support (REGS) Rule. BIO supports EPA’s ongoing efforts to improve the efficiency…

Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) President and CEO James C. Greenwood issued the following statement  regarding the Consensus Study on Human Gene Editing, released today by the Human Gene Editing Initiative of the National Academies…

Washington, D.C. (February 14, 2017) – The European Commission announced today a proposal to revise its Comitology Regulation forcing policy decisions to individual EU member countries.

Long-time Majority Staff Director of the House Energy and Commerce Committee Dr. Gary Andres joins BIO as Senior Executive Vice President of Public Affairs.

BIO announced registration and housing are now open for the 2017 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology.  The conference will be held July 23-26, 2017 at the Palais des congrès de Montréal in Montréal,…

Washington, DC (January 31, 2017) – BIO issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s comments today supporting biopharmaceutical innovation:

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published today four documents related to the pre-market regulatory oversight of a variety of biology-based agricultural tools, including genetically…

Delivers Message: India Must Protects Innovators’ Work Product