Press Releases

BIO responds to GAO's latest report on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), “Renewable Fuel Standard, Program Unlikely to Meet its Targets for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions.” GAO correctly concludes the technology is available for advance biofuels…

The Environmental Protection Agency’s final Renewable Fuel Standards for 2017 and biomass-based diesel volume for 2018 appear to put the program back on track and will provide considerable additional certainty for investors in advanced and…

BIO President and CEO Jim Greenwood released the following statement today regarding the FDA’s hearing on product communications:“In the era of data-driven medicine, where all parties seek more, not less, information about the safety,…

Over 200 diverse groups were represented at the November 3-4 meeting in Washington, D.C.

BIO has officially issued a call to leaders from the biotechnology, bioenergy, chemical, consumer products manufacturing, and agricultural industries as well as academia and financial sectors industries to submit panel session proposals for the…

BIO today sent a letter to Congressional Leadership, the Senate Finance Committee Chairs, and the House Ways and Means Committee Chairs calling for the extension of renewable energy tax credits slated to expire at the end of 2016. In its letter…

BIO announced today that Dana O’Brien has been named BIO’s Executive Vice President for its Food & Agriculture Section.

Data recently released by EPA on compliance with the Renewable Fuel Standard between 2010 and 2013 (the latest year for which compliance is complete) challenges the widely accepted assumption that the blend wall – the point at which ethanol blending…

Washington, D.C. (September 16, 2016) – Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) Senior Vice President for Science Policy Kay Holcombe released the following statement today regarding the Biosimilar User Fee Act (BsUFA) II goals letter:

Washington, D.C. (September 23, 2016) – Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) President and CEO Jim Greenwood released the following statement today regarding Senate passage of the Advancing Hope Act of 2016: