Press Releases

Washington, D.C. (September 17, 2020) – The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) announced Dr. Pramod Chaudhari, Executive Chairman of Praj Industries Limited, as the winner of the 2020 George Washington Carver Award for Innovation in…

Washington, D.C. (September 15, 2020) – Next week at BIO IMPACT Digital (Sept. 21-22), Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) will join a panel of women leaders in the bioeconomy for a timely discussion about how smart policy can drive scientific …

Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath, president and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), issued the following statement after the Trump administration moved forward with its threat to impose foreign price controls on medicines covered under…

Washington, D.C. (September 9, 2020) – U.S. Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue will join leaders across the bioeconomy—in agriculture, sustainable fuels, and biobased manufacturing— for discussions on the role of biotechnology in protecting…

As America’s researchers race to develop the scientific solutions needed to eradicate Covid-19, leaders within the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) released an open letter to their biopharmaceutical colleagues that articulates key…

Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services finalized this year’s inpatient prospective payment system (IPPS) rule, which includes a new diagnosis-related group (DRG) to streamline reimbursements for providers administering CAR T-cell…

Washington, D.C. (September 1, 2020) – A U.S. regulatory system that keeps pace with science will put much-needed tools into the hands of farmers, help combat climate change, and advance sustainable farming practices, according to the Biotechnology…

  Today, Inova Software and the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) are announcing the first international series of virtual partnering events focused on three critical therapeutic areas with great unmet need -  oncology,…

America’s position as an innovation leader is at stake  Washington, D.C. (August 19, 2020) – The U.S. government’s system for regulating animal biotechnology – currently under the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) – is broken and is…

New focus on justice through equity in diverse clinical trials, STEM education and expanding entrepreneurship to undeserved communities will drive nation’s largest life science advocacy organization The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)…