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BIO: Where Breakthroughs Begin

Good Day BIO: What the banana tells us about our food systems
Good Day BIO Newsletter  •  June 28, 2021
Start your week with a nutritious, delicious banana—while you still can. Today’s episode of the I am BIO Podcast explores the threat to bananas and what it tells us about our food systems. We also have news on a BARDA decision that would affect R&D of COVID therapeutics as well as the bioeconomy bill moving through Congress. (797 words, 3 minutes, 59 seconds)
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BIO letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra on the importance of funding R&D for COVID-19 therapeutics at Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency (BARDA).
Letters, Testimony & Comments  •  June 25, 2021
The partnership between the biopharmaceutical industry and the U.S. Government is largely responsible for where we are with the COVID-19 pandemic today. In just 16 months from the declaration of the pandemic, cases have dramatically dropped as more than 50% of U.S. adults have gotten vaccinated, and we now have proven treatments for cases of COVID-19. Despite this success, BIO and our members are concerned by the May 2021 change to the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency (BARDA) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) that suspends prioritization of Area of Interest (AOI) 9.2 -COVID-19 Therapeutics.
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Good Day BIO: Senate passes Growing Climate Solutions Act
Good Day BIO Newsletter  •  June 25, 2021
Happy Friday—we’re celebrating the passage of the Growing Climate Solutions Act in the Senate. It was a busy week in Washington, so read to the end for a jam-packed BIO Beltway Report with news on the infrastructure deal and the FDA budget proposal. (887 words, 4 minutes, 26 seconds)
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BIO Cheers Senate Passage of Growing Climate Solutions Act
Agriculture & Environment, Food & Farm Innovation, Sustainable Fuels  •  Press Release  •  June 24, 2021
Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath, president and CEO of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), released the following statement after the Senate passed the Growing Climate Solutions Act: “This bill is at the heart of everything we fight for at BIO and proves that climate action and economic growth can go hand in hand," said BIO's President and CEO Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath. "It will encourage farmers and ranchers to use biotechnology breakthroughs to reduce emissions and deploy their land in the fight against climate change. It will bring greater value to the biobased economy and allow those across the biotech ecosystem—from farmers to renewable chemical developers and biobased manufacturers—to reliably demonstrate the true environmental benefit of carbon-reducing technologies in agriculture.  "Senators Mike Braun and Debbie Stabenow deserve praise for their leadership in advancing the bill through the Senate and we look forward to working with our companies and partners in the Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA) to encourage the House of Representatives to pass the Growing Climate Solutions Act and send it to President Biden’s desk to become law.”
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A Declaration from Members of the World’s Biotechnology Sector On Global Access to COVID Vaccines & Treatments and the Role of Intellectual Property
Letters, Testimony & Comments  •  June 24, 2021
The undersigned CEOs of global biotechnology companies and associations have a social responsibility to work with other stakeholders – healthcare providers, governments, multilateral organizations, and non-governmental donor organizations – to ensure that COVID vaccines and treatments get to the patients in the world who most need them. We are working hard to fulfill this responsibility.
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Good Day BIO: The world’s biotech sector unites to oppose IP waiver
Good Day BIO Newsletter  •  June 24, 2021
Today, biotech companies of all sizes from around the world have united on an issue that could have a huge impact on the pandemic, patients, and future cures—we have the details. We also preview BIO’s Clinical Trial Diversity Summit and explain why we have to do more than plant trees to save the planet. (1,000 words, 5 minutes)
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Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance Letter Supports Final Passage of Growing Climate Solutions Act
Agriculture & Environment, Food & Farm Innovation  •  Letters, Testimony & Comments  •  June 23, 2021
The Food and Agriculture Climate Alliance (FACA) strongly supports final passage of S. 1251, the Growing Climate Solutions Act of 2021. This bipartisan legislation reduces technical entry barriers for producers and forest owners interested in participating in voluntary carbon markets. FACA consists of nearly 80 organizations representing farmers, ranchers, forest owners, agribusinesses, manufacturers, the food and innovation sector, state governments, sportsmen and environmental advocates. We commend Senate Agriculture Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), Ranking Member John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Senator Mike Braun (R-Ind.) for crafting overwhelmingly bipartisan legislation that supports our sectors’ role in delivering innovative climate solutions.
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Good Day BIO: Senate talks vaccine hesitancy, biofuels, and more
Good Day BIO Newsletter  •  June 23, 2021
Break’s over in the Senate, which had a very busy day yesterday talking about everything from drug pricing and vaccine hesitancy, to the environmental benefits of biofuels. (877 words, 4 minutes, 23 seconds)
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