It’s a new week. Today, we’re taking a look at how several BIO members are collaborating on COVID-19—from developing innovative science to sending their employees to the front lines of the fight. Here are about 720 words, or 3 minutes, 30 seconds.

It’s the weekend, and we hope you are finding a little rest, relaxation, and joy at home.  In today’s Special Weekend Edition of Good Day BIO, we’re taking a brief break from all the news surrounding COVID-19 to share the latest episode of the I AM BIO podcast: Sickle Cell Saviors. Sickle cell disease is an inherited red blood cell disease that can cause debilitating pain and lifelong complications. In the United States, the disease disproportionately affects African Americans.  In November, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Global Blood Therapeutics’ Oxbryta, the first drug that attacks the underlying cause of sickle cell disease.  In this episode, you'll hear from three inspiring guests: Global Blood Therapeutics CEO Dr. Ted Love, who talks about the history of the disease and how GBT’s diverse, majority-minority workforce drove this groundbreaking discovery. Mapillar Dahn, Founder of the My Three Sicklers Sickle Cell Foundation, who has three daughters born with the disease. She talks about the realities of discrimination in U.S. health systems. Dr. Helen Torley, CEO of Halozyme and the leader of BIO’s Workforce Development, Diversity and Inclusion Committee, who explains how BIO is working to create a new generation of diverse leadership in the biotech industry, and how the sickle cell breakthrough shows why it's important for biotech workforces to represent the communities they serve. Why it matters: Whether it’s fighting Covid-19 or looking for innovative ways to treat other devastating diseases, providing hope and saving lives is what the men and women of the biopharmaceutical industry strive for every day. Listen to the full podcast by visiting www.bio.org/podcast or wherever you get your podcast fix including Apple, Google, and Spotify.  Learn more about why diversity matters in biotech at www.rightmixmatters.org.   Learn more about MTS Sickle Cell Foundation at www.mythreesicklers.org.   We’ll be back on Monday with the news. 

It's Friday, and we've got a big announcement today. Here's a quick 575 words (3 minutes) with news on the 2020 BIO International Convention, as well as some more links to industry news. 

Today, we let our international affairs team take over Good Day BIO, to share a little bit about some of BIO’s important international work on COVID-19 and how BIO members are working with companies around the world on vaccines and treatments. (Read through to the end to get to more news from the United States, too.) Here are 830 words, or 4 minutes, 10 seconds.

It's a new month. Today, we're taking a look at recent misguided decisions by the EPA, as well as a must-listen radio interview with BIO CEO Jim Greenwood on what the industry's doing about coronavirus and why the drug pricing debate still matters. Here are 800 words, about 4 minutes.

We missed National Doctors Day yesterday, so we want to give a special shoutout to the doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals on the frontlines of the COVID-19 battle, putting themselves and their families in danger to save patients’ lives. We’re working hard to bring you the diagnostics, treatments, vaccines, and supplies you and your patients need, as quickly as possible. Today, we’re taking a quick look at the impact of COVID-19 on clinical trials, as well as an example of collaboration across the industry on the coronavirus, in about 700 words, or 3-and-a-half minutes.

It’s another Monday in lockdown—but we have promising developments from a few member companies. First, we have a new episode of the I AM BIO Podcast, with insight on when we’ll have a COVID-19 vaccine. Second, another company is using synthetic biology to manufacture sustainable, moisturizing hand sanitizer—which you can actually order now—as well as a vaccine ingredient. Here are just under 900 words, or about 4-and-a-half minutes, to start your week.