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Congressional Action Would Protect Patient Access to Critical, Innovative Medicines

Sep 9 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. (September 9, 2003) — Today, House and Senate conferees charged with reconciling differences between the two Medicare prescription drug coverage bills passed in June (S. 1...

BIO VentureForum West To Showcase 130 of Biotech Industry’s Most Promising Companies

Aug 13 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 13, 2003) — The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) today announced that it will host BIO VentureForum West 2003 — the leading investor conference for life science...

BIO 2004 Scheduled for June 6-9 in San Francisco

Aug 8 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. (August 8, 2003) — Please mark your calendars for BIO 2004, the Biotechnology Industry Organization's (BIO's) annual convention to be held June 6-9, 2004, in San Francisco. ...

BIO Statement on New Guidelines for Industrial Biotech Plants

Aug 5 2003
WASHINGTON (August 5, 2003) -- (Dr. Michael Phillips, vice president for food and agriculture, science and regulatory policy of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), issued the...

BIO Applauds House Measure to Correct U.S. Tax Code

Jul 28 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 28, 2003) — Before recessing for the August break on Friday, July 25, the U.S. House of Representatives introduced legislation that will change the U.S. tax code to help...

New BIO Print Ad Calls for Safe Drugs for Americans

Jul 16 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 16, 2003)—Today the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) launched a new print ad entitled “Safety” to emphasize its opposition to U.S. House Resolution 2427. BIO...

BIO Calls for Federal Funding Improvements for Biotech Research and Development

Jul 9 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 9, 2003) — Phyllis Gardner, M.D., associate professor of medicine at Stanford University and former vice president of research and head of the ALZA Technology Institute...

BIO Statement on European Union Vote on Biotech Foods

Jul 2 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. (July 2, 2003) – Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) Vice President for Food and Agriculture Val Giddings today issued the following statement regarding the vote taken by the...

BIO 2003 Takes Industry to New Heights

Jun 25 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 25, 2003) - "With record attendance, international media coverage, a keynote speech by President Bush and an unprecedented number of U.S. and foreign government leaders, BIO...

Industrial Biotechnology Offers Significant Societal Benefits, Case Studies Find

Jun 25 2003
WASHINGTON, D.C. (June 25, 2003) - Although industrial - or white -biotechnology is a relatively new approach to product manufacturing, it can achieve significant environmental and economic...