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Registration Now Open for International Convention Set for June 19-22

Washington, DC (March 22, 2017) – Brian Hahn, Chief Financial Officer of GlycoMimetics, Inc., provided testimony today on behalf of the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) before the House Subcommittee on Capital Markets and Government…

BIO has officially released the list of speakers for plenary programs at the 2017 World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology. The sessions will feature executives from the biofuels, household and personal care, and airline industries who…

Washington, DC (March 22, 2017) – Today, the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) applauds Reps. Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) and Trey Hollingsworth (R-IN) for introducing the Fostering Innovation Act. The legislation would reduce compliance…

Washington, DC (March 16, 2017) – BIO Senior Vice President for Communications Kenneth Lisaius issued the following statement today regarding President Trump’s budget blueprint:“While we are still reviewing today’s budget blueprint, we…

BIO congratulates Ms. Seema Verma on her successful confirmation to lead the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). We look forward to working with her and Secretary Price to advance patient-centric policies that promote affordable access…

BIO President & CEO Jim Greenwood today delivered testimony to a House Committee on Agriculture, Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy and Credit, Hearing: The Next Farm Bill: Rural Development & Energy Programs.

BIO began accepting nominations for its fourth annual Rosalind Franklin Award for Leadership in Industrial Biotechnology.  Each year, this award is given to an outstanding woman in the industrial biotechnology sector who has made…

The Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) today presented Senator John Thune (R-S.D.) its Industrial & Environmental Section Legislator of the Year Award, recognizing the Senator’s steadfast commitment to growing South Dakota’s and…

In BIO’s view, granting the petitions to change the point of obligation would create unnecessary regulatory uncertainty and fail to further the statutory goals of the Renewable Fuel Standard (“RFS”) program.