Biotechnology Innovation Organization

Fantastic day at BIO’s Clinical Trial Diversity Summit! Huge thanks to Howard University, our incredible speakers, and everyone who attended for making this event a success!

A disconnect between medical expertise & insurance mandates is risking patients' health. Step therapy & prior auth force treatments against doctors' advice—with devastating results. In today's #IAMBIO episode, hear a patient's story, a doctor's challenges, & a biotech leader's fight for better care. ? Listen now: https://lnkd.in/dB4hG3nT

“Nature is not cruel—just brutally random...The days of a doctor saying ‘there is nothing we can do' is just not acceptable anymore," says BIO's President & CEO John F. Crowley at #MIHealthSummit. Read more about the panel on Bio.News: https://lnkd.in/eDxBinJZ

As the world gathers in Baku, Azerbaijan, for the COP29 United Nations Climate Summit, BIO is excited to be participating and ensuring biotech’s role in addressing climate policy and food security is part of the conversation. Learn more about our presence at this year’s COP: https://lnkd.in/evUZZ3FP

Congratulations to BIO’s Sam Gunter and BIO members Kathleen Francissen, Andrew Chang, Katherine Donigan, and Emily C. Hernández, PhD, for receiving the 2023 Roger F. Sherwood Article of the Year Award! ? https://lnkd.in/dYrNR8D9

Join us on Nov. 19 for the BIO Clinical Trial Diversity Summit, hosted in partnership with Howard University and in collaboration with the Diversity Convergence Project! This summit brings together stakeholders across the clinical development landscape to foster meaningful dialogue and drive progress in enhancing diversity and inclusion in clinical research. Register now: https://lnkd.in/di-vYWB

We’re thrilled to be convening a panel at COP29 to discuss the current landscape of biobased innovations and their role in promoting sustainable growing practices, opening new markets for biobased feedstocks, and ensuring a role for biotechnology across a wide range of end products. If you're attending COP, please join us on Nov. 16 from 12:30 PM - 1:30 PM UTC in the Sustainable Agriculture of the Americas Pavilion for this impactful discussion and discover how we can collaborate to shape a more sustainable future: https://cop.iica.int/en

BIO has filed an amicus brief in the California Supreme Court, encouraging its review of the lower court decision in the Gilead Tenofovir Cases. The Court of Appeal decision (1) operates from a misunderstanding of the drug development and FDA approval processes and (2) would disincentivize innovation, particularly the development of next-generation drug compounds. Read the brief here: https://lnkd.in/efA9iP2q

Congratulations to BIO member Pivot Bio on recently being featured in the TIMES Best Inventions of 2024 list. Their N-OVATOR? program is a monumental initiative helping advance farmers nationwide while enabling our country to meet its climate goals. Check out their full feature here: https://lnkd.in/gsZFqeHb

FUTURE OF HEALTH....Today I spoke on a panel at the opening session of the Future of Health Summit sponsored by the Milken Institute. Meg Tirrell from CNN moderated a lively discussion and was superb as always! I emphasized that we are at the dawn of a new golden age of science and medicine. And the days of a doctor telling a patient or parents of a child that "I am sorry, there is nothing we can do" is simply no longer acceptable. "Why do we care about biotechnology? Of course we care for the public health; the potential to control and prevent disease, to alleviate an enormous suffering around the world; we care about economic security and a healthy and productive workforce. And we care as a matter of national security." #MIHealthSummit #biotechnology #science