“As BIO continues to embrace digital platforms to help us pursue our mission, BIOtechNOW will become a critical component of our advocacy, education and business development efforts, often serving as the first place members, legislators, industry leaders and others visit when searching for information on our industry,” said Jim Greenwood, BIO President and CEO .
BIOtechNOW will provide critical information about the biotechnology industry, facilitate the online dialogue about biotech issues and provide an online forum to connect with the industry 365 days a year. The blogs portal will draw on expertise from a host of experienced BIO staffers and member company officials as well as industry and other guest bloggers specializing in biofuels, food and agriculture, health care, policy, industry analysis and business development. An additional exciting feature will be contributions from onsite bloggers attending BIO’s multiple events. New blogs will be posted several times a week, and will keep subscribers “in the know” about all the latest in biotechnology. A sampling of the topics to be discussed includes the business of biotech, partnering tool support, data analysis on business and investment, and the latest policy developments.
In order to maximize the blog’s reach, BIO also is launching a social media strategy that features the blog platform as its centerpiece. In an effort to encourage quality biotechnology content and discussions, BIO will also launch the Official BIO Bloggers program.
The new BIOtechNOW blog can be found at http://BIOtech-NOW.org . Readers are encouraged to subscribe in order to avoid missing any of the current conversations amongst industry peers. Concurrently, blogs will be posted to LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter so that followers receive up to the minute updates and developments.
To read our blogs posts and start sharing your opinion, visit. http://BIOtech-NOW.org. Or, follow BIO via Twitter at @IAmBiotech or via Facebook at facebook.com/IAmBiotech.
Upcoming BIO Events
Partnering for Global Health Forum 2011
June 27, 2011
Washington, DC
BIO International Convention
June 27-30, 2011
Washington, DC
2011 BIO Human Resources Conference
June 26-28, 2011
Washington, DC
The Business Forum at the BIO International Convention
June 28-30, 2011
Washington, DC
BIO India International Partnering Conference
September 21-22, 2011
Hyderabad, India
BIO China International Conference
October 12-13, 2011
Shanghai, China
About BIO
BIO represents more than 1,100 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations across the United States and in more than 30 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of innovative healthcare, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products. BIO also produces the BIO International Convention, the world’s largest gathering of the biotechnology industry, along with industry-leading investor and partnering meetings held around the world.
