Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO)

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The idea of throwing Big Pharma under the bus in order to protect innovative biotech companies sparked a robust conversation at the seventh annual Forbes Healthcare Summit.
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) published the fifth edition of the Building the Bioeconomy report recently. The report studied 28 different indicators and provided analysis and insight into the biotech environment for 33 countries. The goal of the report is to determine how successful biotechnology sectors can be created and sustained.
CODA Biotherapeutics launched in South San Francisco with a $19 million Series A financing.
With the Independence Day holiday in the rearview mirror, numerous biopharma companies continued to adjust their leadership ranks and strengthen the members of various boards representing and overseeing the companies.
The Biotechnology Institute gave its newly launched 2018 Woman of the Year Award to Seema Kumar.
As the BIO International Convention was wrapping up in Boston, BIO and TEConomy Partners release their 2018 “Investment, Innovation and Job Creation in a Growing U.S. Bioscience Industry” report.
FDA
As the 2018 BIO International Convention wraps up in Boston today, it kicked off with a fireside chat with Dr. Scott Gottlieb, Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Actor, director and advocate Rob Reiner opened the third day of the 2018 BIO International Convention.
Robin Roberts, ABC’s Good Morning America journalist and anchor, kicked off the 2018 BIO International Convention in Boston with her keynote address.
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