Today, June 19, kicks off The Cultivating Change Summit in Iowa. The three-day event, which is hosted by the Cultivating Change Foundation and sponsored by the Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO), will bring together more than 200 agriculture LGBT employees, human resources and diversity…

Neurological disorders are estimated to affect up to 1 billion people around the world—including nearly 100 million Americans—with roughly 7 million people dying of the maladies every year worldwide. The vast spectrum of more than 600 neurological disorders includes Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease…

  Year after year, the BIO International Convention ends on a high note with a Super Session focused on the future of the biotechnology industry. And this year’s session certainly did not disappoint. New therapies and innovations were at the forefront of Nature…

There’s little doubt that vaccines are one of the most important medical advances ever created.  Between 2011 and 2020, vaccines will have averted over 23 million deaths in low-income countries. What’s more, according to the CDC, vaccines are responsible for saving the lives of…

Some 95 percent of cancer drugs launched around the globe are available in the U.S. Given that the U.S. is a global leader in ensuring patients have access to the newest therapies, the country has a profound impact on patient treatment and outcomes around the world. During the panel, Global…

Scientific advances in human genome editing have proven that somatic cell genome editing holds great potential to treat or maybe even cure genetic diseases. During the panel, Scientific Advances in Genome Editing: Where Are We Today?, panelists shared insights on how recent advances are…

Jamie Dimon, chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase & Co., headlined a keynote address this morning at the 2019 BIO International Convention. He chatted with Jim Greenwood, president and CEO of BIO, about what drives him, what he learned from fighting throat cancer and how he would fix some of our…

Drug overdose deaths, including those involving opioids, reached 42,000 in 2016 (CDC), prompting a national response from the healthcare community to the sprawling crisis. The rise of opioid deaths appears to have occurred in three waves: first prescription opioids, followed by heroin, and most…

Uncertainty breeds delay of innovation and volatility of markets. We are certainly seeing this play out amid these tense times between the U.S. and China, as both sides seem intent on ratcheting up aggressive trade practices. Day one at the BIO International Convention’s China Summit included Josh…

Back in 1990, an experimental new treatment represented a bright light of hope for Ashanthi De Silva, who was just four at the time and became the first human to receive gene therapy. She was born with a crippled immune system due to inheriting two faulty copies of the gene responsible for…