This week, the BIO International Convention kicks off in San Francisco. As BIO’s President and CEO, I’m proud to bring this annual event to the Bay Area and talk about biopharmaceutical’s advances in innovation and bringing cures to those afflicted with disease. Before the campaign season arrives,…

BIO is buzzing again but this time it’s not about a contest, it’s about the opening of BIO’s One-on-One Partnering™! It’s official. Partnering opened yesterday (April 7). Last year over 29,000 meetings were held over three days during the BIO Convention. This year there are more rooms and more days…

The final Super Session of the 2015 BIO International Convention today featured a panel of international luminaries who offered their perspective on the future of innovation. Moderated by television and radio journalist, David Brancaccio, host of Marketplace Morning Report, the panelists provided a…

Despite a difficult economic environment the past couple years, states across the country have found that a number of factors are key to attracting new bioscience industry and helping current bioscience companies thrive in their states. In particular, state initiatives that focus on capital…

Scientific research holds the key to unlocking creative and effective solutions for alleviating the burden of disease on the world’s populations. Developing countries, such as those in sub-Saharan Africa, are disproportionately encumbered by disease – many of which are endemic only to those…

Last week marked the annual Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) Meeting of Experts in Geneva. The BWC is a multi-national treaty prohibiting the manufacture of biological weapons, and also contains provisions related to national implementation and multi-national coordination for preparedness and…

Innovation is not just the life-blood of the biotech industry, it is the very premise of the BIO International Convention. So what is a panel on international trade doing here? Answering this question is the task panel moderator, Richard Bergstrom, Director General, EFPIA gave to participants in…

Leaders across the globe have increasingly begun to target the bioscience industry as an economic engine that provides high wage, high-skilled jobs across a broad range of occupations. During the last decade, this understanding of the economic potential of the industry has led to policies and…

There is clear link between a country’s rate of economic development and the strength of its intellectual property laws. This is particularly true in knowledge-intensive sectors such as biopharmaceuticals. The good news is that some mature and emerging economies are making growing use of patent…

The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) initiative holds tremendous promise for the long-term competitiveness of the Transatlantic economy by supporting research and development of innovative technologies. A concerted effort through the TTIP to unleash the potential of…