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BioOhio Annual Conference “Innovation Road Show” This year BioOhio has decided to take its annual conference networking and learning experience around the state.  At each 1-day event, the focus will be on innovation… defining it, discussing it, debating it, and understanding how essential  it is from R&D through commercialization to market. For 2010, one event […]

Jim Greenwood, President and CEO of the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) is asking those in the biotech industry to support their work and connect you with others across the industry by joining the IAmBiotech community today. Every day, the men and women in the biotech industry work to solve our most daunting challenges. From the fight […]

At today’s session of BIO’s IPCC Conference, Gregory Morse of the Central Reexamination Unit of the US Patent and Trademark Office gave a presentation of the process for handling re-exams.  Comparing ex parte and inter partes, Morse showed that the time for processing to first action is inching up although inter partes proceedings have not […]

BIO’s Intellectual Property Counsel Committee is holding its Fall Conference and Committee Meeting got off to a great start today.  The meeting started off with an IP Counsels Committee Business Retreat – a day-long meeting where we members could discuss cutting-edge IP issues affecting the biotech industry. During this time we develop policies and positions […]

BIO’s Intellectual Property Counsel Committee is holding its Fall Conference and Committee Meeting on Oct. 26-28, 2009, at the St. Regis Hotel in Washington, DC. BIO’s semi-annual IP Counsels’ Committee Conference is an excellent opportunity for BIO members to hear, listen, and learn about current and projected topics related to biotechnology IP. I’ll be in […]

Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) President and CEO Jim Greenwood held a press conference today on the issues facing the biotech industry this fall, namely, the healthcare reform going on and the energy/climate issues.  Greenwood reiterated that the organization’s goal is to relieve suffering across the globe. BIO emphasized that it worked very hard to make […]

Calling Emerging Company Presenters Application Deadline is September 23 Company presentations are one of the features that make Mid-Atlantic Bio unique. These presentations provide company executives with the opportunity to share informed insight into their product and process innovations as well as their growth strategies. The audience of conference attendees comprises prospective investors, scientists, advisors, […]

The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Public Patent Foundation (PUBPAT), and a whole host of others have filed a lawsuit challenging patents on two human genes associated with breast and ovarian cancer claiming such patents stifle research that could lead to cures and limit women’s options regarding their medical care. The lawsuit, Association for […]