The facts continue to show that, when it comes to prescription drug costs, the country is heading in the right direction. But this doesn’t mean there aren’t patients who have a hard time affording the medicines they need. In fact, we know: Many patients with commercial insurance have experienced a 50% increase in out-of-pocket costs …
Read Article: Debunking a Common Myth on Out-of-Pocket Costs
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) is currently considering a rules change that, if enacted, would significantly improve how it conducts patent challenge proceedings. This is a policy change that BIO has long advocated for. This proposal, entitled “Changes to the Claims Construction Standard for Interpreting Claims in Trial Proceedings Before the PTAB,” …
Read Article: BIO Comments on Proposed PTO Rules Change
Labeling of GMOs has been in the news a lot lately. Actually, the issue has been in the news a lot for several years now. People say they have a right to know what’s in their food and how their food is grown. The question is: Why GMOs? Why not other breeding methods like mutagenesis, …
Read Article: Worried About GMOs at the Grocery Store? Here’s What You Need to Know
Next week is the 2018 BIO World Congress on Industrial Biotechnology in Philadelphia. This year’s conference features robust programming for anyone working in industrial biotechnology, including four plenary sessions, 28 breakout sessions across seven tracks, 10 GreenTech Investor Sessions and more than 50 company and technical presentations. Not to be missed, however, are several sponsored …
Read Article: Invaluable Workshops Available at 2018 BIO World Congress
Today, 83 percent of children with cancer survive, compared to just 58 percent in the mid-1970s. Hepatitis C, a once-incurable disease, now has a cure rate of more than 90 percent, thanks to new treatments. And HIV/AIDS – once a death sentence – is now a manageable, chronic condition. This is the power of biopharmaceutical …
Read Article: FDA Protects Patients While Promoting Innovation
Delta Air Lines teamed up with Roadie to recruit passengers to deliver other Delta passengers’ lost luggage.
During the USPBL All-Star festivities, a seven-year-old fan signed a special “lifetime contract.”
The video may make some wonder whether planes are properly maintained.
In an opinion piece published at CNBC.com, Tahir Amin – co-founder of I-MAK – blames the U.S. patent system for our country’s “high drug prices.” The author commits many of the same errors we see regularly from critics of the biotech industry. For example, he ignores the fact that the trend on prescription drug costs …
Read Article: I-MAK’s Distorted View of the U.S. Patent System
On July 4th across the country people will be celebrating the United States of America’s independence and birth. Many celebrations will feature hot dogs, hamburgers and other types of meat. As the past is celebrated, however, the future of Independence Day cookouts may not be present in people’s minds. Recent innovation in biotechnology has allowed …
Read Article: 4 Reasons Why Alternative Proteins Could Be Part of Your July 4th In the Future