iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index logo Maryland Capital Management raised its stake in iShares NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (NASDAQ:IBB) by 200.0% in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned …

This week, the President’s Cancer Panel published a new report entitled “Promoting Value, Affordability, and Innovation in Cancer Drug Treatment” that examines the price of cancer treatments in America and their value to the patients who need them. With health care costs on the rise, adopting an approach that rewards for quality – not quantity …
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A Nigerian- born United States-based Professor of Microbiology and Biotechnology, Prof. Nwadiuto Esiobu, has advised policy makers in the country to embrace the adoption of biotechnology in advancing agriculture, saying that the food security drive of the Federal Government may not be realisable …

One of the leading voices at the intersection of cooking and nutrition is Monica Reinagel or, as active social media users might know her, @NutritionDiva. To kick off National Nutrition Month, Reinagel (a trained chef and nutritionist) wrote a piece about the promise of gene editing, or more specifically CRISPR-Cas9 (“CRISPR”), for the website Food …
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As we enter a new and exciting era of medicine, there is an important question we need to answer: What if we could measure the efficacy of a medicine, and more broadly, the value a specific medicine will have on patients and society as a whole? To find an answer, efforts like the Innovation Value …
Read Article: ICER Comes Under Renewed Scrutiny

Each March, the U.S. celebrates National Women’s History Month, recognizing the great contributions women have made to our nation. It’s a fitting time to announce that BIO is now accepting nominations for the 2018 Rosalind Franklin Award. Every year at the BIO World Congress, BIO honors women who’ve made significant contributions to the field of …
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This post is part of BIO’s yearlong, bi-weekly series called Flashback Friday, highlighting newsletter stories from BIO’s past.  To learn more about BIO’s history and our 25th Anniversary visit our interactive historical timeline. Reprinted from BIONews, February/March 1996 HOW FDA IS CHANGING ITS REGULATION OF BIOTECHNOLOGY By David A. Kessler, M.D.,  Commissioner, Food and Drug …
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In honor of today being International Women’s Day, and March representing National Women’s Month, I’d like to profile a few of the influential women working at the intersection of science and food and agriculture. Allison Van Eenennaam Allison Van Eenennaam is a specialist in animal genomics and biotechnology working in the Department of Animal Science …
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The use of fearmongering around genetically modified (GM) crops by the organic industry has led to ballot initiatives in several states and counties looking to ban the technology. Arguably, the most famous example was highlighted in Food Evolution when Hawaii outlawed GM crops only to reverse course and rely on the technology to save one …
Read Article: Local Government Bans GM Crops to Decrease Pesticide Use While County Continues to Use Pesticide

In recognition of BIO’s 25th anniversary, BIO CEO and President, Jim Greenwood sat down with two early champions to talk about what triggered the formation of the organization and what we can learn from the past to help shape the future. That future is envisioned by BIO’s current chair, Dr. John Maraganore in a third …
Read Article: BIO at 25 – A View of the Past; a Glimpse into the Future