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BIOtechNow

Summary: This podcast series explores how biotechnology helps heal, fuel, and feed our global community. Brought to you by the Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO), BIOtech NOW seeks to contribute to public conversation about the impact of biotechnology on our lives and our world. Join BIOtech NOW and our host, Dan McGirt, as we meet the scientists, businesspeople, policymakers, advocates, doctors, patients, farmers and others who create, debate, think about and use biotechnology innovations every day. We hope you will find your time with us interesting, informative and thought-provoking. We want to stimulate an active discussion about biotechnology innovation and related issues and to cover the topics and answer the questions that most interest you. So if you have comments, questions or suggestions for BIOtech NOW, please send an email to biotechnow@bio.org.

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 European Scientists Unite to Safeguard Gene-Editing for Crops | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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Leading researchers representing more than 85 European plant and life sciences research centres and institutes ...

 Patient Advocates Sounding the Alarm Over Fail First | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has reversed a long-standing policy allowing Medicare ...

 Watchdog Report Reaffirms Concerns With Fail First | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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A new report by the Office of Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Health ...

 Drug Importation: Dangerous for Patients, Consumers, and American Communities | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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Writing for The Hill, Steve Forbes, Forbes Media Chairman and Editor in Chief, delivered a ...

 To Ensure History Does Not Repeat Itself, Get a Flu Shot | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is out with shocking new data: an ...

 National Immunization Awareness Month is Timely Reminder of Modern Marvel of Vaccines | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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August marks National Immunization Awareness Month – a time to take inventory on where we ...

 PBS NewsHour: Why a Patient Paid a $285 Copay for a $40 Drug | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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A featured story by PBS NewsHour reaffirms that insurance companies and drug cost middlemen determine ...

 Changes to the Pandemic and All Hazards Preparedness Act Are Essential to Saving Lives in Disasters | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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Writing for The Hill, Dr. Robert Kadlec, Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response for the ...

 Will ECJ Ruling Be “The Deathblow for Plant Biotech in Europe”? | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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On July 25, when the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the European Union’s highest court, ...

 BIO Commends Rep. Comstock for Introduction of SUCCESS Act | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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This week, Representative Comstock introduced the Study of Underrepresented Classes Chasing Engineering and Science Success ...

 Early-Stage Portfolios Can Win Over Active Investors at BIO Investor Forum | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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This fall more than 200 biotech CEOs from 25 different countries will attend the 17th ...

 I-MAK’s Distorted View of the U.S. Patent System | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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In an opinion piece published at CNBC.com, Tahir Amin — co-founder of I-MAK — blames ...

 House Passes SUPPORT for Patients and Communities Act to Combat America’s Opioid Crisis | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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Opioid abuse and addiction in America has reached epidemic heights. As a nation, we’re spending ...

 New Report Offers “Distorted View” of Biopharma Industry | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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This week, the Minority Staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Finance released a report ...

 As More Countries Adopt Crop Biotechnology, Farm Families and the Environment Benefit | File Type: application/pdf | Duration: Unknown
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Biotech crops in the last 22 years have brought enormous benefits to the environment, health ...

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