About BIO

BIO represents more than 1,000 biotechnology companies, academic institutions, state biotechnology centers and related organizations in all 50 U.S. states and 33 other nations. BIO members are involved in the research and development of health care, agricultural, industrial and environmental biotechnology products.

The main activities of BIO include:

	government relations for the biotechnology industry
	communications to promote biotechnology's successes to the public through the media and the BIO website, www.bio.org
	business development to provide opportunities to develop partnering, investment, and management successes
	publications about the biotech industry
	discounts on products and services from major suppliers to the industry, through the BIO BUSINESS SOLUTIONSsm program.

For more information about BIO, visit the BIO Web site.

NEW PARTNERS

FreeMind Group: Assists with NIH and DOD funding opportunities. FreeMind specializes in raising funds from government agencies and other non-dilutive sources through grants and contracts.

NEW DEVELOPMENTS

Nature Publishing Group is offering a Pay-Per-View access option for NPG journals. Member companies can view and download individual articles published in any of the journals on the NPG platform.

Not a BIO member? You still may be eligible. View the list of participating state/regional biotech associations.

"The BIO Business Solutions program is very valuable to a company, especially now. Everybody is looking to save money in any way they can, and some ways are, frankly, quite painful. This one is a method that is not painful at all - in fact, it is easy. We pretty much do what we've always done; we're just paying less money for the same things. It's a win-win." Matt Pfeffer, Corporate Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, MannKind Corporation