The House Energy & Commerce Health Subcommittee held a hearing on President Biden’s 2024 budget proposal. Subcommittee Chair Rep. Brett Guthrie (R-KY) asked Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra whether the plight of small businesses and the impact on innovation was considered when the administration included expanded drug price controls in the budget proposal. […]
BIO at TRIPS hearing: Actions matter to investors The threat of expanding IP waivers by the World Trade Organization (WTO) dampens investment in research, BIO’s Chief Policy Officer John Murphy testified yesterday before the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC). What’s happening at USITC? The U.S. Trade Representative is weighing whether to support extending the WTO’s […]
Moderna hearing on Capitol Hill is ‘more like a show trial,’ says U.S. Senator Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel testified on Capitol Hill on March 22, 2023 during a hearing that one U.S. Senator compared to a “show trial” and “public shaming” of the biotech company that developed a COVID-19 vaccine that saved trillions of dollars […]
Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack Discusses Next Steps for U.S. Regarding Mexico – Senate Agriculture Committee source
Joe Allen, Executive Director of the Bayh-Dole Coalition, Talks About Upcoming Senate HELP Committee Hearing: “Taxpayers Paid Billions For It: So Why Would Moderna Consider Quadrupling the Price of the COVID Vaccine?” source
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai updates the Senate Finance Committee on the dialogue with Mexico and next steps by the administration to ensure Mexico adheres to its U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) commitment to a science-based approach to biotech agricultural products. March 23, 2023 source
Intl Delegation Organizer Call was created to assist in learning how to participate in the BIO Intl Convention as an Intl Delegation. source
BIO’s Chief Advocacy Officer Nick Shipley provides analysis of a hearing on intellectual property (IP) and China held by the House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet, March 8, 2023. Bio.News story: https://bio.news/bios-view/congress-shines-a-light-on-chinese-ip-theft-strategy-intellectual-property-protection-china/ source