BIO.News Newsletter

It’s World Environment Day, and we’re celebrating the power of science—how it can help clean up the planet, improve the economy, and get us through the pandemic. Here are around 850 words, 4 minutes, 15 seconds.

We have an important announcement from BIO President and CEO Dr. Michelle McMurry-Heath about a new, must-attend BIO Digital session on race and the biotech industry. Here are about 500 words, 2 and a half minutes.

Innovation. We know, we use this buzzword every single day around here—but it really is what’s driving the next generation of cures, what could prevent the next zoonotic disease pandemic, and what will get us out of this crisis. Today, we’re taking a look at how Pfizer’s investing in it, how regulatory policy could support it, and how one vaccine pioneer is using it to develop a few promising COVID-19 candidates. Here are around 777 words, just under 4 minutes.

Today, we have updates from two members developing COVID-19 antibody therapeutics: SAB Biotherapeutics’ antibodies look incredibly potent in preclinical study, while Eli Lilly has launched a clinical trial for its antibody treatment. We have the details, plus news from the Senate, in around 930 words, or 4 minutes, 40 seconds.

America is grappling with challenges that feel insurmountable: more than 100,000 dead due to the pandemic, record unemployment, the murder of George Floyd, and unrest in cities across the country, a reckoning with decades of injustice. Amid the turmoil, BIO is beginning a new chapter, today—with the kind of leadership our industry needs to help the country defeat the coronavirus and move forward. The vaccines and treatments we develop will not only save lives and allow us to return to work,…

It’s a short Friday newsletter with huge news: Drs. Fauci and Slaoui are confirmed to speak at BIO Digital. Here are around 600 words, or 3 minutes, to close out your week.

As the coronavirus death toll in the United States passes 100,000, we have some hope as vaccine superpower Merck has launched several vaccine and antiviral candidates. We have the details, plus what Lyme disease tells us about climate change and some great tips from our incoming CEO on how to cope with the pandemic, in around 850 words, around 4 minutes, 15 seconds.

Today we’re taking a look at some of the cool things biotech researchers are doing—from getting important new therapies to patients for COVID-19 and other diseases, to tracking endangered species. Here are about 750 words, just under 4 minutes.

We’re starting a short but busy week with a new episode of the I AM BIO Podcast about why “Tiger King” couldn’t have come at a better time. (And it’s not what you think.) And did you have a socially distanced barbecue yesterday? We take a look at how biotech may have made your food healthier and taste better. Here’s today’s news in 800 words, about 4 minutes.

Before you move from the home office to the backyard for the long weekend, read up on this important law that’s making breakthrough treatments possible, in around 670 words, or 3 minutes, 20 seconds. Good Day BIO is taking a quick break for Memorial Day. We’ll be in touch if there’s major breaking news, but otherwise, we’ll resume regular publication on Tuesday, May 26.