Biotech trade organizations from different continents joined forces to form
a council that aims to support international biotech development. The bylaws
of the International Council of Biotechnology Associations (ICBA) was
ratified on July 10, 2014 in Washington, D.C., during the BIO International
Convention. The founding members include Biotechnology Industry Organization
(BIO), EuropaBio, AfricaBio, and other 17 groups. The Council will convene
every year during the BIO International Convention.

"The increasingly global biotechnology industry provides breakthrough
products and technologies that combat debilitating and rare diseases, reduce
our environmental footprint, feed the hungry, use less and cleaner energy,
and have safer, cleaner and more efficient industrial manufacturing
processes," said Jim Greenwood, elected chairman of ICBA. "However, the
biotechnology sector faces both challenges and opportunities that cross
borders. In forming the ICBA, our industry is taking an important step that
allows us to better coordinate, organize and face these issues around the
world together."

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