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Slide 1: Biotech: Progress in Pursuit of Saving Lives March 30, 2007 Chandler, AZ Jim Greenwood BIO President & CEO www.bio.org
Slide 2: Food & Agriculture Health & Medical Ending Hunger Fighting Disease Industrial & Environmental Reducing Pollution
Slide 3: Food & Agriculture: Feeding the World 5 million children under 5 die each year of hunger-related causes 850 million people go hungry today World population of 10 billion by 2030
Slide 4: Food & Agriculture: Feeding the World • Golden rice (Vitamin A) • 10 million farmers grow biotech crops
Slide 5: Industrial Biotech: Reducing Pollution Cellulosic Ethanol Renewable Energy Less CO2 from fossil fuels More U.S. energy independence
Slide 6: Industrial Biotech: Reducing Pollution Cellulosic Ethanol Bioplastics & Materials Cleaner Industrial Processes
Slide 7: Health & Medical: Fighting Disease 200+ Therapies & Vaccines 400+ Products in Clinical Trials Cancer Autoimmune Disorders HIV/AIDS Heart Disease Alzheimer’s Multiple Sclerosis Diabetes Influenza
Slide 8: Slaying the Cost Dragon Hospital Care: $571B Doctor & Clinical: $400B Prescription Drugs: $188B Diabetes: $132B Cancer: $210B Cardiovascular disease: $403B
Slide 9: Personalized Medicine • Predictive • Personalized • Pre-emptive • Screening & diagnostics • Prophylactic treatment
Slide 10: Biotechnology Industry • 40,000 bioscience businesses • 1.2 million direct jobs • 5.8 million additional jobs • $66,775 average annual wage • $26,000 above private sector average
Slide 11: Business Model • Investor backed startups • Long development time • Regulatory approval • Funding future R&D
Slide 12: US Business Environment Conducive To Biotechnology • Capital markets • Legal & regulatory • Patent protection • Education • Facilities
Slide 13: Arizona Biotechnology • Capital markets • Legal & regulatory • Patent protection • Education • Facilities




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