State policy and patient advocacy work will become more prominent in relatively new CEO John Crowley's restructured Biotechnology Innovation Organization.
BIO Elevates State Policy, Patient Advocacy In Reorganization
BIO CEO John Crowley sat down with Pink Sheet at the industry’s annual convention to discuss his vision for a newly restructured BIO, his thoughts on the upcoming US elections and whether he’d ever lead another biotech.

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