Biotech: Progress in Pursuit of Saving Lives

March 30, 2007Chandler, AZ

Jim GreenwoodBIO President & CEO

www.bio.org

Health & Medical

Industrial & Environmental

Food & Agriculture

Ending Hunger

Reducing Pollution

Fighting Disease

Food & Agriculture: Feeding the World5 million children under 5 die each year of

hunger-related causes

850 million people go hungry today

World population of 10 billion by 2030

Food & Agriculture: Feeding the World

• Golden rice (Vitamin A)• 10 million farmers grow biotech crops

Industrial Biotech: Reducing Pollution

Cellulosic EthanolRenewable EnergyLess CO2 from fossil fuels

More U.S. energy independence

Industrial Biotech: Reducing Pollution

Cellulosic Ethanol

Bioplastics & MaterialsCleaner Industrial Processes

Health & Medical: Fighting Disease

Cancer Autoimmune DisordersHIV/AIDS Heart DiseaseAlzheimer’s Multiple SclerosisDiabetes Influenza

200+ Therapies & Vaccines400+ Products in Clinical Trials

Slaying the Cost Dragon

Diabetes: $132BCancer: $210BCardiovascular disease: $403B

Hospital Care: $571BDoctor & Clinical: $400BPrescription Drugs: $188B

Personalized Medicine• Predictive• Personalized• Pre-emptive• Screening &

diagnostics• Prophylactic

treatment

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

Business Model

• Investor backed startups• Long development time• Regulatory approval• Funding future R&D

US Business Environment Conducive To Biotechnology

• Capital markets• Legal & regulatory• Patent protection• Education• Facilities

Arizona Biotechnology

• Capital markets• Legal & regulatory• Patent protection• Education• Facilities