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BioIndustry Association (BIA)

UK trade association for innovative life sciences and biotechnology

bioindustry.org

Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded year: 1989
Company type: Nonprofit
Number of employees: 50–80
Industry: Professional Organizations

Last updated October 26

Latest news about BioIndustry Association (BIA)

In short: BIA welcomed Budget measures, flagged Founders’ Relief concerns and reported biotech VC growth amid early-stage weakness

Company announcements

August 10 BIA

BIA invites member nominations for five upcoming board positions

Nominations close on 11 September 2026, with elections concluding in October and new directors starting three-year terms on 1 January 2027.

August 3 BIA

BIA announces Aravax's Fast Track designation for peanut allergy

PVX108 is a peptide-based immunotherapy designed to retrain the immune system, with phase 2 studies in the US and Australia.

July 30 BIA

dbDNA enables first UK patient dosing in lung cancer

The patient with advanced lung cancer received a personalised vaccine in the NEOVACC Phase I trial, aiming to boost immune recognition of tumour cells.

July 27 BIA

BIA CEO discusses government support for life sciences plan

The blog covers ongoing engagement with new government, farewell to Lord Vallance, and a Q2 funding milestone.

Media coverage

October 26 The Pharma Letter

Q3 UK biotech VC up 44% as sector heads for record year

UK biotech venture capital investment reached £270 million, up 44% from £187 million ($250 million) in the third quarter of ...

January 14 PharmaForum

UK names health data chief, as BIA finds its new CEO

Former Moderna executive Dr Melanie Ivarsson has been appointed chief executive of the UK's Health Data Research Service (HDRS), the centralised unit tasked with unlocking...

January 9, 2019 London School of Economics and Political Science

Redx CEO Lisa Anson elected to Bioindustry Association board

(Sharecast News) - Drug development company Redx Pharma noted an announcement from the UK BioIndustry Association (BIA) on Monday that Lisa Anson had been elected...

January 9, 2018 Pharmaceutical Technology

UK Supreme Court Grants Permission to UK BioIndustry Association to Intervene in Case

Permission from the United Kingdom's Supreme Court has been granted to the UK BioIndustry Association, allowing it to intervene in a dosage regimen patent case...

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