Mark your calendar now for the 2012 Georgia Life Sciences Summit, Wednesday, October 3, 2012.  The Summit will talk place at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta, GA.  Look for more details arrive in your inbox soon.

Georgia Bio invites you to a special program June 13, 2012, in Atlanta featuring William Dietz, M.D., Ph.D., Director Division of Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity at the U.S. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention and Brenda Fitzgerald, M.D., Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Public Health. Drs. Dietz and Fitzgerald will lead a discussion on the challenge of obesity in the U.S. and Georgia and how government, academia and  industry are working to address the problem, particularly with respect to childhood obesity. The program also will include a panel of Georgia university, medical center and industry representatives. For more details and registration, click here.

U.S. Rep. Kingston Honored as BIO Legislator of the Year

The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) named U.S. Representative Jack Kingston (R-GA) its BIO Legislator of the Year for 2011-2012. Representative Kingston received the award in conjunction with the BIO Legislative Day Fly-In April 25, 2012.  Keep Reading

Pictured: Congressman Jack Kingston receives award from Georgia Bio President Charles Craig, UCB's Joseph Zorzoli (second from right) and Endo's Geoffrey Becker on Capitol Hill April 25, 2012.