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Biotechnology Industry Organization
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) has made industry veteran Kay Holcombe Senior VP of Science Policy.
She moves to BIO from Sanofi, where she was VP, FDA Alliances and Federal Agency Relations. Holcombe has also worked at Genzyme as VP, Government Relations and Senior Policy Advisor, and at the FDA, the US House Commerce Committee, and other positions in public health agencies.
Holcombe is known for working on the Hatch-Waxman amendments to the US Food, Drug, & Cosmetic Act, and reauthorizations of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act. She also helped represent the industry in negotiations that led to enactment of biosimilars legislation under the Affordable Care Act.