Our Mission

At iBIO, we champion the life sciences in Illinois and the surrounding Midwest. With leaders from business, academia, and politics, iBIO promotes the development and retention of new companies as well as corporate expansion. We also advocate sensible public policy at the local, state, and federal levels.

Our mission is to strengthen the leadership position of Illinois and the Midwest as a globally recognized life sciences center, a great place to do business, and a great place to start businesses involving advanced technologies.

We thereby create new jobs, wealth, and excitement. And we contribute to the well-being of people worldwide through medical, agricultural, industrial, and environmental applications.

iBIO is proud to be the Illinois affiliate of the national Biotechnology Industry Organization, or BIO, headquartered in Washington, DC. To read more about BIO, click here.