
Supporting the Global Growth of Innovative Biotechnology
The International Council of Biotechnology Associations (ICBA) is a coalition of non-profit, national biotechnology trade associations formed to promote public understanding of, and to advocate for, public policies that support the growth of the innovative biotechnology industries. The ICBA represents the global voice of the industry in international fora with the goal of promoting continued innovation in the human health, agriculture, and industrial and environmental sectors.
Innovative Biotechnology Industries
Health
Biotechnology is helping to heal the world by harnessing nature’s own toolbox and using our own genetic makeup to heal and guide lines of research.
Food & Agriculture
Biotechnology allows us to grow more nutritious food, more sustainably. Biotechnology is helping to feed the world.
Environmental
Biotechnology uses biological processes such as fermentation and harnesses biocatalysts such as enzymes, yeast, and other microbes to help fuel the world.
Driving Solutions with Biotechnology

Biotech and the SDGs
The International Council of Biotechnology Associations partners with its national authorities and international organizations to unleash the tools of biotechnology to overcome global challenges.

Nature's Building Blocks
Uncover the stories of how innovating with nature’s building blocks is changing the world around us every day in this collaboration series with BBC.
A Global Representation of Biotechnology
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Articles and research
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