WASHINGTON, D.C. — McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP (MLA) presented its expanded Life Sciences and Public Health Preparedness practice by introducing the team’s industrial biotechnology capabilities at the Biotechnology Industry Organization’s (BIO) World Congress On Biotechnology & Bioprocessing Conference in Chicago April 27-30.

MLA provides an industrial biotechnology resource for businesses interested in the application of enabling biotechnology for newly emerging industries such as biofuels and bioremediation. The firm helps clients develop and secure funding for a variety of projects ranging from solutions for rising energy concerns to harnessing biotechnology innovations for non-medical applications.

The Industrial Biotechnology team offers a range of business planning and government relations tools to successfully create domestic and international markets for transgenic plants and biomass conversion for biofuels, and the application of biotechnology processes for other industrial processes such as decontamination and organic matter cleanup. The team also works to create profitable partnerships between biotechnology industry members and leaders in the federal government, the European Union and various defense, energy and health ministries throughout Europe.