BioWorld's Biotechnology State of the Industry Report 1997 received a Third Place award in the Best Information Service/Looseleaf category of the Newsletter Publishers Association's annual journalism awards. The national award, the second in two years for BioWorld Today and its related publications, was announced at the newsletter association's 22nd annual meeting in Washington this week.

The Biotechnology State of the Industry Report is an annual, comprehensive update of the progress of the biotechnology industry and is created by the staff of BioWorld Today and BioWorld Financial Watch. The 1997 report was written by Jennifer Van Brunt, David N. Leff, Lisa Seachrist and Charles Craig.

The report, which was 245 pages in 1997, has grown each year since its debut in 1991. To purchase a copy of the Biotechnology State of the Industry Report 1998, call (800) 879-8790 or (404) 262-5526 outside the U.S. and Canada. *