Category: CBSA News

Weekly Policy Update: State Releases Updated Economic and Revenue Forecast

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 09/18/2020

This morning, the Joint Budget Committee (JBC) heard presentations on the September economic and revenue forecast from Legislative Council Staff and the Office of State Planning and Budgeting (OSPB)....

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Weekly Policy Update: President Moves Forward with Most-Favored-Nation Drug Pricing Policy

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 09/14/2020

On Sunday, President Trump issued an Executive Order on a drug pricing policy called “most-favored-nation.” The order directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to develop and implement...

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Colorado Partners with Google and Apple to Launch Contact Tracing App

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 09/11/2020

At a press conference on Tuesday, Governor Jared Polis announced that Colorado will partner with Google and Apple on a contact tracing app for COVID-19. By the end of September, any resident with a sm...

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Weekly Policy Update: CMS Issues Proposed Rule to Improve Coverage for Breakthrough Technologies

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 09/04/2020

This week the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released the long-awaited proposed rule on "Medicare Coverage of Innovative Technologies." The proposed rule would make significant cha...

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Weekly Policy Update: CBSA Member PharmaJet Hosts Visit with Senator Cory Gardner

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 08/28/2020

CBSA member PharmaJet hosted a visit with U.S. Senator Cory Gardner this week to showcase their needle-free technology for vaccine and therapeutic delivery. It was a great opportunity for the company...

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CBSA - All Member Meeting 2020

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 08/24/2020

CBSA brought our life sciences community together for our annual All-Member Meeting on August 19, led by CBSA Board Chair Bob Reddy of Medtronic and CBSA President and CEO Jennifer Jones Paton. Bob an...

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Weekly Policy Update: CBSA Engages Congressional Delegation to Protect Life Sciences Innovation

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 08/21/2020

CBSA continues to engage the Colorado Congressional delegation around an executive order that the President announced on July 24 that would limit payment for Medicare Part B drugs to the lowest price...

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Weekly Policy Update: President Trump Issues ‘Buy American’ Executive Order

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 08/16/2020

President Trump recently issued an executive order intended to increase federal support for the domestic manufacture of “essential medicines,” “medical countermeasures,” and “critical inputs” through...

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Weekly Policy Update: CBSA Advocates for Additional Relief for Life Sciences Startups + Growth Companies

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 08/07/2020

CBSA supports H.R. 7917, the IGNITE American Innovation Act, bipartisan legislation recently introduced to ensure innovative and entrepreneurial companies can access the necessary liquidity to continu...

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Weekly Policy Update: CBSA Meets with Congressional Offices on the VALID Act

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 07/31/2020

CBSA and our members met with Senator Michael Bennet and Rep. Diana DeGette’s offices this week to discuss the Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act, recent federal legislation...

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