Weekly Policy Update: FDA Moves Forward with Final Rule on Drug Importation

Yesterday the FDA issued their final rule and guidance on the importation of prescription drugs. They were first proposed last December, and CBSA worked with other state bioscience associations to sub...

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Weekly Policy Update: State Releases Updated Economic and Revenue Forecast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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