Weekly Policy Update: FDA Moves Forward with Final Rule on Drug Importation
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 09/25/2020
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...
Learn MoreWeekly 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)....
Learn MoreWeekly 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...
Learn MoreColorado 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...
Learn MoreWeekly 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...
Learn MoreWeekly 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...
Learn MoreCBSA - 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...
Learn MoreWeekly 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...
Learn MoreWeekly 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...
Learn MoreWeekly 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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