Category: CBSA News

COVID-19: CBSA Business Resource Guide

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 03/09/2020

Last updated: April 6, 2020 Urgent: CBSA is working with policymakers and business leaders to support our ecosystem during the COVID-19 pandemic and offer our community’s expertise. The Governor’s tea...

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Weekly Policy Update: State Legislators Introduce Bill to Extend Innovative Industries Internship Program

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 03/06/2020

State legislators introduced a bill this week to extend the Innovative Industries Internship Program for another five years. The program was created in 2015 to meet the critical needs of Colorado’s lo...

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Colorado BioScience Association Offers FDA Leader’s Perspective During Keynote at Medical Device Symposium

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 03/04/2020

Dr. Jeffrey Shuren to Join Conference Live via Video from Washington, D.C. DENVER – Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) welcomes FDA’s Dr. Jeffrey Shuren via video conference to today’s annual Medi...

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Weekly Policy Update: CBSA Meets with Federal Policymakers to Discuss Coverage + Payment for Breakthrough Technologies

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 02/28/2020

CBSA was in DC this week representing Colorado’s life sciences ecosystem as part of the AdvaMed Fly-in. It was a great opportunity to meet with the Colorado delegation offices and advocate for federal...

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Weekly Policy Update: Health Care Stakeholders Convene to Discuss Total Cost of Care Legislation

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 02/21/2020

At a stakeholder meeting on Tuesday the Colorado Hospital Association walked through their draft proposal for a total cost of care model in Colorado. Based on programs already operating in Oregon and...

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Weekly Policy Update: Drug Price Transparency and Drug Importation Bills Pass Health Committees

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 02/14/2020

CBSA was at the Colorado State Capitol again this week to voice our concerns about legislation focused on drug price transparency and prescription drug importation. House Bill 1160, Drug Price Transpa...

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Weekly Policy Update: CBSA Represents Colorado’s Life Sciences Ecosystem in Senate Committee Hearings

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 02/07/2020

This week, CBSA weighed in on Senate Bill 10, Repeal Ban on Local Government Regulation of Plastics, to ensure life-saving medicines and medical devices are not impacted by local regulations on single...

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Denver Business Journal Covers New Partnership to Fund Early-Stage Life Sciences Companies

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 02/07/2020

Colorado BioScience Association and Rockies Venture Club recently announced a new effort to fund early-stage life sciences companies in Colorado, funded by an Advanced Industries Accelerator Grant fro...

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Colorado BioScience Association Highlights Life Sciences Impact at the State Capitol OEDIT Executive Director Betsy Markey Keynotes CBSA’s Annual Day at the Capitol

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 02/04/2020

DENVER – Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) brings leaders from Colorado life sciences companies and organizations to the State Capitol today, February 4, 2020, to share innovation stories with le...

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Weekly Policy Update: CBSA Opposes Expanded Prescription Drug Importation Program

By: Colorado BioScience Association   Date: 01/31/2020

Last week Senator Joann Ginal introduced Senate Bill 119, Expand Canadian Prescription Drug Import Program. The bill builds on legislation that was enacted last session, that directed the Dept. of Hea...

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