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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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...
Learn MoreDenver 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...
Learn MoreColorado 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...
Learn MoreWeekly 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...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Update: Drug Price Transparency Bills Introduced in the House and Senate
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 01/24/2020
Over the past week, state legislators have introduced two drug price transparency bills that could impact our life sciences community. The first bill (SB20-107) was introduced in the Senate by Sen. Jo...
Learn MoreNew Investments Boost Colorado's Life Sciences Community
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 01/23/2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Rockies Venture Club and Colorado BioScience Association partner to fund Colorado Life Sciences startups in a new program backed by OEDIT Denver, CO - The Rockies Venture Club an...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Update: New Legislation Impacting Colorado’s Life Sciences Ecosystem
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 01/17/2020
The CBSA team is hard at work advocating on behalf of Colorado’s life sciences ecosystem. After the first full week of the legislative session, here’s an update on where we’re engaging and why. CBSA L...
Learn MoreCBSA CEO Honored by the Denver Business Journal
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 01/16/2020
Congratulations to CBSA President and CEO Jennifer Jones Paton! The Denver Business Journal named Jennifer to its prestigious 40 Under 40 list, released this week. The DBJ names a class of 40 Under 40...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Update: Colorado Policymakers Outline Top Priorities for 2020 Session
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 01/10/2020
Colorado lawmakers returned to the Capitol on Wednesday for the start of the 2020 legislative session, where both parties laid out their top priorities. After calling for civility and bipartisanship,...
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