Understanding Bills at the Legislature
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 04/02/2018
Where Do Patients Fit In? Colorado families need access to medicines and health care at affordable prices. That’s why Colorado BioScience Association supports True Transparency. This means considering...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Update: Colorado Budget and Forecast, plus a True Transparency update
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 03/30/2018
CO State Budget & March Forecast Transportation, Education, PERA, and opioid addiction are a few of the areas that will receive funding in the $28.9 billion state budget package passed by the Colo...
Learn MoreHow do drug companies determine prices?
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 03/26/2018
The Value of Innovation When you stop in to the pharmacy to pick up a prescription, you may wonder how manufacturers determine the price you pay. You may think the drug maker maintains full control ov...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Update: Advocacy Around Drug Transparency Issues, an Opportunity To Be Heard By the Next Governor, and the Omnibus Spending Bill
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 03/23/2018
This week CBSA testified in opposition to House Bill 1009, Diabetes Drug Pricing Transparency Act 2018. The bill was heard in the House Health, Insurance and Environment Committee and passed on a part...
Learn MoreWhat are Pharmacy Benefit Managers?
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 03/19/2018
PBMs Largely Determine How Much Your Medicines Cost With public policy debate at Colorado’s State Capitol focused on prescription drug price transparency, it’s critical for our decision makers and the...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Update: Continuing the Transparency Advocacy and a Business Guide for the Governor
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 03/16/2018
CBSA Continues to Advocate in Opposition to House Bill 1260, Prescription Drug Price Transparency As reported last week, House Bill 1260, Prescription Drug Price Transparency passed on a party line vo...
Learn MoreUnderstanding the Costs of Your Rx
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 03/12/2018
Who Determines What You Pay for Prescription Medicines? When you visit your pharmacy counter to pick up a prescription, do you know who determines the final cost you pay? Many people think it’s one co...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Update: Prescription Drug Price Transparency
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 03/09/2018
Transparency at the Colorado State Capitol This week CBSA testified in opposition to House Bill 1260, Prescription Drug Price Transparency. The bill was heard in the House Health, Insurance and Enviro...
Learn MoreHow Do Innovative Medicines Save Lives?
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 03/05/2018
Transforming How We Treat and Cure Diseases We support true transparency, which means working together to provide patients access to affordable medicines. While a few bad actors make headlines, millio...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Update: House Bill 1260 Prescription Drug Transparency, plus the Advamed Fly-In in Washington, D.C.
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 03/02/2018
Urge a NO Vote on HB 1260, Prescription Drug Price Transparency This week CBSA opposed a new bill introduced by the Colorado House that could adversely impact the Colorado bioscience industry, Ho...
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