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This afternoon, President Trump signed into law S. 3548, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The $2 trillion relief package is the largest economic stimulus measure in mode...

Colorado is now under a Stay-at-Home-Order issued by Governor Jared Polis. The order requires everyone in Colorado to stay in their place of residence, except for certain necessary activities, essenti...

The City and County of Denver and the City of Boulder issued stay-at-home orders on Monday following the Governor’s directive on in-person workforce reduction during the COVID-19 pandemic. CBSA antici...

Colorado BioScience Association 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 team is aski...

On Sunday, Governor Polis issued an Executive Order that requires all non-critical businesses in the state to reduce their in-person workforce by 50% due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It requires all non-...

During these challenging times, CBSA is focused on supporting our ecosystem and its response to the COVID-19 pandemic. We continue to engage with our local, state, and federal elected officials to ens...

To do their part in slowing the spread of COVID-19, the Colorado General Assembly met on Saturday, March 14th and passed a Joint Resolution to temporarily adjourn until March 30. The legislature also...

Businesses and organizations here in Colorado and around the world are all managing through the impact of COVID-19 on their business operations and personal lives. Our ecosystem’s work to drive health...

Last updated: March 25, 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 te...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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,...

January 8th marks the first day of Colorado’s 2020 legislative session, but CBSA has already been hard at work advocating on behalf of our members and the patients they serve. This session, we will co...

This week Congress voted to pass a full and permanent repeal of the medical device excise tax as part of legislation to fund the federal government through the rest of the current fiscal year. This is...

DENVER – Colorado’s life sciences ecosystem raised $750 million in 2019, with funds from federal and state grants, successful financing rounds and acquisitions. The record-breaking acquisition of Boul...

Weekly Policy Update: CBSA Comments on 2020 Drug Price Transparency Draft Legislation  On Monday, CBSA sent a comment letter to Rep. Dominique Jackson and Rep. Dylan Roberts outlining our comment...

Policy Update: CBSA Submits Recommendations to Improve the SBIR/STTR Program  Earlier this year, CBSA partnered with Fitzsimons Innovation Community, Gates Biomanufacturing Facility, and Sharklet...

Brand update delivers results for CBSA and Colorado’s life sciences ecosystem Denver – Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) recognizes two Denver-area firms, Primavera Group and Watermark, for gener...

Policy Update: CBSA Presents Sen. Cory Gardner with ALSIC 2019 Champion of Health Care Innovation Award CBSA was proud to present Senator Cory Gardner with the American Life Sciences Innovation Counci...

CBSA celebrated the life of Adam Rubenstein at the 16th Annual Awards Dinner.

Policy Update: Colorado Votes Colorado voters decided on two major ballot measures on Election Day 2019. Proposition DD asked voters to legalize sports betting in Colorado and create a 10 percent tax...

Colorado BioScience Association Celebrates the Strength of State’s Life Sciences Ecosystem at Annual Awards Dinner Biodesix Named Company of the Year, Securisyn Medical Honored as Rising Star Denver,...

Governor Jared Polis Releases Budget Proposal for FY 2020-21 Governor Jared Polis released his 2020-21 budget proposal on Friday, underscoring priorities that include expanding the state’s preschool p...

For Immediate Release: October 31, 2019 Colorado BioScience Association Reveals New Website, Bold Brand    Highlights Co-Opportunity, Colorado’s Collaborative, Pro-Innovation Environmen...

Health innovations from Colorado make a global impact.

This week CBSA partnered with CSL Behring to host state Senator Rhonda Fields for a tour of the CSL Plasma Collection Center in Aurora. On the tour, the collection center managers were able to show Se...

Colorado BioScience Association Welcomes New Appointees to the Board of Directors For Immediate Release: October 25, 2019 Colorado BioScience Association Welcomes New Appointees to the Board of Direct...

This week CBSA partnered with LivaNova to host state Rep. Brianna Titone for a tour and employee town hall at the company’s Arvada facility. It was a great opportunity to showcase the devices that are...

  On Monday, the Colorado Division of Insurance and the Department of Health Care Policy and Financing released a draft report on the development of the state’s plan for a public health insurance...

CBSA is committed to ensuring patients have access to the treatments they need. We appreciate the bipartisan efforts underway by the Trump Administration and Congress to provide patients relief from h...

On September 19, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi released a long-anticipated proposal intended to reduce prescription drug prices. H.R. 3, the Lower Drug Costs Now Act of 2019, includes the following provi...

At the end of August, Congressman Ed Perlmutter (CO-07) visited Zimmer Biomet Spine in Westminster to tour the medical education training facilities, biomechanics labs, and manufacturing area. Followi...

Colorado BioScience Association connects health innovators to investors during biennial event Vail, Colo. – Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) welcomes investors and strategic partners from across...

  This month CBSA partnered with Fitzsimons Innovation Community, Gates Biomanufacturing Facility and Sharklet Technologies to host Congressman Jason Crow (CO-06) for a campus tour and roundtable...

  This week CBSA President & CEO Jennifer Jones Paton and Vice President Emily Roberts met with Betsy Markey, Executive Director of the Office of Economic Development and International Trade...

Last week we asked the Colorado bioscience community to take action and urge our Members of Congress to support permanent repeal of the medical device excise tax. The tax is a threat to medical innova...

The Colorado BioScience Association strongly opposes the medical device tax, a 2.3% excise tax on the sale of certain medical technology that was enacted as part of the Affordable Care Act. Since its...

This week the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a plan that describes the steps they will take to allow importation of certain drugs fro...

On Thursday, the Senate Finance Committee advanced a major legislative package that includes substantial changes to Medicare and Medicaid drug reimbursement. The bill, the Prescription Drug Pricing Re...

Colorado BioScience Association connects health innovators to investors during biennial event Vail, Colo. – Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) welcomes investors and strategic partners from across...

This week CBSA vice president Emily Roberts joined other state advocates in Washington, DC for the We Work For Health Summit. During the two-day event, advocates met with their respective delegation t...

Viewray, Inc., an Ohio-based medical technology company that provides high-level MRI-guided radiation technology is expanding its operations in the metro Denver area and will be hiring 274 people over...

Last week the Trump Administration withdrew their proposed rebate rule that would have required manufacturer rebates to be passed through to patients in Part D and other government programs. The propo...

Before the holiday, both the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee advanced legislative packages aimed at lowering prescription drug prices....

The Colorado Legislative Council released their updated budget and economic forecast this week, which showed a strong economy in the state of Colorado, an increase in expected revenue, and high wage g...

New facility in Frederick, Colorado, to produce high-quality molecules with the potential to treat cancer and other diseases SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 18, 2019 Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) toda...

Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. is delving deeper into cancer research with a roughly $11.4 billion deal for Array BioPharma Inc., a Colorado drug developer that has seen its shares soar since announ...

Last month, leaders of the Senate Finance Committee announced the formation of several bipartisan task forces to examine 42 temporary tax provisions that expired or will expire between December 31, 20...

WOBURN, Mass. (Jun. 12, 2019) – CutisPharma, Inc. announced today its acquisition of Silvergate Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and the unveiling of its new corporate brand for the unified company: Azurity Phar...

Last week CBSA President and CEO Jennifer Jones Paton and Vice President Emily Roberts attended the 2019 BIO International Convention in Philadelphia. The event brings together over 16,000 attendees f...

New Magazine Offers In-Depth Financing Data and Insights on Medical Device and Drug Approvals DENVER – Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) today launched the new issue of its annual magazine, BioSc...

CBSA continues to work with Congress and federal policymakers to improve the reimbursement landscape for medical technology innovators. Even when groundbreaking and innovative technologies meet FDA’s...

Colorado BioScience Association congratulates the 27 companies recently recognized as valuable investments for the entire state by the Office of Economic Development and International Trade’s (OEDIT)...

Last Thursday CMS finalized a rule on Modernizing Part D and Medicare Advantage to Lower Drug Prices and Reduce Out-of-Pocket Expenses, which included a number of significant changes to the proposed r...

In late April, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) publicly released its FY 2020 Inpatient Prospective Payment System (IPPS) Proposed Rule. The rule is a critical step forward for cov...

CBSA has worked hard this session to advocate on behalf of the industry. We’ve worked with our members and partners to advance proposals that promote patient safety, protect patient access, and enhanc...

With just over a week left in the 2019 legislative session, there are hundreds of bills left to debate and Democrats are scrambling to get their remaining priorities across the finish line. Here are s...

Last week CBSA testified in the House Health and Insurance Committee in opposition to Senate Bill 005 - Import Prescription Drugs From Canada, which would require the Department of Health Care Policy...

This week bipartisan legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to permanently repeal the medical device excise tax. CBSA applauds the introduction of H.R. 2207, Protect Medical I...

This week CBSA testified in the House Health and Insurance Committee in opposition to House Bill 1296 – Prescription Drug Cost Reduction Measures. The bill requires health insurers, prescription drug...

Senator Michael Bennet, Congresswoman Diana DeGette Recognized as Champions of Life Science Washington, D.C. (April 4, 2019) – Colorado BioScience Association and Biotechnology Innovation Organization...

This week President & CEO Jennifer Jones Paton spoke with 630 KHOW’s Krista Kafer about CBSA’s opposition to Senate Bill 5, which would create a Canadian drug importation program in Colorado. Thro...

Last week the non-partisan Legislative Council published the forecast for the economy and state government revenue through FY 2019-20. The forecast showed that while the economy will continue to grow...

On Wednesday Senate Bill 188, FAMLI Family Medical Leave Insurance Program, was heard and passed out of the Senate Committee on Business, Labor & Technology. The bill would create a state-run fami...

This week CBSA held our annual Day at the Capitol event, bringing healthcare innovators to the state Capitol to highlight the discoveries and advancements taking place in Colorado to improve the healt...

Medical device industry leaders to focus on blockchain technology, M&A trends and federal policy DENVER – Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) focuses on the opportunities offered by blockchain...

This month CBSA Vice President Emily Roberts met with Members of the Colorado Congressional delegation as part of the AdvaMed State Medical Technology Alliance (SMTA) Fly-In. This event brings togethe...

This week CBSA partnered with LivaNova to host Senator Cory Gardner at LivaNova’s Arvada facility. The event included a brief meeting with the Senator and his staff, followed by a tour of the facility...

New results highlight success of state-funded grant program for early-stage life science companies DENVER – Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) brings healthcare innovators to the state Capitol to...

This week, CBSA attended a stakeholder meeting on House Bill 1131, Prescription Drug Cost Education. As the bill is currently written; it requires a drug manufacturer, wholesaler, agent or an employee...

On Tuesday President Trump gave his State of the Union address, in which he described the need to rein in health care costs as a major priority. The President also laid out an ambitious health care ag...

Roberts to Oversee Policy and Communications at Life Science Organization DENVER – Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) announces the appointment of Emily Roberts to vice president. Roberts takes ov...

Yesterday the Colorado BioScience Association testified in opposition to Senate Bill 005, which tasks the department of health care policy and financing to design a program to import prescription phar...

Colorado BioScience Association is focused on increasing our companies’ access to capital and highlighting the innovative work coming out of our state. Our team recently collaborated with the Denver B...

Last week CBSA took an opposition position to Senate Bill 005 – Import Prescription Drugs from Canada. As a reminder this bill would create the "Colorado Wholesale Importation of Prescription Drugs Ac...

This marks the first full week of the 72nd First Regular Session of the Colorado General Assembly. It was a busy week with bill introductions, Governor Polis’ Inauguration and the State of the State (...

Today, January 4, 2019 marks the first of 120 days of the 72nd General Assembly. CBSA looks forward to advocating on behalf of our members, industry and the patients we serve. We also look forward to...

International Investors Contributed to the State’s Largest Financings DENVER – Colorado’s life science sector raised $1 billion in 2018, entering a second year of fundraising exceeding the $1 billion...

TheHouse Ways and Means Committee this week released a new extenders package which included a 5-year extension on the medical device excise tax moratorium. The 2.3% levy on the sale of prescribed medi...

A recent proposal by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) would implement an unprecedented Part B demo that could harm Medicare beneficiaries. We believe this would alter the entire...

The November Focus newsletter was published this afternoon with Jennifer’s recap of the full month in policy news. Topics covered include: November Elections At the federal level Republicans have reta...

With final certification of ballots by the Secretary of State the final tally for the Democrats in the House is 41, leaving Republicans with only 24 seats. Democrats in the Senate hold the majority by...

Federal In the Senate, Republicans have retained their majority. The Republicans control 51 seats, the Democrats 44. In the House, Democrats will take the majority by more than 25 seats. Democrats con...

miRagen Named Company of the Year, Inscripta Honored as Rising Star DENVER – Colorado’s life science sector gathered on November 8 at the Hyatt Regency in Denver to honor the bioscience companies, lea...

Jones Paton Promoted to Lead Life Science Organization After Broad Search DENVER – Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) announces the promotion of Jennifer Jones Paton to president and chief executi...

This week, the October Focus newsletter was published for a more detailed look at policy, and other issues, please read Jennifer’s monthly policy update. Some of the featured content includes: GET OUT...

We know elections are important and that they shape the outcomes of our State, the economy and ultimately impact our industry, bioscience. The Election takes place on November 6, 2018. We encourage yo...

Last week President Trump signed two bills (Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act and Know the Lowest Price Act) into law that ban gag clauses that were called for in the American Patients First bluep...

ArcherDX, MiRagen, Biodesix Named Finalists for Company of the Year Award; Double Helix, Impressio and Inscripta Nominated for Rising Star Award DENVER – Leaders of Colorado’s bioscience sector gather...

A quick recap of bioscience in recent national and international news. President Trump recently signed a bill prohibiting pharmacy benefit managers from imposing “gag orders” on pharmacists that preve...

Prima-Temp, a women's healthtech company, has acquired Kindara, another Boulder-based women’s healthtech company. Kindara makes an app and Bluetooth-connected thermometer to help women track their fer...

Over the last year, in fact, FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb has put an emphasis on speeding up the process in getting technology and medications out to the public. This is evidenced by the new Pre- C...

Today, the September Focus newsletter was published for a more detailed look at policy, and other issues, please read Jennifer’s monthly policy update.

The Colorado Bioscience Association along with We Work for Health Colorado, Epilepsy Foundation, Colorado Gerontological Society, Scleroderma Foundation, Rocky Mountain Stroke Center and the Colorado...

Pitch competition wrapped up CBSA’s Colorado Life Science Innovation Forum DENVER – Colorado BioScience Association named Cetya Therapeutics the winner of its venture showcase at the Colorado Life Sci...

The Colorado Life Science Innovation Forum is filling the Westin Westminster with interesting speakers, enlightening panelists, and Colorado’s two Lieutenant Governor candidates throughout the day tod...

Dianne Primavera and Lang Sias to share their views on the economic outlook for the state’s bioscience industry DENVER – The Colorado Life Science Innovation Forum, the state’s largest gathering of bi...

Colorado Life Science Innovation Forum – Keynote Featuring Remarks by Gubernatorial Running Mates Join CBSA on September 14th at the Colorado Life Science Innovation Forum.Our keynote lunch speakers i...

Today, the August Focus newsletter was published for a more detailed look at policy, and other issues, please read Jennifer’s monthly policy update. BIOSCIENCE IN THE NEWS  Energy and Commerce Ne...

Colorado Life Science Innovation Forum brings national thought leaders and Colorado executives together DENVER – Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) hosts the state’s largest gathering of bioscienc...

FDA releases three important initiatives for medical device development, innovation and safety The FDA announced it is taking steps to advance innovation and surveillance for medical devices through t...

FDA Releases New Draft Guidance to advance and modernize oncology drug trials In the FDA’s ongoing effort to modernize and create a more efficient approval process, last Friday the FDA released their...

FDA Receives Funding in Senate Passed Appropriations Bill Last week the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed a $154.2 billion spending bill that includes more than $3 billion for the FDA. When industry f...

  Scott Larson, VP, Legal and General Counsel, Terumo BCT; Jenna Hutchins, Territory Manager, ResMed; Congresswoman Dianna Degette; April Giles, President, CBSA; Jonathan Toronto, Vice President,...

On behalf of Colorado BioScience Association thank you for your efforts to secure a yes vote on H.R. 184 - Protect Medical Innovation Act of 2017. We appreciate the time you took to advocate to your r...

This has been another week with persistent advocacy for full repeal of the Medical device tax in standalone legislation. A permanent repeal of the medical device excise tax remains a top priority for...

Board of Directors to Begin National Search for Replacement DENVER – Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) announces the departure of longtime President & CEO April Giles. She served CBSA for mor...

CBSA continues to advocate for a full repeal of the Medical device tax in standalone legislation. A permanent repeal of the tax remains a top priority for CBSA and Colorado's medtech innovators. While...

This week Colorado BioScience Association along with AdvaMed, our Board Chair Scott Larson at Terumo BCT, Zimmer Biomet and ResMed met with Congresswoman DeGette. The meeting offered a great opportuni...

2018 COLORADO PRIMARY ELECTION With the anticipated Colorado Primary Election this week, we learned the long-awaited results of who would be our top two democratic and republican candidates for Govern...

The FDA recently announced the release of important guidances, “Drug and Device Manufacturer Communications With Payors, Formulary Committees, and Similar Entities–Questions and Answers,” and “Medical...

This week HHS Secretary Alex Azar appeared in front of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for a hearing on drug pricing. Secretary Azar’s prepared testimony in large part summa...

Annual Bioscience Colorado Magazine Profiles Leaders, Incubators and Ecosystems Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) launched the new issue of its annual magazine, Colorado Bioscience: Igniting the...

This week CBSA President and CEO April Giles and Vice President Jennifer Jones returned from the 2018 BIO International Convention in Boston, Massachusetts. This annual trip is a great opportunity to...

POLICY UPDATES Yesterday the May Focus newsletter was published for a more detailed look at policy, and other issues, please read Jennifer’s monthly policy update in May’s Focus newsletter. 2018 BIO I...

COLORADO EXPERIENCE – BOULDER This week Jennifer Jones, Vice President of the Colorado BioScience Association, participated in the Denver Metro Chamber Leadership Foundation’s Colorado Experience two-...

Last Friday President Trump unveiled his administration’s plan to help make prescription drugs more affordable for patients. The blueprint called “American Patients First" builds on the president's 20...

Collaborating on True Transparency to Benefit Patients Our state’s bioscience innovators work to create wearable devices to help make us healthier, develop drugs that could save a loved one from cance...

CBSA had a busy legislative session advocating on behalf the industry against transparency measures that stood to stifle bioscience innovation in Colorado and failed to provide the relief patients nee...

Meet the Colorado Leaders Developing Breakthrough Cures and Treatments Colorado’s researchers, innovators and entrepreneurs work to develop breakthroughs start locally and impact globally. Our sector’...

Advocating at the Capitol Today, April Giles, CBSA president & CEO testified in the House Health, Insurance, & Environment committee in opposition to HB18-1358 - Health Care Charges Billing Re...

As the Colorado State Legislature considers House Bill 18-1260, Drug Price Transparency, a lot of claims and opinions are circulating in our state about the drivers of health care costs. Prescription...

UNDER THE GOLD DOME This week, HB18-1135: Extend Advanced Industry Export Acceleration Program passed the Colorado House of Representatives and next week it moves to the Senate. This bill extends the...

Leaders represent CereScan, Ocugen, Prevacept Infection Control, Sharklet and Zimmer Biomet DENVER – April 23, 2018 – Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) announces new members elected to its board...

Three Solutions to Help Patients and Support Innovators Current proposals under consideration at the Colorado State Legislature propose a simple fix for a complex issue. We agree, patients and their f...

UNDER THE DOME The Colorado BioScience Association took formal positions on three bills this week. With 18 working days left of session we continue to evaluate and make recommendations on legislation...

Colorado House Votes next week on Prescription Drug Price Transparency Bill (HB18-1260) CBSA continues to advocate against House Bill 1260, Prescription Drug Price Transparency. The bill could stifle...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Working Together to Provide Access to Affordable Medicines It’s time to start a community conversation about prescription medicines and the out-of-pocket costs for patients. Several bills under consid...

UNDER THE DOME The Colorado BioScience Association took formal positions on three bills this week and we continue to evaluate and make recommendations on legislation being introduced. Outlined below a...

CBSA promotes the interests of more than 725 bioscience companies and their 30,000 employees. We work every day to create an innovation-friendly business environment ensuring that as an industry we de...

Annual event brings health care innovators to share successes with legislators at the Capitol DENVER – Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) brings life science innovators to meet lawmakers and highl...

This week we had a successful CBSA Day at the Capitol. At the event we heard from Lieutenant Governor Donna Lynne on her top priorities, outlook on the opioid and substance abuse task force and the fu...

As things continue to be active and heat up over at the Colorado State Capitol, this week the Colorado BioScience Association took formal positions on three bills, while continuing to evaluate and mak...

UNDER THE DOME The CBSA team will be busy this legislative session working on bills that stand to have a negative impact on our industry, with an anticipated 7 healthcare transparency bills aimed at l...

Annual Medical Device Symposium discusses industry growth, innovation and federal policy outlook DENVER – On Jan. 30, 2018, the Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) will host more than 80 medtech le...

  Congress delays medical device tax for two years Last night, the President signed a continuing resolution (CR) package, which includes a two-year suspension of the device tax retroactive to Dec...

Another week goes by and we continue to strongly advocate for the repeal of the medical device excise tax. This week in DC, the House passed the continuing resolution (CR) to fund the government until...

State-Funded Program Connects Interns to Bioscience Careers Colorado’s commitment to growing a strong bioscience workforce begins with training up-and-coming talent. A state-funded program focused on...

UNDER THE GOLD DOME – THE 71ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY The 2018 Colorado Legislative session started this week and kicked off with several industry related health care bills. The CBSA team is already hard at...

Tiny Molecules Modulate Cellular Processes and Can Re-Program Cells Involved in Disease Bill Marshall was in Vienna, Austria, when he got the news. A prominent researcher had, for the first time, foun...

Inocucor Raises $9.5 Million USD ($12.1 Million CAD) in Series B Second Close Led by Pontifax AgTech, Raising Total Proceeds of Series B Financing to $38.5 Million USD ($50.9 Million CAD) Ben Belldegr...

Under the Gold Dome – The 71st General Assembly The 2018 Colorado Legislative session begins next Wednesday, January 10th! The CBSA team will be busy advocating on behalf of the Colorado Bioscience in...

Expanding our Workforce, Inspiring Our Companies Colorado boasts the fastest-growing Millennial population in the United States. This large demographic group is generally recognized as Americans born...

Our Location Gives BioScience Companies an Advantage Many factors contribute to Colorado’s reputation as an exceptional place to start, grow, commercialize or relocate a life science business. Our col...

$1.2 Billion Year Doubles Amount Raised in 2016 Colorado’s life science companies raised a record $1.2 billion in 2017, doubling the funds raised in the previous year. The funding came through venture...

Company Readies for Global Commercialization Sharklet has turned a corner. For the last 10 years, the startup company has worked to develop the chemical-free, micropatterned coating it pioneered to no...

How Researchers and Entrepreneurs are Advancing Human and Animal Health From treating painful skin conditions in children with IPS cells to using stem cells to improve quality of life for injured peop...

How the Sector is Preparing for the State’s Shifting Demographics Colorado consistently ranks as a top destination for retirees. With Baby Boomers reaching retirement age at the rate of 10,000 per day...

Supporting Spine Surgery’s Invention Engine Minimally invasive spine surgery sounds like an oxymoron. But that’s precisely the goal at TranS1, headquartered in a restored Victorian home in Denver’s hi...

Accelerating Industry Success through Advocacy The CBSA team leads advocacy efforts on behalf of the industry and our members. We work every day to create an innovation-friendly business environment....

Children Inspire the Team at Silvergate Pharmaceuticals As a pharmacist managing some of the largest consumer pharmacies in the country, Frank Segrave saw a need. The majority of medications on his sh...

At Biodesix, Female Executives ‘Shake Things Up’ to Drive Growth Anyone who works in bioscience knows there are few women in executive leadership roles. Although women come into the industry at the sa...

A Commitment to Working Together Supports Success There’s something different about Colorado. It’s more than our beautiful natural surroundings and abundant sunshine, favorable business climate and ta...

A Talented Workforce Powers Colorado’s Bioscience Industry Bright, passionate people make Colorado the ideal place for bioscience investment. Our state attracts leading talent from around the globe an...

Colorado-based company balances unique mission with medical innovation AlloSource® began with a simple principle: to transform tragedy into possibility. Since that moment nearly 25 years ago, the comp...

Pioneering Research to Solve the Drug Discovery Puzzle Creating an effective drug to treat disease is a bit of a puzzle. Researchers shape many molecular pieces and fit them together into a therapeuti...

Using Big Data to Improve Quality of Life Over the course of one person’s life, he or she may generate more than 12 terabytes of personal health data. If you were to store that information, it would b...

Our State’s 33 Labs Make a $2.6 Billion Impact On any given day in Colorado, scientists at federal labs including the CDC in Fort Collins, NOAA in Boulder and NREL in Golden are studying diseases that...

Funding Propels Investigators’ Research The Boettcher Foundation launched its Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards with the goal of helping early-career investigators advance their research to a poi...

Digital Health Platform Informs Prescribing Decisions In the center of Denver’s construction chorus—a sign of the city’s recent economic boom—CEO Carm Huntress, and his team at RxRevu have their own r...

Printing the Future of Medicine Precision medicine often happens invisibly, in the nuclei of cells, in the dances of proteins, in the bowels of sequencers, in the processing cores of computer servers....

COMPANIES HIGHLIGHT THE INNOVATION HAPPENING HERE From global manufacturing powerhouses to inventive startups seeking to transform patient care, hundreds of medical device companies call Colorado home...

  Meet the Leaders Working to Develop a Breakthrough in Precision Medicine Sheri Wilcox has no regrets. As a post-doctoral research fellow in 2000, Wilcox was living in Michigan and on the verge...

Boulder Company Uses LightDeck Technology for Mobile Disease Detection Chris Myatt knew he was on to something. At a conference in 2005, he met a scientist with a simple handheld prototype designed to...

What makes Colorado an ideal state for bioscience? Our state’s 300 days of sunshine a year and educated workforce appeal to homegrown companies and those looking to relocate. Our top five list, part o...

Colorado promotes growth and sustainability for the state’s nine identified Advanced Industries, which make up 30% of the Centennial state’s economy, through a state-led Advanced Industry (AI) Acceler...

DENVER, June 13, 2017 — The Colorado BioScience Association on Tuesday commended the newest class of Boettcher Investigators and expressed its gratitude to the Boettcher Foundation for its continued s...

Lausanne, Switzerland, and Boston, United States – March 26, 2020 SOPHiA GENETICS, leader in Data-Driven Medicine, today announced that it is entering the fight against the COVID-19 coronavirus by ext...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE [BROOMFIELD, MARCH 23, 2020] Aktivax, Inc. has been awarded a $24.5 million US government project to develop an autoinjector treatment for exposure to nerve agents. The award is...

Technology being used to progress nucleic acid vaccines GOLDEN, Colo. — March 17, 2020 — PharmaJet®, the maker of innovative, needle-free injection technology, announced that it received a $9.6 m...

Chairman and CEO Albert Bourla Calls on Biopharma Industry to Collaborate on Combatting the Global Pandemic. Read the plan here.

New Structure Increases Customer Focus, Agility and Growth Opportunities March 10, 2020 07:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Biodesix, Inc., a leading diagnostic company in...

Officials from Zoetis, the world’s leading animal health company, and Colorado State University gathered on the Foothills Campus on Jan. 28 to celebrate the opening of a new lab. The 3,000-square-foot...

Funding will be utilized for expansion of clinical training simulations and virtual simulation technologies. Health Scholars, known for their VR simulations and cloud-based training platform utilized...

-Financing to support ongoing development of nascent RNA drug screen, providing critical novel data to improve drug success- BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Arpeggio Bio, a preclinical company whose...

DUBLIN, Jan. 08, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) announced it has acquired Stimgenics, LLC, a privately-held company based in Bloomington, Illinois, that has pioneered a no...

BOULDER, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Crestone, Inc. today announced an award from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF) for the preclinical development of its antibiotic lead series to treat nontuberculous...

Medical device company dedicated to healing diabetic foot ulcers secures financing and graduates from Innosphere incubator program Colorado, Jan. 10, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vaporox, a Denver-ba...

Company Plans to Initiate Phase 2b Clinical Trial for the Treatment of Medically Refractory Epilepsy in 2020 AURORA, Colo., Jan. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Cerebral Therapeutics, a clinica...

Robotic Trajectory Guidance Platform Integrates Multiple Enabling Technologies to Support Complex Cranial Procedures DUBLIN, Dec. 18, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --  Medtronic plc (NYSE:MDT) annou...

World-Class Medical Innovation Community Opens Third Building and Welcomes a Roster of Tenants to the Campus of Life Sciences Visionaries AURORA (December 13, 2019) – Fitzsimons Innovation Community,...

New Funding Brings Total Amount Raised by the Company to $259.5 Million Inscripta, Inc., today announced the company has raised $125 million in a Series D financing with support from the company’s exi...

AVITA Medical (ASX: AVH, NASDAQ: RCEL), a regenerative medicine company with a technology platform positioned to address unmet medical needs in therapeutic skin restoration, and scientists at the...

BOULDER, Colo., Dec. 4, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Bond Pet Foods, Inc., the Boulder-based company working with biotechnology to make nutritious, animal-free and protein-rich pet food, a...

Partnership Expands Physician Access to Clinical Testing that May be Performed in Local Laboratories for Solid Tumor Cancers, Hematological Malignancies and Minimal Residual Disease Monitoring BOULDER...

A Colorado company with the transformative technology behind a revolutionary prosthetic socket design that provides easier application and release was among 24 Colorado start-ups approved for funding...

HIGHLANDS RANCH – November 12, 2019 – Securisyn Medical, LLC, dedicated to inspiring the world to collaborate to make airway management safer, announced today that the United States Air Force (US...

ENGLEWOOD, Colo., October 10, 2019, /PRNewswire/ — Ampio Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NYSE American: AMPE) a development stage biopharmaceutical company, executing a Special Protocol Assessment (S...

Former CEO David Brunel to Serve as Chairman of the Board of Directors BOULDER, Colo., November 4, 2019 -- Biodesix, Inc., the leader in lung cancer diagnostic solutions, today announced tha...

Type 1 Diabetes Therapy Being Readied for Clinical Trials; Celiac Disease in Drug Development Autoimmune diseases affect about 4% of the world’s population and comprise over 80 disorders, many of whic...

Ten-year agreement with Novartis demonstrates broad and deep commitment to accelerating disease and therapeutic-specific insights based on proprietary proteomic technology Boulder, Colo., USA — SomaLo...

Rockville, MD, USA, Oct. 17, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)  The Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society (RAPS) announced the official launch of the RAPS Colorado Chapter. The group first began as a RAPS...

HIGHLANDS RANCH – October 9, 2019 – Securisyn Medical, LLC, announced today that it has received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) to market its SolidAIRity™ III Airw...

IM Therapeutics Raises $10 Million Financing Co-Led by JDRF T1D Fund and Morningside Ventures Funding will Advance Lead Drug in Type 1 Diabetes and Develop HLA-Targeted Therapeutic Platform in Autoimm...

BOULDER, CO, September 30, 2019 – AmideBio, LLC, a privately held biopharmaceutical company, announced today that it has received $1.56M in funding through a Phase II Small Business Innovation Researc...

GREFFEX, Inc. (Aurora, CO), a Fitzsimons Innovation Community company, is a transformative leader in genetic engineering. The company was recently awarded an $18.7 million contract with the National I...

In July the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued the CY 2020 Hospital Outpatient Prospective Payment System (HOPPS) Proposed Rule, which included concerning proposed revisions to th...

Financing to Support Advancing Company’s Lead Product Candidate for Muscular Dystrophy- Boulder, Colo., (September 17, 2019) – Edgewise Therapeutics, a preclinical company developing small molecule th...

Below please find an overview of our progress for the month of August: • We continue to move forward towards closing out our round. We have about $235k remaining with 4 angel pitches lined up in the n...

Gene editing is becoming an increasingly common remedy for a variety of ailments, and Boulder area bioscience companies are leading those advancements. Building on research and technology originating...

Novel tests based on large-scale protein measurements will first offer personal and precise information about an individual’s cardiometabolic health status and trajectory Boulder, Colo., September 4,...

HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo., August 12, 2019 — Securisyn Medical, LLC, dedicated to inspiring the world to collaborate to make airway management safer, has announced a new partnership with Meddux™ Developm...

Milestone highlights organization’s growth into one of the largest tissue banks in the U.S. Centennial, Colo. — August 9, 2019 — AlloSource®, an organization dedicated to advancing the science and use...

Zoetis, the world’s leading animal health company, has signed an agreement with Colorado State University to establish a research lab at CSU that will explore the livestock immune system and target ne...

Agilent Technologies has announced it is purchasing the building in Boulder where they have been manufacturing therapeutic oligonucleotides (“oligos") for over a decade. This $12 million purchase, alo...

Silvergate Pharmaceuticals produces pediatric medications, while CutisPharma has served the senior population. They’re bringing their companies together to form Azurity Pharmaceuticals. While it might...

WESTMINSTER, Colo., July 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Cerapedics, a private ortho-biologics company, today announced the expansion of the company's headquarters located in the Denver metropolitan area. Ove...

Newest Class Marks 10th Group Selected Under Webb-Waring Program Back row (l-r): Kara Mould, M. Cecilia Caino, Seonil Kim Front row (l-r): Neelanjan Mukherjee, Robert Dietz, Tara Cepon Robins Not pict...

BOULDER, Colo., May, 15, 2019 /PRNEWSWIRE/-- ArcherDX, Inc., a molecular technology company dedicated to developing breakthrough solutions that advance the application of personalized genomic medicine...

BOULDER, Colo., May 3, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Boulder, Colorado based Prima-Temp, Inc. a developer and manufacturer of AI-assisted fertility management products, announced today that in March, it raised...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Scott Whitaker, president and CEO of the Advanced Medical Technology Association (AdvaMed), issued the following statement on introduction of bipartisan legislation (H.R. 2207) in t...

Inscripta, a leading gene editing technology company, today announced that it has increased its previously announced Series C financing with an additional $20 million from existing investors. The new...

April 1, 2019 Background: AveXis, a Novartis company, announced the growth of its global advanced gene therapy manufacturing capacity with the acquisition of an advanced biologics therapy facility in...

Terumo BCT's CEO David Perez may be retiring, but he isn't leaving the Colorado bioscience community. He sat down with the Denver Business Journal’s James Rodriguez to discuss his successes at Terumo...

Denver-based dental instrument company, Sapphire Technology, recently completed a nationwide distribution agreement with Burkhart Dental Supply (Tacoma, WA). Burkhart will soon market and sell Sapphir...

Packaging Compliance Labs, a top medical device and pharmaceutical packaging engineering and validation firm, recently opened a new office in the heart of downtown Denver, Colorado, to accommodate rap...

Seven biomedical researchers at Colorado’s top research institutions have been selected to receive $1.41 million in total funding from the Boettcher Foundation’s Webb-Waring Biomedical Research Awards...

A study released today at the BIO International Convention shows that the U.S. bioscience industry has reached $2 trillion in annual economic impact while maintaining accelerated venture capital inves...

New statewide polling shows education is a top tier issue for Colorado voters and employers, alignment on improvement strategies May 15, 2018 – Denver – If Colorado schools were the best in the nation...

Groundbreaking moment represents years of planning, training and biomedical expertise The Gates Biomanufacturing Facility at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus has passed an important...

Articulus Bio, LLC, a development-stage orthopedic medical device platform focused on total joint replacement, today announced that Adam B. Rubenstein, Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 6th...

BioMARC, a non-profit biologics contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) owned and operated by Colorado State University (CSU), has won a large new contract with Sumagen Co., Ltd, a...

  Colorado-Based Controlled Environment Supplier Provides Fully-Operational Cleanroom Training Center for Industry Specific Needs Cleanroom World has announced the opening of its on-site training...

  As a leading life sciences firm, it’s your mission to drive innovation and ensure your people and assets are protected. The pervasiveness of Cyber in day-to-day business operations introduces s...

 FORT COLLINS, Colorado – February 12, 2018 − Vivaldi Biosciences, based at the Research Innovation Center at Colorado State University and Vienna, Austria, today announced that its deltaFLU infl...

RxRevu, the industry leader in Prescription Decision Support, will unveil its new SwiftRx® platform while attending the 36th Annual J.P.Morgan Healthcare Conference on January 8th in San Francisco, CA...

Articulus Bio, LLC, a development-stage orthopedic medical device platform focused on total joint replacement, today announced that Adam B. Rubenstein, Chief Executive Officer, will present at the 10t...