Weekly Policy Blog: CBSA’s 2024 Policy + Advocacy Report
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 02/03/2025
Colorado BioScience Association (CBSA) has released its 2024 CBSA Policy + Advocacy Report, which summarizes CBSA’s engagement during the Colorado legislative session, the regulatory processes to...
Learn MoreStart of the 2025 Colorado Legislative Session
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 01/14/2025
Colorado’s 2025 legislative session kicked off on Wednesday, January 8th, and will continue for 120 days until May 7th. Key issues that are top of mind for the Colorado life sciences ecosystem include...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Blog: Questions Remain Around Expected Impact of Trump’s Nominees
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 12/17/2024
As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his administration’s leadership ranks, the life sciences ecosystem is watching closely. Trump's nominees could significantly influence the landscape of health...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Blog: Event Educates on 340B “Abuse and Misuse”
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 11/19/2024
Last week, CBSA co-hosted an educational event for legislators and other stakeholders in partnership with PhRMA and Colorado Politics. The event featured a panel discussion that addressed the drivers...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Blog: 2024 Election Results
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 11/12/2024
After a long election season, the results are finally in (mostly). Overall, the theme of Colorado’s election results is “status quo.” At the State Capitol, Senate Democrats will continue to have a sim...
Learn MoreColorado’s Life Sciences Ecosystem is Strengthened by Competitive, Pro-Innovation Mergers & Acquisitions
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 10/29/2024
In October 2023, CBSA partnered with more than thirty leading organizations to launch the Partnership for the U.S. Life Science Ecosystem (PULSE), a coalition working to raise awareness of the fundame...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Blog: CBSA PAC Fuels Policy + Advocacy Engagement and Impact
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 10/22/2024
CBSA’s Policy + Advocacy team works year-round to represent Colorado’s life sciences ecosystem at the State Capitol. The bipartisan Colorado BioScience Political Action Committee (CBSA PAC) is a criti...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Blog: Updates on IP Protections
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 10/01/2024
CBSA advocates for policies that sustain innovation and create high-wage, high value jobs in life sciences, including strong intellectual property (IP) protections, which are the foundation of technol...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Blog: Watching Congress: PPRV Program Reauthorization and the “Breakthrough Act”
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 09/23/2024
Congress is grappling with a busy and complex agenda before adjourning on September 27 through the election. Congress is on track to meet its deadline of October 1 to pass a government funding measure...
Learn MoreWeekly Policy Blog: Industry Lawsuits Challenge the IRA’s Medicare Drug Price Negotiation Program
By: Colorado BioScience Association Date: 09/09/2024
The newly-announced “negotiated” prices for the first ten drugs subject to price controls under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are set to go into effect for people with Medicare Part D prescription...
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