Tag: Policy + Advocacy Updates

Patients say Upper Payment Limits (UPLs) won’t make their medicines more affordable. Colorado’s Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB) hasn’t listened.   Colorado’s PDAB was created to...

7/16/24  CBSA has consistently advocated for PBM reform at the state and federal level. Following the release of an interim report from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) blasting the business pr...

On July 3, the Colorado Prescription Drug Affordability Board (PDAB or Board) voted to initiate the upper payment limit (UPL) rulemaking process for two more drugs, Stelara and Cosentyx, after deeming...

CBSA and BIO urge you to reach out to Senator Hickenlooper to encourage his support of S.4583, a bill that would reauthorize the rare pediatric disease priority review voucher (PPRV) program before it...

This past week, the CBSA team represented our community and shared our expertise on prescription drug affordability at the BIO International Convention and through a series of virtual events:  El...

CBSA and our partners at Biotechnology Innovation Organization (BIO) welcome the joint plan that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and the U....

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published a final rule overhauling its approach to the regulation of laboratory developed tests (LDTs) on May 6, 2024. The final rule, which is largely simi...

Colorado’s 2024 legislative session, the Second Regular Session of the 74th General Assembly, concluded on May 8, the 120th day of session. During the final weeks of session, the Colorado BioScience A...

HB24-1446, a bill that supports professional development for science teachers, has passed the General Assembly and will soon be sent to Governor Polis for his signature. The bill provides funding for...

Colorado Bioscience Association (CBSA) Vice President and Counsel for Policy + Advocacy, Amy Goodman, represented the Colorado life sciences ecosystem and advocated for community priorities on Capitol...