Colorado’s life sciences community and our state leaders share an unwavering commitment to improving patient lives and making sure Colorado remains Colorado—where quality of life and livelihood are intertwined. We all agree, patients need access to effective, affordable medicines.
However, government price mandates are not the solution.
The state’s efforts to place government price controls on prescription medicines risk harming patients with reduced access to needed medicines. They also send mixed signals to Colorado’s health innovators, who dedicate their careers to saving and changing lives with their discoveries.
I lead Colorado BioScience Association to build a collaborative environment for the innovation of life-saving discoveries. I also co-founded a medical device company to save patients whose airways can fail during unplanned extubations.
Colorado’s health trailblazers are developing promising cancer drugs, treatments for devastating…
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