On April 13, 2020, U.S. Representatives Eliot L. Engel (NY-16) and Fred Upton (MI-06), top Members of the Energy and Commerce Committee, led a bipartisan group of 181 House Members, including Arizona Representatives Andy Biggs, Ruben Gallego, Raul Grijalva, and Tom O’Halleran, in urging the Trump Administration to temporarily allow seniors to receive lifesaving drug infusions in their homes to prevent unnecessary trips to hospitals, which could potentially expose them to COVID-19.
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Category Archives: Advocacy and Regulations
Becoming Part of the Process
The 2020 Arizona Legislative Session is in full swing. Take a look at what it can mean to you.Continue reading
Washington Watch – H.R. 3 and Last Minute USMCA Change Deliver 1-2 Punch on Life Science Innovation
Life Science leaders say two actions this week in Washington D.C. threaten to put life science innovation up against the ropes. Continue reading
State Biotech Associations Warn Part D Redesign Puts New Treatments for Patients at Risk
In a letter to Chairman Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Member Wyden (D-OR), the leaders of the Senate Finance Committee, state biotech associations warn that the Committee’s proposed redesign of Medicare Part D puts new, innovative treatments for patients at risk.
Follow The Pill
Today, much of the public debate surrounding the cost of biopharmaceuticals is focused on the list price of an individual drug or treatment regimen. However, the list price is not what a manufacturer generally makes on the drug, and it typically has little to do with what a patient has to pay for his or her medicine. To help put this debate into context, here is a new educational video that helps explain how prescription drug costs are really determined and where the pharmaceutical dollar actually goes.Continue reading
Speaking Up for Science and the Need to Protect Our Herd Immunity
A unified coalition of health care professionals and community advocates from throughout Arizona are speaking up to strongly oppose two sets of vaccine related bills currently under consideration in the Arizona Legislature. (HB 2470, 2471, 2472 and SB1114, 1115, 1116).
Vaccination is one of the cornerstones of preventing disease and improving the health of our society.
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Announcing the 2018 AZBio Trailblazers
The 2018 AZBio Trailblazer Honorees are: Senator Nancy Barto, Senator Sean Bowie, Senator Kate Brophy McGee, Representative Douglass Coleman, Representative Heather Carter, Representative Regina Cobb, DDS, Representative Randall Friese, MD, Representative Mark Finchem, Representative Maria Syms, and Representative Jeff Weninger.
Senator Kimberly Yee will be honored with the Chairman’s Award.
House Bill to Repeal the Medical Device Tax Passes with Strong Bi-Partisan Support.
H.R. 184 the Protect Medical Innovation Act which would repeal the Medical Device Excise Tax passed in the U.S House of Representatives on July 24, 2018. (283 Ayes; 132 Nayes; 13 Not Voting) Seven members of Arizona’s nine person House Delegation both co-sponsored and voted in support of of the bill. The next step is the Senate. Continue reading
Update – Proposed Continuing Resolution in the U.S. House and Medical Device Tax Suspension
The countdown clock is ticking on the status of federal funding and the end of the two-year suspension of the medical device tax. First payments on the medical device tax are due to be made in just 12 days.Continue reading