pharmaceutical companies
Colorado already allows prescription drug imports from Canada. Lawmakers want to open it up to more countries.
Colorado and 11 other states want to expand programs to directly import medications, most of which are manufactured in other countries. The law passed in 2019 to allow Canadian imports hasn't yet been implemented.
Rising insulin costs force 40% of Colorado diabetics to ration its use, AG’s report says
The study makes recommendations for quick action to ensure fewer cost burdens that keep patients from buying the lifesaving drug
What you need to know about remdesivir, the experimental coronavirus drug that just arrived in Colorado
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment began distributing supplies of the drug to hospitals on Wednesday
Colorado’s rural pharmacies wrestle against big business to remain community cornerstones
1,230 rural pharmacies have closed since 2003, including 45 in Colorado. Some blame benefit management companies that reimburse for medications at less than they cost to buy.
Nicolais: Some sun in the dark clouds of the opioid epidemic
Government programs and healthcare innovators, including many in Colorado, have begun introducing potential solutions to combat the myriad of problems created by opioid misuse
With objections from Canada and drug companies, Colorado’s plan to import prescription medicines could be in trouble
The U.S. government recently gave its support to importing cheaper drugs, but Canadian officials are pushing back and could potentially block exports
The opioid maker being sued by Colorado for fanning the overdose epidemic says everything it did was FDA-approved
Purdue Pharma, the maker of Oxycontin, has asked a judge in Denver to dismiss the Colorado attorney general’s lawsuit against it
The inside story of how one opioid company spread millions of pain pills around Colorado, according to a newly unsealed court document
The Colorado Attorney General’s Office alleges that Purdue Pharma’s sales tactics helped drive the overdose epidemic in the state
After Sun report on pharma money and a Colorado Medicaid board, senior state attorney tells board members to be more transparent
The talk comes after it was revealed that one board member, Dr. Alex Reish, received thousands of dollars in benefits from pharmaceutical companies without disclosing them.
Doctor on influential Colorado board that decides Medicaid drugs received thousands from pharmaceutical companies
Dr. Alex Reish received more than $10,000 -- mostly in free food -- from pharmaceutical companies