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Patients: Our Innovation and Advocacy Partners

June 25, 2026
26AB
Type: Breakout Session
Focus Area: Patient Advocacy
Colorado offers a collaborative environment for life sciences where companies, researchers, and partners work together, accelerating discoveries that save and change patient lives. In this interactive panel, Colorado BioScience Association’s President & CEO, along with leaders from groundbreaking biotech companies, including Enveda, Edgewise Therapeutics, and Vināśa Oncology, will share practical approaches for embedding patient perspectives from early discovery through clinical development and access. Panelists will also discuss how this patient-centric approach helps translate the purpose behind life sciences innovation to policymakers and business community leaders. They are critical stakeholders in building and maintaining a pro-business and pro-innovation ecosystem that accelerates company growth, attracts investment, and expands patient access. Attendees will gain actionable strategies to integrate the patient voice at every stage of commercialization and engage with ecosystem partners to build an environment where health innovation thrives.

Subtopic

What Good Looks Like: Patient Advocacy and Innovator Collaborations
Moderator
Elyse Blazevich, MS
President & CEO
Colorado BioScience Association
Speakers
Bigyan R. Bista, PhD
SVP, Capital Formation & Global Partnerships
Enveda
Abby Bronson, MBA
Vice President, Patient Advocacy & External Innovation
Edgewise Therapeutics
Amy Goodman, JD
Vice President and Counsel for Policy + Advocacy
Colorado BioScience Association
Sujatha Venkataraman, PhD
Associate Research Professor University of Colorado School of Medicine; Founder
Vināśa Oncology

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