Michele Oshman is Vice President of External Affairs of BIO, and the Executive Director of BIO’s Council of State Bioscience Associations (CSBA), advancing public policies that support the bioscience industry in partnership with their state-based member associations.Before joining BIO in 2020, Michele had a successful 18-year career at Eli Lilly and Company, where she led their federal advocacy. She is a neuroscience researcher working both in clinical development and corporate leadership roles. Uncommon for people working in public policy, Michele earned a Six Sigma Black Belt in statistics in 2005 and is a closeted quant!This podcast discusses the multitude of challenges facing the US biopharma sector, including proposed changes to the accelerated approval pathway and the broader issues of affordability related to out of pocket costs in Medicare Part D. Michele Oshman outlines the vital role state associations play in both advancing medical innovations and relationships with local and state governments to ensure that patients have access to needed new medicines.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.