Kevin Speer, the president and CEO of Hendricks Regional Health, one of central Indiana’s largest suburban health systems, has been named to lead Ascension St. Vincent, a larger system that spans much of the state. Speer will take his new job May 1.... Read More
The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H, is looking for cities that can help design biomedical products, enhance clinical trials and bring new health products to market.... Read More
In a press release, Ascension said that Nalli “will be transitioning out of his role” and that it was “grateful to Jonathan for his contributions.” It did not give any details of Nalli’s departure or say whether other members of his team are also leaving.... Read More
Gov. Eric Holcomb signed into law Wednesday a controversial bill that could allow utilities to pass along certain costs to customers for federally mandated projects without having to get pre-approval from state regulators.... Read More
Shares of Elanco Animal Health dropped 4% on Wednesday to a new all-time low after Moody’s Investor Service downgraded the company’s credit rating. Moody’s action pushed Elanco’s credit rating further into “junk bond” territory.... Read More
A medical partnership involving some of Indiana’s biggest universities has received nearly $38 million to continue its work taking laboratory and clinical discoveries and translating them into treatments for patients. ... Read More
The IU School of Medicine has terminated a research project involving surgery on live pigs after officials discovered the laboratory workers were using expired surgical supplies. It was unclear exactly what the medical school was researching under the project.... Read More
Eli Lilly and Co. said Wednesday that an experimental drug failed to slow progression of cognitive decline in healthy elderly patients at high risk for Alzheimer’s disease, the latest setback for finding a treatment for a disease that ravages the brains of more than 5 million Americans.... Read More
Eli Lilly and Co. on Wednesday announced it is cutting prices by 70% for some of its most commonly prescribed insulins. The Indianapolis-based drug maker also said it will expand a program that caps patient out-of-pocket costs at $35 or less a month.... Read More
The IU School of Medicine landed $214.8 million in total funding last year from the National Institutes of Health, just narrowly missing setting another record. The NIH is the lead federal agency responsible for biomedical and public health research.... Read More
