The Indiana University School of Medicine has received a $12.5 million gift from the Vera Bradley Foundation for Breast Cancer in Fort Wayne. IU says the funding will support new immunotherapy research efforts for breast cancer treatment.... Read More
Indiana’s life sciences sector has just received another economic booster shot with a more than $350 million investment from New Jersey-based Catalent Inc... Read More
The president of Memorial Hospital in South Bend says the planned $232 million expansion serves as a signal from parent Beacon Health System’s commitment to the city and its residents. Larry Tracy says when Beacon initiated a master facility plan process in 2019, one option was to build a new hospital in the suburb of Granger in eastern St. Joseph County. In recent years, the health system has built its corporate headquarters, a smaller eight-bed hospital, and a health and fitness center in that community.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. (NYSE: LLY) has donated more than $66 million in medication over the last two years to help people in western Kenya. Through the Academic Model Providing Access to Healthcare partnership, Lilly says the donated medicines are helping Kenyans living with cancer, diabetes and mental health disorders.... Read More
Indianapolis-based Acacia Pharma Group will soon be under new ownership. Our partners at the Indianapolis Business Journal report the company is set to be acquired by Eagle Pharmaceuticals Inc. in New Jersey in a deal valued at nearly $104 million. ... Read More
Noblesville-based Lifeboost Coffee has seen major growth over the past few years. Last month the company was named the No. 1 fastest-growing company in the Midwest by Inc. magazine, and last year, ranked No. 80 on the publication's annual Inc. 5000 list, which ranks the fastest-growing companies in the country. ... Read More
A federal arbitrator has ordered Indianapolis-based Anthem Inc. (NYSE: ANTM) to pay $4.5 million to a group of 11 Indiana hospitals. Our partners at the Indianapolis Business Journal report Anthem’s policy of denying claims or downgrading reimbursements for ER visits that weren't life-threatening was unlawful and a breach of contract, costing the hospitals millions of dollars.... Read More
Elkhart-based Lippert Components Inc. (NYSE: LCII) is expanding its employee health and wellness services. The RV components manufacturer says its mobile care unit will travel to its northern Indiana facilities to provide acute care, chronic disease management, and well-being resources.... Read More
The Allen County Board of Commissioners has unanimously approved a rezoning measure that clears the way for a new IU Health campus in Fort Wayne. Our partners at WPTA-TV report preliminary construction has already begun at the site.... Read More
Indianapolis-based nonprofit Eskenazi Health Foundation has received a $1 million gift from St. Margaret’s Hospital Guild to support the Behavioral Health Academy. The academy, which is a partnership between the Sandra Eskenazi Mental Health Center and local universities, aims to increase the number of dual-licensed clinical social workers and clinical addictions counselors in central Indiana.... Read More
The Indiana University Kelley School of Business has received a $1 million gift from alumnus Jeff Albers and his wife, Alison. The university says the gift will create an endowment to support programs at the Center for the Business of Life Sciences.... Read More
A medical tech group has announced plans to expand its Midwest operations. Innovation One LLC, which is comprised of Certus Medical and Radiological Care Services, says it will invest nearly $13 million to establish its new headquarters in the Innovation Mile business district in Noblesville and create more than 80 full-time jobs.... Read More
Avian influenza has been detected in a second northern Indiana duck farm, state officials said Tuesday.... Read More
New Jersey-based Pinnacle Treatment Centers is celebrating the opening of its new Martinsville treatment and recovery campus. Pinnacle, which provides substance abuse treatment and recovery services, says the first phase of Recovery Works Martinsville is complete and the center is now admitting patients.... Read More
Indiana University Health is detailing plans for a major expansion in Fishers. The health system says it is investing $287 million to grow the IU Health Saxony Hospital campus, which will be renamed IU Health Fishers, by nearly 50% and double the hospital's workforce.... Read More
The University of Southern Indiana and the Sullivan University College of Pharmacy and Health Services in Louisville have approved a Doctor of Pharmacy pathway agreement. USI says the agreement allows undergraduate students at USI who have completed three years of all prerequisite courses into the Sullivan's PharmD program.... Read More
Indiana University has received a $1.2 million grant from venture capital firm GIVAX Inc. to further develop a new technology for a combination oral rotavirus-norovirus vaccine. The technology, which was developed by IU biology professor John Patton and graduate student Asha Philip, is designed to alter the current rotavirus vaccine for infants to also protect against norovirus.... Read More
The Damien Center in Indianapolis has received a $2 million grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The nonprofit says the funding will support its work to prevent HIV infections for Young Transgender Persons of Color and their partners.... Read More
Carmel-based Ben’s Ranch Foundation has hired its first, full-time executive director. ... Read More
Avian influenza has been detected in a northern Indiana duck farm, state officials said Thursday, marking the disease’s spread to a third poultry species.... Read More
