Ryan Christner will serve as the new executive director of the Orthopedic Industry Retention Initiative for OrthoWorx. In that role, he will oversee $30 million in public money to advance the orthopedics industry.... Read More
Officials from Indiana’s life sciences and higher education sectors are working together to help build a talent pipeline in biopharmaceutical manufacturing. Heartland BioWorks, the consortium that was designated as a regional technology and innovation hub by the federal Economic Development Administration just over a year ago, has established BioTrain, a training institute designed to prepare […]... Read More
Trinity Guardion said the investment will accelerate the production and commercialization of its Soteria Bed Barrier, which is designed to reduce the risk of infections in hospitals.... Read More
Kristin Eilenberg, a veteran of Indiana’s health care and life sciences sectors, has been named executive director of Heartland Bioworks, part of a new federal initiative aimed at boosting innovation and making the country more competitive.... Read More
Eli Lilly and Co. on Wednesday reported a third-quarter profit of $970.3 million, falling short of Wall Street expectations, and revised its full-year profit guidance down, a move that sent its stock falling as much as 10% in premarket trading.... Read More
Senator Todd Young on Monday visited the 16 Tech innovation district to underscore the work of a young federal agency that wants to shake up the conventional model of funding biomedical research, which some say is too slow, by funding higher-profile projects.... Read More
Indianapolis-based biotech company GeniPhys has been awarded a $500,000 National Science Foundation grant to support the next steps toward commercialization of its collagen product used for soft tissue restoration.... Read More
Britain’s drug regulator approved Eli Lilly and Co.’s drug Kisunla on Wednesday, but the government won’t be paying for it after an independent watchdog agency said the Alzheimer’s treatment isn’t worth the cost to taxpayers.... Read More
Indianapolis-based SpectronRx announced Thursday that the radiopharmaceutical company has executed a binding agreement with a Belgian company to manufacture a promising cancer therapy for patients in Europe.... Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, after intense public pressure and a lawsuit, is reconsidering its declaration barely two weeks ago that a shortage of the appetite-suppressing drugs Mounjaro and Zepbound is over, a temporary about-face that...... Read More
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved a monthly chewable tablet for dogs made by Elanco Animal Health that is designed to protect against six parasites. The product, called Credelio Quattro, is designed to protect against...... Read More
The CEO of BioCrossroads says Eli Lilly and Co.'s latest multibillion-dollar investment in the LEAP Lebanon Innovation District is tremendous for the state's life sciences ecosystem. Vince Wong told IIB that the benefits of Lilly's investment is twofold.... Read More
Eli Lilly and Co. said Wednesday it will invest an additional $4.5 billion at its manufacturing site at the LEAP Lebanon Innovation District in Boone County to create a new center for advanced manufacturing and drug development.... Read More
The life sciences company's shares began trading on Sept. 13, and co-founder and CEO Kent Hawryluk said on Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick that the move was like opening a door to resources they didn't have before.... Read More
Cook Group is suing an underwriter at Lloyd’s of London insurance group for breach of contract, saying it failed to honor a $10 million policy against claims by patients who said they were injured by medical devices produced by the company.... Read More
A California-based company that is developing an automatic, implantable insulin pump to control glucose levels for people with diabetes announced plans Monday to relocate to Westfield. PhysioLogic Devices Inc. will change its name to Portal Diabetes Inc.... Read More
A biotech company founded by a Purdue University chemistry professor has completed a $10.25 million Series A round of funding to further study its new influenza treatment that has shown rapid results.... Read More
The Indianapolis-based drugmaker filed a suit in federal court this month, challenging the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ruling that the company’s experimental obesity treatment does not contain more than 40 amino acids and is therefore not a protein.... Read More
The Indiana Biosciences Research Institute in Indianapolis is seeking applications for the second annual Quantum Leap Award. The award was established in 2023 with the goal of helping startups bring their innovations closer to commercialization.... Read More
North Carolina-based Labcorp is marking the completion of its expanded laboratory in Greenfield. While details of the company's investment were not disclosed, Labcorp said the facility will increase its global molecular bioanalytical capacity.... Read More
