Life Sciences

Harba Solutions, a local firm that provides staffing services for the life sciences industry announced Wednesday that it plans to move into a new headquarters next month in Fishers.... Read More

New Jersey-based Catalent Inc. is laying off some 400 workers at its facility in Bloomington this week. Indiana Public Media reports the move was announced to employees in an internal email and involves full-time and temporary positions.... Read More

West Lafayette-based Inotiv Inc. (Nasdaq: NOTV) this week announced additional site consolidation plans. The pharmaceutical testing company said it plans to close two isolator facilities in Indianapolis and consolidate them with existing facilities in the U.S.... Read More

As Indiana strengthens its foothold in radiopharmaceuticals, SpectronRx has earned the seal of approval to send its life-saving agents across the pond to Europe. The Indianapolis-based company is just one on a growing roster of Hoosier players in the nuclear medicine sector, a relatively new area of pharmaceuticals. Now with approval to manufacture radiopharmaceuticals for […]... Read More

Neurosurgery is on the cusp of a revolution; the leader of Indianapolis-based NICO Corp. likens it to the transformation that swept through cardiology 20 years ago. The brain is the “final frontier” of human organs to have a minimally invasive approach for surgery, and NICO says it’s leading the charge on multiple fronts. Boosted by […]... Read More

When Purdue University student Giulia Episcopo was first told about Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. providing $42.5 million for a pharmaceutical manufacturing scholarship program—dedicated to underrepresented students—she called home to share her joy. As the daughter of an immigrant and raised in a rural community dominated by blue collar jobs, she understands the significance of […]... Read More

Stress, anxiety and depression are major concerns on university campuses across the U.S., and getting real-time help is critical; college students are a high-risk population for suicide. A Purdue University engineer believes the wearable device he’s created could be a game changer for these young adults. Much like wearable devices that track steps, the device […]... Read More

Warsaw-based Zimmer Biomet Holdings Inc. (NYSE: ZBH) says it has received clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for new knee replacement technology. ... Read More

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded a $1 million grant to Purdue University Assistant Professor Kurt Ristroph. The funding will be used to support the development of an antibiotic delivery system to help plants fight citrus greening disease.... Read More

The IU School of Medicine this week named Dr. Huda Zoghbi the winner of the 2023 August M. Watanabe Prize in Translational Research. The prize is awarded to "a senior investigator who has made a significant contribution to the field of translational science."... Read More

A biennial survey shows Indiana's life sciences industry continues to rank among the top in the nation. The state continued its top 10 ranking for life sciences employment and is ranked third for academic biosciences research & development investment growth.... Read More

It was supposed to be a “good-news” day for Indianapolis-based biotech Point Biopharma Global Inc. Instead, the company saw its stock get battered Monday, losing as much as 38% of its value, after it released a pair of announcements.... Read More

Carmel-based MBX Biosciences Inc. said Monday it has closed on $115 million in funding to help advance the development of therapeutics to treat rare endocrine disorders. The amount is one of the largest in recent years for an Indiana-based science startup.... Read More

A cargo resupply mission headed to the International Space Station is carrying a 3D bioprinter made in Indiana that could revolutionize human transplants.... Read More

This year, scientists are marking a major milestone for the use of biotechnology as medicine, and it all began 40 years ago in the Circle City.... Read More

A California biotech startup that is developing specialty cancer drugs plans to open a research and development site on the northwest side of Indianapolis and hire 64 people.... Read More

Indianapolis-based radiopharmaceutical developer and manufacturer SpectronRx has named Peter Webner chief operating officer... Read More

Indianapolis-based NICO Corp. has completed a $12.5 million funding round. The company, which makes devices for minimally invasive neurosurgical care, says it will use the oversubscribed round to scale its business and add up to 15 jobs.... Read More

In a significant expansion of their longstanding collaboration, Eli Lilly and Co. plans to give Purdue University $92.5 million for research on drug development and for undergraduate scholarships for pharmaceutical manufacturing.... Read More

“Long COVID” has more questions than answers, and Indiana is one of only four U.S. states awarded a portion of $9 million to help get to the bottom of it by using health informatics. The Regenstrief Institute in Indianapolis says earning a piece of the competitive grant from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and […]... Read More