Life Sciences

The current head of Roche Diagnostics North America region, which is headquartered in Indianapolis, has been promoted to oversee the Switzerland-based company’s entire diagnostics division.... Read More

A 3D bioprinter created in small town southern Indiana will blast off to the International Space Station (ISS) in the coming weeks—pioneering a process that could ultimately print human transplant organs in outer space. The mission is a major step forward for Florida-based Redwire, which acquired Techshot in Greenville less than a year ago. Although […]... Read More

Some 200 Hoosiers with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia are befriending virtual pets on tablets to see if the daily interactions not only help reduce some of the symptoms of the illness, but also ease caregivers’ stress. Improving both factors could ultimately mean patients remain living at home instead of an institution setting. Richard M. […]... Read More

Between 100,000 and 200,000 people in the U.S. each year tear their ACL (Anterior Cruciate Ligament), an injury that commonly sidelines star athletes. While not a professional athlete, budding entrepreneur Kyle Craig knows the frustration of a sports injury keeping you from the game you love. When a sprained ankle ended his basketball season and […]... Read More

23 pairs of chromosomes are the building blocks of human biology, and BioCrossroads is using that as inspiration to recognize 23 young leaders shaping Indiana’s future life sciences sector. Called 23 PAIR (Promising Achievers in Innovation and Research), the annual program recently announced its first “class” of award winners, but organizers say its mission goes […]... Read More

Fishers-based cell and gene therapy contract development and manufacturing company Genezen will Thursday cut the ribbon on its $40 million manufacturing facility in the Crosspoint Business Park. The location will be used to boost the company's production.... Read More

A former EVP of strategy for BioCrossroads is the recipient of the 2022 August M. Watanabe Life Sciences Champion of the Year Award. Nora Doherty is being recognized for her work supporting life sciences startups and managing three seed funds.... Read More

A Texas-based PCR laboratory is setting up shop in southern Indiana. HealthTrackRx says it will invest nearly $3.5 million to establish a 10,000-square-foot testing facility in Clarksville and create up to 63 jobs.... Read More

Warsaw-based Zimmer Biomet Holdings has received U.S. Food and Drug Administration clearance of its shoulder replacement system. The Identity Shoulder System gives surgeons more options when repairing or reconstructing damaged or debilitated shoulders.... Read More

The chief executive officer of West Lafayette-based startup Novilytic says the potential expiration of the federal Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs would have a major impact on innovation in Indiana.... Read More

Indianapolis-based Beckman Coulter Life Sciences has acquired ValitaCell Ltd., an Ireland-based biotechnology company that creates analytical products and technologies for the biopharmaceutical industry. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.... Read More

Italy-based life sciences firm Stevanato Group isn’t expected to open its manufacturing plant in Fishers until 2024, but the company is already expanding its original plan for the facility by hundreds of millions of dollars and 265 workers.... Read More

The Indiana Biosciences Research Institute has named Michele Sawyer chief financial officer. Sawyer worked for Greenfield-based Elanco Animal Health Inc., serving as executive director/general auditor of corporate audit services.... Read More

A $1 million gift is adding muscle to the University of Southern Indiana’s expertise in a segment of healthcare desperate for more workers: older adults. A recent report from the Alzheimer’s Association shows there are currently only 66 geriatricians in Indiana—fewer than one per county—and the state will also need a 37% increase in home […]... Read More

New treatments for the 1.6 million Americans with type 1 diabetes have remained frustratingly elusive for drug developers, but Neurodon classifies its potential drug as “game-changing.” The startup, based in the Purdue Research Park of Northwest Indiana, is confident it’s uncovered a new treatment that could reduce insulin dependency for millions of Americans. Neurodon says […]... Read More

Hemorrhagic strokes are notoriously devastating; only 26% of patients survive five years, and namely because the strokes are very difficult to treat. A hemorrhagic stroke occurs when a blockage inside a blood vessel in the brain bursts and causes bleeding inside the brain. One reason the strokes are so deadly is because doctors must often […]... Read More

Norovirus is incredibly common in the U.S. with about 2,500 reported outbreaks each year; the CDC says it’s the number one cause nationally of vomiting and diarrhea for all age groups. But babies and toddlers are especially vulnerable; they’re more likely to have complications that lead to hospitalization or life-threatening dehydration. Scientists have been chasing […]... Read More

When residents at the Indiana University School of Dentistry helped restore a young Mexican immigrant’s smile nearly a decade ago, they unknowingly inspired her to now do the same for others. Daniela Flores, a junior at North Central High School in Indianapolis, is one of many students in the Indianapolis Project SEED (Summer Experience for […]... Read More

Nearly 500 Hoosier patients in the emergency department at Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital have helped validate a screening tool for suicide, “so we can start making a massive impact in preventing these needless tragedies,” says its creator. Dr. Alexander Niculescu, a professor of psychiatry at the Indiana University School of Medicine, has spent two […]... Read More

After doubling sales in 2021, an Indianapolis-based agtech startup is also outpacing its projections to double sales again this year. While corn and soybeans are most familiar to Hoosiers, Smart Apply Inc. focuses on high-value specialty crops, grown mostly in California. The Smart-Apply Intelligent Spray Control System is an add-on kit for conventional sprayers that […]... Read More