Eli Lilly and Co. said Monday it has agreed to buy a Massachusetts-based biopharmaceutical company that is developing therapies for inflammatory bowel disease and other chronic diseases for $3.2 billion. Indianapolis-based Lilly said it will acquire...... Read More
U.S. officials have approved another Alzheimer’s drug that can modestly slow the disease, providing a new option for patients in the early stages of the incurable, memory-destroying ailment. The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s Kisunla for...... Read More
A period care startup that originated in central Indiana has landed a key approval for its menstrual cup with a reusable tampon-style applicator. Earlier this month, Sunny received the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's 510k clearance for its product.... Read More
Carmel-based MBX Biosciences Inc. announced Tuesday that it has appointed Dr. Salomon Azoulay as Chief Medical Officer. The biopharmaceutical company said Azoulay will oversee its global clinical development pipeline.... Read More
A new study released by the Evansville Regional Economic Partnership shows that the region's health and life sciences sector has grown significantly in its economic impact. Due in large part to the Stone Family Center for Health and Life Sciences...... Read More
Just one month after settling with a South Carolina medical spa that was selling knockoff versions of its popular diabetes and weight-loss drugs, Eli Lilly and Co. is going after other sellers. The Indianapolis-based drugmaker said Thursday it was taking...... Read More
Eli Lilly and Co. and a biopharma company it bought last year are accused of infringing on the patent held by the Purdue Research Foundation to treat cancer. The research foundation filed a complaint in U.S. District Court on Thursday.... Read More
An initiative by Warsaw-based OrthoWorx designed to attract and retain talent and businesses in the orthopedic device industry is moving forward after $30 million in funding was awarded by the State Budget Committee this week.... Read More
The Venture Club of Indiana on Tuesday announced the winners of its annual Innovation Showcase. Twenty startups presented their ideas before a panel of judges, with winners being announced in three categories: Digital Tech, Life Sciences and Ag Tech/Hard Tech.... Read More
Gov. Eric Holcomb will join executives from New Jersey-based Simtra BioPharma to break ground on the $250 million expansion of the company's sterile fill/finish manufacturing campus in Bloomington. The project involves the construction of a...... Read More
A closely watched Alzheimer's drug from Eli Lilly won the backing of federal health advisers on Monday, setting the stage for the treatment's expected approval for people with mild dementia caused by the brain-robbing disease. FDA advisers voted...... Read More
The Purdue University Board of Trustees gave its endorsement of the university's One Health initiative. The university said that One Health will "bolster the deep connections and research opportunities offered through Purdue University in Indianapolis."... Read More
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded a patent to an Indiana University-led innovation involving Alzheimer’s disease research and two other innovations involving cancer treatment. The patent related to Alzheimer’s is for a method of using...... Read More
Anat Ashkenazi, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Indianapolis-based drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co., is stepping down to take a position as chief financial officer of Google parent Alphabet Inc. Ashkenazi, 51, who has worked at Lilly for...... Read More
Eli Lilly & Co.’s Mounjaro is being recommended for weight loss for some UK patients with obesity, in draft guidance that could see the National Health Service offer a rival drug to Novo Nordisk A/S’s hit treatment Wegovy. Patients with a body mass index of...... Read More
A company that bred beagles for medical research agreed Monday to pay a record $35 million as part of a criminal plea admitting it neglected thousands of dogs at its breeding facility in rural Virginia. Prosecutors said the penalties amount to the...... Read More
The CEO of Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. says the increased investment in its future manufacturing operations in Boone County is all about speed. The drugmaker announced at last month's Global Economic Summit it was investing an additional...... Read More
Eli Lilly and Co. plans to build a 57,000-square-foot conference center on an existing parking lot at its downtown headquarters campus, with the goal of hosting more of its global meetings in Indianapolis. The drugmaker is asking the city for approval to...... Read More
Florida-based Redwire on Friday will mark the beginning of construction on its microgravity payload development facility at the new Novaparke Innovation & Technology Campus in Floyd County. The new facility, when complete, is expected to bring 25 new jobs.... Read More
Three University of Notre Dame students are reimagining the way breast cancer patients receive treatment. Sunghoon Rho, Ciara Dillon and Nicholas Ross, co-founders of South Bend-based VisiLocate, a company seeking to help surgeons find breast cancer tumors using a miniature localization light device, clinched the grand prize at the McCloskey New Venture Competition held in April.... Read More
