16 Tech Community Corp. and Ivy Tech Community College are partnering to create a biopharmaceutical training center at the 16 Tech Innovation District. Supported by Eli Lilly and Co., the Ivy Tech Manufacturing Innovation Training Center is...... Read More
A Purdue University associate professor has received a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to fight lung infections resistant to antimicrobial drugs. Qi “Tony” Zhou leads a team in developing inhalation treatments for lung infections. ... Read More
Indiana’s life sciences companies landed $5.5 billion in capital and investments last year from all sources, down 19% from a year earlier. That figure includes funds raised through venture capital and other sources, according to a report by BioCrossroads.... Read More
A medical device startup created by three University of Notre Dame graduate students took home nearly $130,000 in cash and in-kind services by winning the 2024 McCloskey New Venture Competition.... Read More
Eli Lilly and Co. said Tuesday that “exceptionally strong demand” for diabetes drugs Mounjaro and weight-loss drug Zepbound helped push first quarter profit up 67%, but warned that it expects tight supplies of both drugs to continue.... Read More
The student-led startup companies behind a stroke-treatment catheter, a meal-plan app and a makeup palette for the visually impaired received a combined $18,500 in cash prizes during the New Venture Challenge hosted by Purdue Innovates Incubator.... Read More
Buildings are starting to spring up at Eli Lilly and Co.’s construction site in Boone County, where the Indianapolis-based drugmaker is spending $3.7 billion to build a manufacturing campus to help turn out more medicines.... Read More
Indianapolis-based NICO Corp. recently wrapped up a large clinical trial that tested the company’s minimally invasive tools and technology for brain surgery in patients with hemorrhagic stroke. What NICO is doing is trying to shift the way surgeons treat...... Read More
Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co. says its popular weight-loss treatment Zepbound showed potential to treat patients with obstructive sleep apnea in two late-stage clinical trials. Lilly shares rose 0.5%, to close at $750.77 each, after the announcement.... Read More
A new blood test being developed through a collaboration between Roche Diagnostics and Eli Lilly and Co. has been granted a breakthrough device designation by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The designation is intended to speed development and...... Read More
A life sciences startup founded by a Purdue University professor has been awarded a $275,000 National Science Foundation grant. Amplified Sciences is developing tests for early, more accurate detection of diseases, starting with pancreatic cancer.... Read More
If the toughest part of starting a new company is raising money, then Jay Shah and Vivek Ganesh have won plenty of believers with their new wearable epilepsy-monitoring device. Their company, Indianapolis-based Neurava Inc., raised $2.26 million in an...... Read More
A Fishers-based startup has begun production on its durable plastic shipping containers designed to ship vaccines or other perishable items that can be kept cold without batteries or electricity. ArcticRx developed the pod, which is slightly larger than...... Read More
Gov. Eric Holcomb will join executives from Switzerland-based drugmaker Novartis on Thursday to mark the grand opening of the company's $100 million facility in Indianapolis. The 70,000-square-foot facility will be used to make Pluvicto, which treats...... Read More
The nation is facing an "unprecedented challenge finding workers to fill open jobs,” according to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. To expand the pool of potential workers, more employers are dropping degree requirements and embracing skills-based hiring.... Read More
A 53-year-old sales representative for Indianapolis-based drugmaker Eli Lilly and Co. who says the company systematically denied promotions to qualified employees older than 40 can pursue her case as a collective action, a federal judge has ruled.... Read More
Catalent Inc. will lay off another 130 positions at its Bloomington operation in a "difficult, but necessary, decision," coming off a major acquisition and several rounds of layoffs since the pandemic. ... Read More
State and local officials on Wednesday joined startup accelerator Plug and Play to cut the ribbon on its new office in Warsaw. The office, which is the company's first in Indiana, will focus on supporting startups in the orthopedics and med-tech sectors.... Read More
Do you want to lose five or 10 pounds to fit into that fancy tux or party dress? Eli Lilly and Co. has a new message for you: Don’t take prescription weight-loss drugs for vanity.... Read More
Warsaw-based OrthoPediatrics is reporting a full-year net loss of $21 million in 2023, compared to net income of $1.3 million the previous year. Despite the drop, the company reported a 22% increase in revenue, leading to a record $149 million for the year.... Read More
