May 18, 2013
J.K. WallThe future of Indiana’s sprawling health care and life sciences industry might be threatened by an unlikely source:
smartphone apps.
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May 17, 2013
IBJ convened a panel of experts at its Life Sciences Power Breakfast on May 10 to talk about the industry issues
of venture capital, digital health innovations and research university entrepreneurship.
Panel members included Kristin Eilenberg, CEO, Lodestone Logic, Infuse Accelerator; Philip S. Low, Purdue University professor
of chemistry, founder and chief science officer at Endocyte Inc. and On Target Laboratories LLC; R. Matthew Neff, president,
CHV Capital Inc.; Brian Stemme, project director; BioCrossroads; Brian S. Williams, director, Global Healthcare Strategy,
PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd.; and Raul Zaveleta, CEO, Indigo BioSystems Inc.
The following is an unedited transcript of the discussion.
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May 16, 2013
Bloomberg NewsEli Lilly claims recent decisions by Canadian courts invalidating 17 drug patents have made the country an outlier among major
developed countries.
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May 14, 2013
Greg AndrewsOutside observers cast the departures of Lenox Baker, Sheila Burke and Susan Bayh as a positive that will allow new CEO Joseph
Swedish to recast the board.
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May 14, 2013
Bloomberg NewsEli Lilly and Co. CEO John Lechleiter underwent a scheduled surgery Monday for a heart defect, and the repair to the aorta
is functioning as intended, the Indianapolis-based drugmaker said.
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May 13, 2013
Bloomberg NewsLenox Baker, Sheila Burke and Susan Bayh resigned from the board effective immediately, Indianapolis-based WellPoint said
Monday in a regulatory filing.
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May 13, 2013
Associated PressDr. Jay Hess was picked to become the 10th dean in the school of medicine's 110-year history and the first dean in the past
five to come from outside IU.
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May 13, 2013
J.K. WallThe state's medical-device companies are finding that they cannot pass on the new medical-device tax created by Obamacare
to their hospital customers, causing them to continue to make cuts and to look to foreign markets for more profitable growth.
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May 13, 2013
Rather than raising prices on private health insurers to make up for inadequate payments from the government, hospitals across
the country have been raising prices just because they can, according to a new study.
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May 11, 2013
The 133 full-time jobs the truck and auto insurer plans to add over the next five years will pay around $60 an hour, or nearly
$125,000 a year.
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May 11, 2013
Greg AndrewsA federal bankruptcy judge has slapped down an Anderson church that attempted to blame its bank for a failed scheme to finance
church upgrades by buying life insurance policies on its elderly members.
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May 10, 2013
Bloomberg NewsThe drug, enzastaurin, was in the most advanced stage of testing and had been expected to generate $260 million in annual
sales by 2018.
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May 8, 2013
IBJ StaffWarner relies on funds from the Indiana Family and Social Administration, but the FSSA recently decided to end that funding
after numerous complaints against the company went unresolved.
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May 7, 2013
J.K. WallThe appointment is the first high-profile post that Braly, 51, has accepted since she was ousted from the top spot at the
Indianapolis-based health insurer in August.
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May 6, 2013
J.K. WallJohn Lechleiter has been suffering from a dilated aorta, Eli Lilly and Co. said Monday. Current CFO Derica Rice will take
his place until later this summer.
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May 6, 2013
J.K. WallThe effort to launch the Indiana Biosciences Research Institute got $25 million from the Legislature, but the life sciences
institutions backing the effort have set their funding sights much higher.
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May 6, 2013
J.K. WallLilly will eliminate 1,624 positions from its U.S. sales force in July, according to a notice the company made to state officials.
But some of those workers may be rehired by the firm.
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May 6, 2013
Associated PressMajor drugmakers, including Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and Co., are closely watching Pfizer Inc.'s plan to sell Viagra directly
to consumers. The bold move blows up the drug industry's distribution model.
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May 4, 2013
J.K. WallInfuse Accelerator hopes to make early-stage investments in 12 to 15 companies a year.
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April 30, 2013
Associated PressThe question of whether Indiana will expand Medicaid is now back in Gov. Mike Pence's hands, after lawmakers wrapped up
their session without mandating he expand coverage under the federal health care law or suggesting the route he should take.
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April 29, 2013
J.K. WallAfter a four-month debate, the Legislature ended pretty much where it started on a potential expansion of Medicaid: Lawmakers
are letting Gov. Mike Pence go one-on-one with President Obama to see what kind of deal he can strike.
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April 29, 2013
J.K. WallAccording to one estimate, the Indianapolis-based health insurer will shed $400 million in pre-tax profits by 2017.
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April 27, 2013
J.K. WallIndiana’s county-owned hospitals have rushed to acquire nursing homes in the past two years, opening a revenue stream
for both the hospitals and the long-term-care facilities. But the additional federal revenue that has driven these purchases
could come under threat.
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April 27, 2013
Associated PressA decision to cut state funding by 38 percent for programs that help people stop smoking and try to prevent others from starting
worries those behind the state's tobacco cessation efforts.
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April 25, 2013
Bloomberg NewsEli Lilly and Co. is seeking to revoke a patent held by a Johnson & Johnson unit, arguing at a London court it might delay
availability of a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease.
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You guys have some "interesting" comments to say the least. I hope you will call in and share those opinions starting June 1. I'm looking forward to having you on the air.
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Three Magi
Cats out of the bag. The object of the game is to get acquired. That means the company has no idea how to grow beyond a certain point. Email is a 1990s technology. I have laughed at this company since day one. Such a small bit player. If it was anywhere but here, it wouldn't be newsworthy.
Esther, Indy has passed Chicago in the local government corruption arena. Don't downgrade us. We're No. 1 in the Midwest.