Health Care & Life Sciences

Is Indiana coming out of venture capital swoon?

August 3, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Carmel-based Dormir LLC’s announcement July 29 of $12 million in venture financing was the second local life sciences deal announced in July. It could suggest a turnaround from a woeful second-quarter performance, when Indiana life sciences firms announced zero venture capital deals.
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Arcadia hopes health care reform means more revenueRestricted Content

August 3, 2009
J.K. Wall
The CEO of Indianapolis-based Arcadia Resources said the environment is perfect for his company's fast-growing DailyMed service.
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Dow Agro sale still possible, but less likely

July 30, 2009
Peter Schnitzler
Midland, Mich.-based Dow Chemical Co. is still considering divesting Indianapolis subsidiary Dow AgroSciences LLC. But chances that the chemical manufacturing giant will sell its local agricultural chemical and biotech unit have decreased.
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Investments propel Baldwin & Lyons profit

July 30, 2009
Baldwin & Lyons Inc. said today that its profit last quarter was the second-highest in company history, as investment gains from recovering equity markets helped boost performance.
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WellPoint stock falls despite quarterly profit

July 29, 2009
J.K. Wall
WellPoint Inc. shares slipped in morning trading after the company beat analysts’ expectations for second-quarter profits but failed to raise its year-end earnings forecast. WellPoint earned $1.50 per share in the latest quarter, excluding investment losses. Analysts were expecting $1.43 per share, according to a survey by Thomson Financial Network.
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Conseco shares jump after profit report

July 29, 2009
J.K. Wall
Shares of Conseco Inc. soared today in response to the company’s preliminary report of second-quarter profits. The Carmel-based insurer’s stock price jumped as much as 53 percent, to $2.91, before settling a bit in the afternoon.
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Carmel's Dormir raises $12M from venture capital firms

July 29, 2009
J.K. Wall
Carmel-based Dormir Inc., which operates sleep study centers and sleep equipment stores around the country, raised $12 million in venture capital from three out-of-state firms. The company plans use the proceeds to acquire six to 10 companies this year and more next year, according to CEO Tim Miller.
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Carmel's Dormir raises $12M from VC firms

July 29, 2009
J.K. Wall
Carmel-based Dormir Inc., which operates sleep study centers and sleep equipment stores around the country, raised $12 million in venture capital from three out-of-state firms.
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Dow AgroSciences names new CEO

July 29, 2009
Chris O'Malley, J.K. Wall
Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences LLC will have a new CEO after its parent organization moves Jerome Peribere into a new position, the company announced today. Antonio Galindez, 54, vice president of Dow AgroSciences' crops business, will step into the top job.
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Conseco says profit in line with estimates

July 28, 2009
J.K. Wall
Conseco Inc. said it would meet analysts’ expectations for the second quarter by posting earnings of at least 22 cents per share, before investment losses. The Carmel-based health insurer announced the preliminary financial results today after the market closed.
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Lilly cancels trials for experimental MS drug

July 28, 2009
J.K. Wall
Eli Lilly and Co. and a development partner has canceled clinical trials on an experimental drug to treat multiple sclerosis after the drug failed to delay progression of the disease in trial patients.
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Grain Dealers Mutual merges with Florida firm

July 28, 2009
Scott Olson
Indianapolis-based Grain Dealers Mutual Insurance Co., one of the largest property-casualty insurers in the state, will become part of The Main Street America Group, the Jacksonville, Fla.-based company said this morning.
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St. Francis buys big cardiology practiceRestricted Content

July 27, 2009
J.K. Wall
As concern grows among medical providers that health care reform augurs lower payments, St. Francis Hospital & Health Centers has agreed to absorb a large group of cardiologists that bring lucrative heart patients to its facilities.
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Potential obesity breakthrough boosts Marcadia

July 20, 2009
J.K. Wall
Favorable article in prestigious journal could draw attention to Carmel biotech startup.
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Health care marketers taking the pulse of consumers' online habitsRestricted Content

July 20, 2009
Christina Galoozis
Health care marketers can adapt to, and even use to their advantage, the online search habits of consumers. Understanding when and why people search for specific health-related terms is vital to attracting more visitors (i.e. patients) to a Web site.
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State law aims to attract doctors to areas in need of careRestricted Content

July 20, 2009
Scott Olson
A state law that went into effect July 1 attempts to attract young physicians and mental health practitioners to underserved areas by forgiving part of their student loans. But Indiana’s budget woes prevented lawmakers from allocating funds to support the program.
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BATTEN: FTC could resolve antitrust concerns on health care reformRestricted Content

July 20, 2009
Linda M. Batten
President Obama recently announced a cooperative initiative where health care industry leaders plan to work together to reform the ailing health care system. Shortly after that announcement, the national media machine spawned considerable concern among several health care groups that the cooperative effort might violate federal antitrust laws for collusion and price fixing among competitors.
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Drug industry funds Democrat-led panel on health care reformRestricted Content

July 20, 2009
J.K. Wall
The pharmaceutical industry—which for two decades has given twice as much in campaign donations to Republicans as Democrats—organized a panel composed mostly of Democrats this month in Indianapolis to argue its position on health care reform.
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PEASE: Archaic physical therapy laws drive up health costsRestricted Content

July 20, 2009
Brian Pease
If you want to see a physical therapist in Indiana, you must first see a physician for a consultation and referral. It’s the law. Indiana is one of only six states where patients are denied direct access to physical therapy treatment, and one of only two states where evaluation without referral is prohibited.
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Long-term-care business to help Wishard cover construction debtRestricted Content

July 20, 2009
J.K. Wall
To pay for a shiny new downtown hospital, the parent corporation of Wishard Health Services will commit itself to yearly debt payments 10 times as high as they are now. But Wishard officials have no doubt they can bear the extra load because of places like Rosewalk Village, a nursing home that sits on the eastern side of Indianapolis.
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Professors go online to revolutionize drug discoveryRestricted Content

July 20, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Two chemistry professors at IUPUI are laboring to create the McDonald’s of research laboratories—low-cost and all over the world.
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Biomet reports loss on special charges

July 15, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Biomet Inc. yesterday reported a $170.9 million loss in its fiscal fourth quarter as the result of more than $300 million in special charges.
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Hilbert in-law's life insurance dispute takes odd turn

July 13, 2009
Peter Schnitzler
Local businessman J.B. Carlson contends the $15 million life insurance policy he took out on Stephen Hilbert’s mother-in-law was legitimate, because she served on his firm’s board and was a key decision-maker. The mother-in-law, Germaine “Suzy” Tomlinson, died at age 74 last September—just 32 months after the policy was issued.
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Endocyte, Purdue develop prostate cancer treatment device

July 13, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Purdue University researcher Philip Low, also the chief science officer for West Lafayette-based Endocyte Inc., has developed a prostate cancer “homing device” to help anti-cancer agents specifically target prostate cancer tumors.

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Conseco reinsurance deal swaps profits for cashRestricted Content

July 13, 2009
 IBJ Staff
Carmel-based Conseco Inc., still a bit strapped for cash, brought in a reinsurance company to shoulder some of the risk of its life insurance policies. Minnesota-based Wilton Reassurance Co. will pay $57.5 million to Conseco as a ceding commission to co-insure and administer 104,000 policies held by Conseco subsidiaries.
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