June 18, 2013
Bloomberg NewsEli Lilly and Co.’s injectable form of the antipsychotic Zyprexa is being investigated by U.S. regulators after two
patients died three to four days after receiving the drug.
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June 18, 2013
Bloomberg NewsDrug companies like Eli Lilly and Co. can be sued for paying rivals to delay low-cost versions of popular medicines, the U.S.
Supreme Court said in a decision that rewrites the rules governing the release of generic drugs.
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June 17, 2013
Associated PressA federal lawsuit says Indiana's social services agency has made changes to Medicaid waiver programs that threaten to
deprive thousands of developmentally disabled people of income they need to survive outside of institutions.
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June 17, 2013
J.K. WallThe failures raise pressure on Lilly's experimental diabetes and cancer drugs to make it to market to offset looming patent
expirations.
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June 17, 2013
Associated PressEli Lilly and Co. will pay Canadian drug developer Transition Therapeutics Inc. at least $7 million and up to as much as $247
million to take over the development of a potential diabetes treatment.
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June 17, 2013
Associated PressIndiana drivers who have to show proof of insurance to police after an accident or traffic violation can do so electronically
starting July 1 under a new law that signals an increasing use of technology in insurance laws.
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June 15, 2013
Angie's List turned a profit for the first time in nearly two decades.
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June 14, 2013
The trial ended after participants showed abnormal liver biochemistry, the Indianapolis-based drugmaker said Thursday in a
statement.
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June 13, 2013
The Statehouse FileStarting July 1, pharmacists will be able to offer a much wider variety of immunizations to customers, in an effort from lawmakers
to make health care more accessible.
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June 11, 2013
J.K. WallAfter overseeing 15 years of massive growth via mergers, Vince Caponi will become an executive of St. Vincent Health's parent
organization.
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June 10, 2013
J.K. WallWhile Bloomington-based medical-device maker won approval for new bile duct stent, it has recalled its hot-selling arterial
stent from all global markets.
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June 10, 2013
Mason KingThe new not-for-profit organization is expected to be named Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky—or PPINK—and
continue to operate the 28 existing health centers between the two states.
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June 7, 2013
J.K. WallUS HealthWorks Medical Group, which specializes in workers' compensation cases, agreed in May to acquire the eight clinics.
The deal is expected to close before the end of June.
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June 5, 2013
Associated PressThe state plans to spend $37 million more each year reimbursing providers. The increase would amount to 2 percent more for
hospitals, nursing facilities, home health and immediate care providers.
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June 4, 2013
Associated PressMarian University in Indianapolis has announced it has reached its self-imposed limit of 162 students for the incoming class
of its new college of osteopathic medicine. It will be the first medical school to open in Indiana in more than 100 years.
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June 3, 2013
Associated PressThe not-for-profit blood center announced Monday that demand from hospitals has fallen 24 percent over the past year, forcing
it to take steps that also include freezing management salaries, eliminating 45 positions and discontinuing a therapeutic
phlebotomy program.
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June 3, 2013
J.K. WallWhile Indiana’s governor, legislature and life sciences executives are united behind the proposed Indiana Biosciences
Research Institute, the state of Michigan has a cautionary tale to tell about such an effort.
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June 3, 2013
Bloomberg NewsPatients who got Erbitux together with chemotherapy as a first-line treatment lived about four months longer than those who
got Avastin with chemotherapy, according to the 592-person study.
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June 1, 2013
J.K. WallAggressive construction wiped out historical territories, thus opening the door to insurers playing hospitals off each other.
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June 1, 2013
J.K. WallIndianapolis-area hospitals are undergoing such profound and permanent changes that some predict, eventually the four major
hospital systems will merge and shrink down to two.
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May 31, 2013
Kathleen McLaughlinThe 65,000-square-foot nursing-home and assisted-living facility would feature an Internet cafe, movie theaters and restaurant-style
dining with an on-site chef.
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May 29, 2013
Associated PressHealth insurer WellPoint Inc. has named Lewis Hay III to its board of directors after announcing earlier this month that three
members had resigned for personal reasons.
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May 28, 2013
J.K. WallThree years ago, the physician practice American Health Network was concerned that the boom in employer on-site clinics would
hurt its business. So it launched a program aimed at managing the health of employers’ workers. And it has come up with some
impressive results.
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May 28, 2013
Associated PressThe Supreme Court will not disturb a lower court ruling that blocks Indiana's effort to strip Medicaid funds from Planned
Parenthood because the organization performs abortions.
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May 25, 2013
J.K. WallJoe Swedish, a career hospital executive, is now two months into his job at the helm of Indianapolis-based WellPoint, the
nation’s second-largest health insurer. In his first interview since starting work, Swedish indicated he’s taking
his time to learn the people and the culture of the vast organization he now leads.
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Saw the Indy Men's Chorus "Music of Gilbert & Sullivan" at the Indiana Historical Society on Sunday evening.
Temporary workers are not "tools" they are people and companies that keep large amounts of temp staff are cheating.
I miss having them around. I hope one of their stores is in the general Meridian/86th Street area. I will make good use of it.
The Fringe! Plus, the simple fact that there are so many local faves in such close proximity to each other.
I remenber, watching the toll road, being built, through South Bend, when I was 10 years old. I believe, back then that it was estimated, that the toll road, would be paid for in 20 years and then it would be free. I am now 71, what happened? Since the power is in the people, by that, I mean that, we the people are in total control of everything. I, suggest that no one ever use the toll road again, let it go broke. We the people can control the price of everything, from groceries to gas, if we would just do it. If we don't pay the asking price, the sellers will lower the price and if we wait awhile, they will lower the price to what we accept as reasonable. I would like to know why a highway like interstate 94, is so well maintained, a much better highway, than the toll road, but has no tolls. I would also like to know why, a sitting governor, with a term limit, maximum of eight years, can lease, public property, for 75 years. Even though I have transponders in both of my trucks and will not be affected by the increase, I have been and will contine to avoid using the toll road. I make many trips from northern Indiana to Chicago, every year, and I prefer the better highway, I94!