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Mobile health apps could cut into state companies' market share
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.
MorePINCUS: State needs better life sciences startup ecosystem
May 18, 2013
Jack Pincus / Special to IBJIndiana’s life sciences sector is mostly composed of legacy companies.
MoreReport: Roche mulls sale of blood-glucose monitor business
May 17, 2013
J.K. WallRoche Diagnostics Corp. is considering a sale of its blood-glucose meter business, a move that would cast uncertainty over
the nearly 1,000 people working for its diabetes business in Indianapolis.
MorePANEL: Life sciences will see radically different future
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.
MorePanel 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.
New seed fund aims to make Indiana a hotbed for digital health startups
May 4, 2013
J.K. WallInfuse Accelerator hopes to make early-stage investments in 12 to 15 companies a year.
MoreLilly suing J&J for patent rights in Alzheimer's drug race
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.
MoreDow AgroSciences grows sales, earnings to new heights
April 25, 2013
Mason King, Bloomberg NewsRecord sales for seeds and new crop protection products helped boost revenue 14 percent at Indianapolis-based Dow AgroSciences
LLC in its new fiscal year.
MoreLilly seeks $30.6M in tax breaks on downtown projects
April 15, 2013
Mason KingIndianapolis development officials on Wednesday will weigh the 10-year requests from the pharmaceuticals giant related to
a new manufacturing plant and improvements to existing operations downtown.
MoreIU medical school's push to launch startups bears fruit
April 13, 2013
J.K. WallThe Indiana University School of Medicine has launched 12 companies in the past 18 months—a burst of startup activity
the school has never seen before.
MoreExpected revenue slump spurs Lilly to cut sales force
April 11, 2013
J.K. WallThe Indianapolis pharmaceuticals giant said Thursday that it would lay off hundreds of U.S. sales reps, as it prepares for
the loss of patent protection on two of its best-selling drugs.
MoreCity to buy key parcel for 16th Street tech corridor
April 6, 2013
Scott OlsonThe city of Indianapolis is poised to pay Citizens Energy Group $6.5 million to buy a key parcel of real estate it’s
targeting as the centerpiece of its ambitious 16 Tech project.
MoreLilly pulls back from proposals lowering takeover barriers
April 6, 2013
Greg AndrewsFortunately, a Lilly takeover looks less likely today than it has in a long time—for both obvious and more subtle reasons.
MoreLilly to spend $180M doubling size of Indy plant
April 2, 2013
The new investment will bring the plant's total price tag to $320 million as the pharmaceutical giant seeks to increase production
of insulin and related products.
MoreSherry Labs snapped up by Netherlands corporation
April 1, 2013
Jeff NewmanThe materials-testing business with nearly 300 employees has been acquired by Element Materials Technology. Sherry had been
owned by a group of well-connected central Indiana businessmen.
MoreProfits at center of biosimilars debate
March 18, 2013
J.K. WallHouse Bill 1315, which is scheduled for a Senate floor hearing on Monday, would require pharmacists to check with a patient’s
physician before automatically substituting a generic version of a biotech drug for a brand-name version.
MoreMedical device maker moving to Noblesville, adding jobs
March 12, 2013
Fishers-based Nexxt Spine LLC, a manufacturer of spinal implants, is consolidating operations and moving its headquarters
and manufacturing facility to Noblesville.
MoreQ&A
March 11, 2013
J.K. WallMike Sherman, the chief financial officer at West Lafayette-based Endocyte Inc., talked about how the drug
firm’s funding partnership with New Jersey-based Merck & Co. Inc. has helped accelerate development of the company’s
pipeline, which is branching out into drugs to treat cancers of the lung, prostate and breast.
MoreLilly sues Genentech to invalidate Erbitux-related patents
March 2, 2013
Bloomberg NewsEli Lilly and Co. has sued Roche Holding AG’s Genentech unit, asking a court to invalidate patents used to make treatments
for cancer and autoimmune diseases.
MoreDow AgroSciences wins bid to overturn pesticide guidelines
February 21, 2013
Bloomberg NewsIndianapolis-based Dow Agrosciences LLC and two other pesticide makers won a bid to overturn U.S. National Marine Fisheries
Service proposals to protect salmon when an appeals court found the agency’s decision “arbitrary and capricious.”
MoreLilly to expand partnership with diagnostic firm
February 14, 2013
IBJ Staff and Associated PressDiagnostic products maker Qiagen NV said Wednesday that it will work with Eli Lilly and Co. to develop new tests that could
identify patients who could be helped by Lilly's drugs.
More'12 worst year for life sciences since 1990s
February 11, 2013
J.K. WallTo understand why Indiana’s life sciences entrepreneurs are frustrated with the flow of venture capital, look no further
than this statistic from a recent PricewaterhouseCoopers report: 2012 was the slowest year for first-time life sciences investment
since 1995.
MoreIndiana officials look to boost agriculture research
February 3, 2013
Associated PressThe state's agriculture department under new Gov. Mike Pence is planning a push into the science behind food production
by trying to build a network of university and commercial researchers for what's being called an Agriculture Innovation
Corridor.
MoreHealth care startups hungry for funds
February 2, 2013
J.K. WallFrustrated by up-and-down state funding for startup life sciences companies, industry leaders are talking up a plan to create
a dedicated funding stream that could total $30 million a year.
MoreZimmer's earnings slip, but beat expectations
January 31, 2013
IBJ StaffFourth-quarter profit fell 2 percent at Zimmer Holdings Inc. due to large accounting charges, but still beat the estimates
of Wall Street analysts.
MoreBioCrossroads: Life sciences a $50B industry in Indiana
January 22, 2013
J.K. WallThe life sciences industry in Indiana employs 55,500 workers paying average wages of more than $88,500 per year, according
to new figures released Tuesday by Indianapolis-based life sciences development group BioCrossroads.
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These quaint,obsessed musings by the stalkers are certainly entertaining, but I'm trying to figure out what, if anything, all the yelping below has to do with Zak Brown.
It's evident that Moffett was pushing the right buttons and corporate America is now trying to squash him. He just wanted to withdraw the free pilot services provided to the company by the pilots to try and put some pressure on a company that has not been interested in negotiating a contract in over 5 years. The company does not provide a contract because not having one has saved them a bundle of money. Shame on any Republic pilots not standing behind their union leader just because things are getting tough, can you not see such strategic moves by the company as putting the last union president in a corporate position and into THEIR pocket. Do you really believe the last union president is so appalled at the attempts by Moffett, do you not remember his oppositions to the company? We stood behind him. It has been proven over and over again for thousands of years without fail, a man cannot serve two masters. Anyone that believes people vote contrary to their paycheck and livelihood deserve to be taken advantage of, the recent statements by the former union president are laughable as he denounces the current union president from his new corporate position. Have you ever seen a drafted sports player score points for his previous team, it cannot be done, he is not on the pilots side anymore, he gets his money a different way now than you and I do, and he should not be allowed to remain on the seniority list. A drafted player brings strength, credibility, tactical knowledge, and a strategic advantage to his NEW team, he would not be drafted or paid were it otherwise. We are all forced to choose only one side to play for and support, not doing so has many references in life such as insider trading and shaving points, all illegal for good reason. This basic fact is why corporate moguls, scientist, and engineers all sign non-discloser agreements and non-compete clauses, as protection in case they are lured into switching sides as our former union president has done. No NFL coach ever drafted a player so that both teams could benefit and better understand each other, they are recruited to win the game against that former team, period. Likewise the company does not recruit the former union president by accident or mutual understanding, its strategy. Don't confuse playing the game with good sportsman-like conduct in support of common business and prosperity goals, with the requirement to only play for one side. Good men we all love and favor fall subject to this manipulation, often without their knowledge, and it is not a betrayal of their friendship to oppose them when they switch sides. If we did not love and trust them, they would not have been chosen and lured to the other side in the first place. The deception by the drafted player is not made at a conscious level, it's just human nature and it's all about money and power which corrupts our ability to be objective and loyal to two masters. This is why our court system created the defense attorney, and why our military created counter intelligence. Its strategy and its propaganda, and it works, and that's why the "powers to be" manipulate the chess pieces by sometimes changing their colors. Some players know they are being manipulated when their color is changed, but it brings them more money and power so they do not care. The rest have good intentions but do not even realize they are being manipulated. This tactic is also known by another name, Divide and Conquer. In battle sending an imperfect message with an imperfect team is obviously not ideal, but it's still being sent by YOUR team, your union leader, a leader that has common goals and common rewards with you, they are the best, because we have elected them to do a job for us. If you are not backing Moffett but believing the spin by those that have recently switched sides, you are taking food out of your own mouth. Showing unity and backing an imperfect situation still results in taking just as much ground, it's about unity and bargaining power. It's not necessary to wait around for that perfect attack because it will never come, the company will spin and attempt to destroy anyone that gets in their way. Ultimately it's not about any specific attack anyway, ASAP or whatever it makes no difference, it is and always has been only about power. If this company cared about safety it would not build pairings with 8 hour overnights, come on, are you that naive? Besides, do you really think Hoffa cares, no, he got a call from corporate America and was squeezed into denouncing Moffett. If he didn't they would spin the safety card against him and the Teamsters National with implication for truckers, future contracts, insurance rates etc...saying something like the Teamsters use safety as a bargaining chip, blah blah blah... Do you really think any pilot is going to do something unsafe for the contract, absolutely not, the only ones threatening safety here is the company with reduced rest, fatigue, and poverty. Do you not find it odd that Hoffa and the Teamsters are opposing a Teamster president publicly? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and work with one of their own? Why did they not sit down and help him strategize, correct any mistakes, and charge ahead? Would the Teamsters National not normally support and leverage a contract for all those pilots that have been paying Teamster dues, isn't that why we have all been paying Teamster dues in the first place? I sure haven't been paying dues so that the Teamsters National could come along and write this kind of an article undercutting our union leader and our unity. Whose side is the Teamsters National really on, it's obviously not the Republic pilots side.
No matter what Moffatt does the company is going to spin it like he is the terrorist and brainwash people like you into believing it, wake up, back your players that are trying to change things for you and your livelihood. Where has Hoffa been for the last 6 years, except collecting our dues. Seriously, do you really think an FO going for upgrade, signed off by a checkairman ready for the upgrade, who then fails, is not even capable of returning as a First Officer.
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