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 18, 2013
Jack Pincus / Special to IBJIndiana’s life sciences sector is mostly composed of legacy companies.
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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.
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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 4, 2013
J.K. WallInfuse Accelerator hopes to make early-stage investments in 12 to 15 companies a year.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.”
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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The basic idea of nice apartments with parking and retail is a good one, but this design seems overwhelmingly big/tall for Broad Ripple. The size could be disguised a bit with lots of big trees/landscaping, but the complex is too massive to blend in easily. That section of canal between College and Westfield will also need to be upgraded on both sides. Nice apartments facing onto a nice promenade with shade trees/plantings could bring together the canal towpath/Monon recreation, the outdoor seating at existing restaurants, and this project into something that upgrades the whole area. A plan for the whole stretch makes more sense than facing nice new housing onto what looks like a ditch. Is there a plan? Does the public have input? Who pays? The apartment idea seems to be reasonable, but Whole Foods is not a good idea for appropriate retail. Besides the store being physically too big, there are already Fresh Market at 54xCollege and Whole Foods in Nora for fancy groceries. Good Earth and Kroger are within walking distance of the Shell site. There are at least 7 grocery stores within a safe bike ride. Whole Foods would add nothing but traffic congestion. This design is on the right track, but there needs to be more work done to ensure that it blends in with and enhances the existing community. A project that large will set a tone for that whole part of town. It could be a real asset, but only if done right.