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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April 18, 2013
IBJ StaffThe pharmaceutical firm has $400 million in projects in the works for its facilities south of downtown. City officials have
advanced its request for tax breaks to a public hearing and final consideration May 1.
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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 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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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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January 28, 2013
J.K. WallShares of Zimmer Holdings Inc. have generated impressive returns of 23 percent in the past year and some 2013 product launches
could juice those results even further. But the Warsaw-based maker of orthopedic implants is also the most-exposed company
in its industry to two key elements of health care reform: the medical device tax and bundled payments.
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November 19, 2012
J.K. WallBloomington-based Cook Medical won approval for the first drug-coated stent for clogged leg arteries in the United States,
which accounts for 40 percent of the soon-to-be $3 billion market.
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November 3, 2012
Scott OlsonPete Kissinger hopes Phlebotics will follow in the footsteps of another of his creations, Bioanalytical Systems Inc.
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November 1, 2012
J.K. WallAbout 100 workers will staff the new plant, which will be constructed by spring 2014 and ready for operations in 2015. But
only “some” of that number will be new hires.
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October 29, 2012
J.K. WallThe amount of venture capital invested in medical-device and equipment companies nationally has declined each quarter this
year, reaching levels not seen since 2004, according to data released Oct. 19 by the National Venture Capital Association
and PricewaterhouseCoopers.
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September 10, 2012
J.K. WallBloomington-based Cook Medical announced a new division to capitalize on the growing market for minimally invasive procedures
to fix problems in ears, noses and throats, as well as other maladies of the head and neck.
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June 21, 2012
The city of Indianapolis granted preliminary approval for an eight-year tax abatement to Arcamed Inc., which plans to purchase
$1.4 million in equipment to design and manufacture titanium and case-tray systems for surgical instruments.
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June 18, 2012
J.K. WallThe skies got a little brighter for the orthopedic industry on Friday after Warsaw-based Biomet Inc. reported strong quarterly
sales growth of 3.4 percent. That news sparked a small surge in the stock prices of two other Warsaw-based orthopedics companies.
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June 8, 2012
Republicans in the U.S. House joined with 37 Democrats to pass a bill repealing a medical-device tax, chipping away at the
2010 health-care law in a victory for companies including Indiana-based Zimmer Holdings Inc. and Boston Scientific Corp.
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May 24, 2012
Bloomberg NewsThe U.S. Senate voted to let regulators collect on a $6.4 billion fee agreement struck with Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly and
Co., Medtronic Inc. and other companies to fund reviews of new drugs and medical devices through 2017.
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February 11, 2012
J.K. WallIn the 10 years BioCrossroads has been promoting life sciences in Indiana, the effort has netted more than 330 new companies,
an infusion of more than $330 million in venture capital, a tripling of exports, and a growing number of mentions in national
reports on life sciences.
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January 19, 2012
Bloomberg NewsU.S. medical device makers have spent the last year urging government officials to approve high-risk products faster, like
their European counterparts. A scandal over leaking breast implants made in France, however, may make the argument more difficult.
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January 18, 2012
Polymer Technology Systems said in 2007 that it would make a $3 million investment at its operation on Zionsville Road and
create 110 jobs.
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November 7, 2011
J.K. WallRoche Diagnostics will partner with a San Diego firm to incorporate its continuous glucose monitoring sensor with a wireless
handheld device Roche is developing to help diabetics test their blood sugar and track their glucose levels throughout the
day.
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October 31, 2011
J.K. WallThe number of payments in excess of $1 million didn’t change substantially from year to year, but orthopedic companies
sharply cut their fees to surgeons who received the smallest amounts.
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October 13, 2011
Bloomberg NewsThe device would be the first drug-coated stent approved in the U.S. to treat peripheral vascular disease in the largest artery
of the upper leg.
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October 11, 2011
Bloomberg NewsPeripheral vascular devices, including stents, angioplasty balloons and synthetic grafts, generated $4.3 billion in global
revenue last year and may earn $5.6 billion in 2014.
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September 29, 2011
Chris O'MalleyThe molecular-imaging company is trying to transition its business model and get beyond a going-concern warning.
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September 12, 2011
J.K. WallThe next four years could be rough for makers of medical devices and orthopedic implants, including Bloomington-based Cook
Medical Inc. and Warsaw-based Zimmer Holding Inc. and Biomet Inc.—and not because of the 2010 health reform law.
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August 8, 2011
Bloomberg NewsThe Warsaw-based company has sued seven law firms this year and sent warning letters to at least three more, saying their
ads and Internet postings distorted the safety record of its $1.8 billion-a-year knee business.
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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!