February 18, 2013
Bloomberg NewsRoche AG and Eli Lilly and Co., two drugmakers racing to develop treatments for some of the least understood brain disorders,
may gain the most from a U.S. government boost in funding to fully map the human brain.
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November 12, 2012
J.K. WallLabDoor, which soon will launch an iPhone app that assigns A-F grades to over-the-counter vitamins and medicines, moved last
month from Indianapolis to San Francisco, where it received $100,000 in startup financing.
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October 23, 2012
J.K. WallEli Lilly CEO John Lechleiter on Tuesday called for creation of a "world-class" research institute in Indianapolis to bring
together scientists from universities and corporations to develop new medical therapies and companies.
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October 19, 2012
Bloomberg NewsResearchers are set to test drugs by Eli Lilly and other companies that may prevent Alzheimer’s disease after efforts
to find a cure have been unsuccessful.
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October 1, 2012
J.K. WallThe departure of Dr. George Sledge likely will sap the breast cancer research program at the Indiana University Melvin and
Bren Simon Cancer Center of about $500,000 in annual funding. But the program Sledge built over the past three decades mostly
will remain intact.
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September 12, 2012
J.K. WallPurdue University’s Regenstrief Center for Healthcare Engineering will get another $10 million from the Indianapolis-based
Regenstrief Foundation, keeping its research going through 2018.
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August 11, 2012
J.K. WallOdds are long that Eli Lilly and Co.'s leading Alzheimer's drug will show positive results when its Phase 3 trial results
are released within a few weeks, but even the smallest improvement in the cognitive impairment of test patients would be a
home run for Lilly.
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August 6, 2012
J.K. WallThe city that brought the world Prozac and other neuroscience drugs is doubling down on brain research with a new $52 million
research center near Methodist Hospital.
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July 28, 2012
Mason KingGroup sees role in cellular therapy as growth area with profit margins higher than core business.
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June 4, 2012
J.K. Wall
It took the identification of 19 different genes for researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine to develop
a test for a rare form of cancer. But their gene-hunting has paid off, as a Texas-based company announced Monday the test
is available for doctors to use.
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May 19, 2012
The Cornea Research Foundation of America is a not-for-profit clinical research organization dedicated to the preservation
and restoration of vision.
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May 17, 2012
Bloomberg NewsEli Lilly and other big pharmaceutical companies are creating thousands of research jobs overseas as countries led by Singapore,
Ireland and South Africa boost incentives.
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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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December 27, 2011
J.K. Wall
Dr. Bryan Schneider, a professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine, led a team of researchers
in identifying genetic variations that dispose some breast cancer patients to neuropathy when they are receiving chemotherapy
with the drug Taxol. Schneider’s research was named one of the biggest advances in cancer research this year by the
American Society of Clinical Oncology. The society’s foundation also gave Schneider a three-year, $450,000 grant to
further the research.
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November 1, 2011
J.K. WallThe grant is the fifth consecutive five-year grant the Alzheimer Disease Center has received from NIH to support research
to understand the causes and potential treatments for Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia.
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October 29, 2011
Greg AndrewsAnalysts have eyes on trial data for drug that could be a game-changer for the company.
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September 15, 2011
Scott OlsonDr. Murray Korc, an internationally known pancreatic cancer researcher, comes to the cancer center as the first Myles Brand
Professor of Cancer Research. The position is funded through a Lilly Endowment grant.
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September 14, 2011
IBJ StaffThe top event for regulatory professionals in the health care industry is headed to Indianapolis next month. The annual conference
of the Regulatory Affairs Professionals Society, or RAPS, is expected to draw thousands of members representing 120 companies
and organizations.
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July 30, 2011
Greg AndrewsAn investment firm projects that the Elanco animal-health business will generate sales of nearly $2 billion by 2012 and surpass
$3 billion by 2018.
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July 20, 2011
Associated PressA budding model for primary care that encourages the family doctor to act as a health coach who focuses as much on preventing
illness as on treating it has shown promising results and saved insurers millions of dollars.
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June 6, 2011
Bloomberg NewsMonday's Supreme Court decision is a victory for companies that collaborate with universities in research. Indianapolis-based
Eli Lilly and Co. was among the companies that supported Roche.
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May 25, 2011
Scientists with Roche Holding AG, the parent company of Indianapolis-based Roche Diagnostics Corp., may have found a way to
overcome a blood barrier that keeps drugs from directly entering the brain, potentially opening new pathways to attack Alzheimer’s
disease.
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April 9, 2011
Greg AndrewsThe total annual cost for one researcher at Lilly might run $300,000 to $350,000 a year. The figure at Crown Bioscience is
one-third of that, said a company executive.
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March 19, 2011
Marc D. AllanPurdue University officials and others connected with the life sciences in Indiana say the planned $164 million Life and Health
Sciences Quadrangle at the West Lafayette campus will mean high-paying jobs, retention of highly skilled scientists, and researchers
who might well have left the state for either coast.
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March 18, 2011
Bloomberg NewsThe Food and Drug Administration said Lilly needs to create a training program to ensure brain scans are interpreted properly.
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Can IBJ please stop referring to this property as "Kessler Mansion"? What a ridiculous title for the biggest, bloated, blight in our city. It's not a mansion. At best, it's an ideal site to shoot low-budget porn. Ahhh! Another business use!
Its stories like these that prove that a Ball State diploma is worth less than the paper that its printed on. A real institution of higher learning would have taken care of this long ago. No way should this crap be taught in a SCIENCE class.
It is such a shame that King Ballard has made Indianapolis into Chicago south with all of the rampant corruption.
How many of these 1,259 bills were actually heard and voted on on the floor vs how many were shot down in committee?
When a an arrogant young guy with essentially no experience and no qualifications for the job, was dropped into an Administrator position out of nowhere by his "mentor" in the Mayor's office things seemed fishy. Sometimes things are what they seem.