Community Health Network names physician, strategic growth leader as new CEO
He succeeds longtime leader Bryan Mills, who announced his retirement earlier this year after more than 40 years working for Community.
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Q&A with Elanco’s Jeff Simmons on blockbusters, challenges and growing up on a vineyard
Elanco opened the doors of its new headquarters at the former GM stamping plant site this week.
Elanco opens ‘doors to the future’ with new $200M-plus Indianapolis headquarters
At Wednesday’s ribbon cutting, Elanco CEO Jeff Simmons said the new, three-building campus and developing OneHealth Innovation District “will write the history for the next 70 years of Elanco.”
Cardinal Health to build automated distribution center in Indianapolis
Employees at the facility will work alongside a robotic storage and retrieval system that can provide real-time information regarding inventory, order fulfillment and material flow.
Butler University unveils $325M fundraising campaign, largest in school history
The “Boldly Butler” campaign and accompanying strategic plan aim to transform the Indianapolis campus and broaden Butler’s reach locally and beyond.
Christel House International to open schools in Nepal, Colombia
The educational not-for-profit founded in 1998 by the late businesswoman and philanthropist Christel DeHaan is making its first major global expansion since her death in 2020.
Roche’s FDA-approved vitamin D test clears way for diagnostic growth
The new vitamin D test, to be distributed from the Swiss-based company’s Indianapolis hub, is the first such test using a mass spectrometry-based system to receive regulatory approval in the U.S.
Eli Lilly plans to make highly anticipated weight-loss pill at new $6.5B Texas plant
The $6.5 billion Houston-area plant is part of the drugmaker’s commitment to add four U.S. manufacturing sites through a $27 billion reshoring investment unveiled early this year.
Lilly brain health campaign aims to ward off dementia
Eli Lilly and Co. this month launched a public awareness campaign called Brain Health Matters, which features actress Julianne Moore urging people to be proactive as they age to lower their risk of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.
Potential breakup of Corteva plants kernel of uncertainty
Ag giant Corteva Agriscience is reportedly mulling a split of its seed and pesticide businesses, a move that could alter the company’s presence in Indianapolis as well as the state’s agriculture industry.
Cook to design interventional MRI devices in pact with Siemens Healthineers
The companies are creating the Interventional MRI Suite, the first integrated, ionizing radiation-free product providing clinicians with real-time guidance for procedures.
Eli Lilly to build $5B plant in Virginia—first of 4 U.S. sites to be named this year
Indianapolis-based Lilly said the new plant would create more than 650 jobs in Virginia for engineers, scientists, operations personnel and lab technicians, as well as 1,800 construction jobs.
Gender gap grows amid college ranks as fewer boys choose higher education
In raw numbers, 72,419 more girls than boys who graduated from Indiana high schools from 2009 to 2023 went on to higher education, according to the Indiana Commission for Higher Education’s College Going Dashboard.
State utility consumer advocate recommends denial of proposed AES rate hike
The newly appointed Indiana Utility Consumer Counselor didn’t stop there—the office also recommended a multimillion-dollar reduction of the utility’s current base rate.
Indiana Health Information Exchange develops backup record system for cyberattacks
The Emergency Downtime Solution is designed to allow health care providers to access clinical information such as lab results, medication lists and patient histories even when their systems are down.
Elanco reports pet parasite treatment quickly hit $100M blockbuster status
The sales momentum comes as Elanco prepares to open its $200 million-plus corporate campus next month on the west side of downtown Indianapolis.
IU med students get to work in new $230M education, research building
The 326,000-square-foot building is just south of the IU Neurosciences Research Center on 16th Street and next to Indiana University Health’s 864-bed, $4.3 billion downtown hospital complex.
Small Columbus health insurer tries to take on the giants
SIHO Insurance Services is tackling the gargantuan challenge of growth in the employer-based benefits market in Indianapolis and across the state.
Midwest Food Bank of Indiana unveils $9M fundraising campaign for new Indy-area warehouse
A new 50,000-square-foot facility would help consolidate and streamline operations, the food bank said.
IU Health’s Mosaic Center seeks to help Indianapolis residents launch health care careers
About 50 people have advanced through the Mosaic program to gain employment at the Indianapolis-based health system.